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Mesa Machine Shop: OSHA inspections and violations

Odessa, Texas · Support Activities for Oil and Gas Operations · NAICS 213112

2inspections
1citation items
$4,351current penalties
Mar 13, 2023last inspection

Mesa Machine Shop has 2 OSHA inspections on record in Texas, the first in 2022.

OSHA's last visit started on Mar 13, 2023 to follow up on an earlier case, in Odessa.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 1 citation item: 1 serious.

OSHA proposed $7,252 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $4,351, down 40%.

For context, across all mining and oil and gas employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $2,880. Mesa Machine Shop averages $4,351 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Mesa Machine Shop: OSHA citation items per year, 2022 to 2023
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 346565112 OPENED MAR 13, 2023Closed

Follow-up · No inspection · Safety · 36 employees at the site · Closed Apr 14, 2023

8820 Texas 338 Loop, Odessa, TX 79764 · Support Activities for Oil and Gas Operations · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 345893127 OPENED APR 6, 2022Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 37 employees at the site · Closed Sep 7, 2022

8820 Texas 338 Loop, Odessa, TX 79764 · Support Activities for Oil and Gas Operations · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
Serious$7,252$4,351Jun 28, 2022Final

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.

Apr 4, 2022, Odessa: Hospitalization, amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.

An employee was working on a precision machine tool. The machine caught the employee's glove and pulled in the employee's right hand, resulting in the amputation of the middle finger.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1)

(a) Machine guarding—(1) Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks. Examples of guarding methods are—barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices, electronic safety devices, etc.

Other support activities for oil and gas operations employers in Texas

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