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Metals 2 go: OSHA inspections and violations

Hewitt, Texas · Metal Service Centers and Other Metal Merchant Wholesalers · NAICS 423510

1inspections
3citation items
$6,596current penalties
Feb 14, 2018last inspection

Metals 2 go has one OSHA inspection on record in Texas.

OSHA opened it on Feb 14, 2018 on a referral, in Hewitt.

From that inspection OSHA issued 3 citation items: 3 serious.

OSHA proposed $12,934 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $6,596, down 49%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.147, lockout/tagout (2 items).

For context, across all wholesale employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,425. Metals 2 go averages $6,596 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Metals 2 go: OSHA citation items per year, 2018 to 2018
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 342950581 OPENED FEB 14, 2018Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 45 employees at the site · Closed Apr 9, 2018

224 North Hewitt Dr., Hewitt, TX 76643 · Metal Service Centers and Other Metal Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Feb 12, 2018: Employee catches finger with band saw's blade and amputates

At 7:30 a.m. on February 12, 2018, an employee was operating a vertical band saw, reached to connect the cooling line, and struck the cutting blade with his right index finger. The employee amputated his finger and was hospitalized. hospitalized.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$5,174$2,639Feb 23, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(iii) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$3,880$1,979Feb 23, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.213(i)(1) · Woodworking machinery
 Serious$3,880$1,979Feb 23, 2018Final

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.

Feb 12, 2018, Hewitt: Amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.

An employee was adjusting the coolant hose on the vertical band saw when the coolant hose came off. As he reached for hose, his glove got caught on the blade, resulting in amputation of the right index finger.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i)

(4) Energy control procedure. (i) Procedures shall be developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees are engaged in the activities covered by this section.

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(iii)

(iii) Employee retraining.

29 CFR 1910.213 · Woodworking machinery

29 CFR 1910.213(i)(1)

(i) Bandsaws and band resaws. (1) All portions of the saw blade shall be enclosed or guarded, except for the working portion of the blade between the bottom of the guide rolls and the table. Bandsaw wheels shall be fully encased. The outside periphery of the enclosure shall be solid. The front and back of the band wheels shall be either enclosed by solid material or by wire mesh or perforated metal. Such mesh or perforated metal shall be not less than 0.037 inch (U.S. Gage No. 20), and the openings shall be not greater than three-eighths inch. Solid material used for this purpose shall be of an equivalent strength and firmness. The guard for the portion of the blade between the sliding guide and the upper-saw-wheel guard shall protect the saw blade at the front and outer side. This portion of the guard shall be self-adjusting to raise and lower with the guide. The upper-wheel guard shall

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