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Macdermid Alpha Electronics Solutions: OSHA inspections and violations

Altoona, Pennsylvania · Welding and Soldering Equipment Manufacturing · NAICS 333992

1inspections
2citation items
$5,461current penalties
Jul 21, 2021last inspection

OSHA has inspected Macdermid Alpha Electronics Solutions once in Pennsylvania.

The inspection began on Jul 21, 2021 on a referral, in Altoona.

That inspection ended with 2 citation items: 2 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $5,461 and still stand at $5,461.

Air contaminants comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.1000.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Macdermid Alpha Electronics Solutions averages $5,461 (1 cited inspection).

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Macdermid Alpha Electronics Solutions: OSHA citation items per year, 2021 to 2021
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345431977 OPENED JUL 21, 2021Closed

Referral · Partial · Health · 75 employees at the site · Closed Dec 22, 2021

4100 6th Avenue, Altoona, PA 16602 · Welding and Soldering Equipment Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Jul 14, 2021: Employee sustains heat-related injury while working near fur

At 4:30 p.m. on July 14, 2021, Employee #1 was working around a furnace in the casting area when he began to feel unwell. Emergency services transported him to the hospital, where he was admitted and treated for a heat-related injury.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.1000(a)(2) · Air contaminants
 Serious$5,461$5,461Oct 22, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.1000(e) · Air contaminants
 Serious$0$0Oct 22, 2021Final

Severe injury reports

Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.

Jul 14, 2021, Altoona: Hospitalization · heat exhaustion, prostration · body systems

An employee was conducting casting operations near the furnace and became ill. The employee was hospitalized for heat exhaustion.

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

29 CFR 1910.1000 · Air contaminants

29 CFR 1910.1000(a)(2)

(2) Other substances—8-hour Time Weighted Averages. An employee's exposure to any substance in Table Z-1, the exposure limit of which is not preceded by a “C”, shall not exceed the 8-hour Time Weighted Average given for that substance in any 8-hour work shift of a 40-hour work week.

29 CFR 1910.1000(e)

(e) To achieve compliance with paragraphs (a) through (d) of this section, administrative or engineering controls must first be determined and implemented whenever feasible. When such controls are not feasible to achieve full compliance, protective equipment or any other protective measures shall be used to keep the exposure of employees to air contaminants within the limits prescribed in this section. Any equipment and/or technical measures used for this purpose must be approved for each particular use by a competent industrial hygienist or other technically qualified person. Whenever respirators are used, their use shall comply with 1910.134.

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