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Mechanical Testing Services, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Waller, Texas · Testing Laboratories and Services · NAICS 541380

1inspections
3citation items
$14,965current penalties
Feb 24, 2016last inspection

OSHA inspectors have visited Mechanical Testing Services, LLC in Texas one time.

It opened on Feb 24, 2016 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Waller.

In all, OSHA issued 3 citation items: 3 serious.

The proposed penalties came to $24,942; today they stand at $14,965, 40% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.146 (permit-required confined spaces), 3 times.

Among professional services employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $1,821 penalty. Mechanical Testing Services, LLC averages $14,965 across 1 cited inspection.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Mechanical Testing Services, LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2016 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341281509 OPENED FEB 24, 2016Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Health · 38 employees at the site · Closed Aug 16, 2018

20530 Stokes Rd, Waller, TX 77484 · Testing Laboratories and Services · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Feb 24, 2016 (fatal): Employee enters vessel and is killed.

At 6:00 a.m. on February 24, 2016, an employee was found unresponsive in the bottom of a testing vessel/containment box containing liquid nitrogen. The employee died.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(1) · Permit-required confined spaces
 Serious$12,471$7,483Aug 18, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(2) · Permit-required confined spaces
 Serious$0$0Aug 18, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4) · Permit-required confined spaces
 Serious$12,471$7,483Aug 18, 2016Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.146 · Permit-required confined spaces

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(1)

(c) General requirements. (1) The employer shall evaluate the workplace to determine if any spaces are permit- required confined spaces.

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(2)

(2) If the workplace contains permit spaces, the employer shall inform exposed employees, by posting danger signs or by any other equally effective means, of the existence and location of and the danger posed by the permit spaces.

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4)

(4) If the employer decides that its employees will enter permit spaces, the employer shall develop and implement a written permit space program that complies with this section. The written program shall be available for inspection by employees and their authorized representatives.

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