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Mountain West, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Superior, Montana · Industrial Machinery Manufacturing · NAICS 333210

3inspections
15citation items
$25,346current penalties
Dec 28, 2022last inspection

OSHA has inspected Mountain West, LLC 3 times in Montana since 1996.

The latest one began on Dec 28, 2022 after a complaint, in Superior.

Those inspections ended with 15 citation items: 13 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $47,452 and now stand at $25,346, 47% lower after settlements or reviews.

Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts comes up most often in these citations: 6 items under 1910.219.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Mountain West, LLC averages $15,626 (1 cited inspection).

Mountain West, LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 1996 to 2022
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 346423189 OPENED DEC 28, 2022Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 40 employees at the site · Closed May 23, 2023

4322 Diamond Road, Superior, MT 59872 · Sawmills · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(1) · Permit-required confined spaces
 Serious$7,813$3,906Apr 25, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4) · Permit-required confined spaces
 Serious$0$0Apr 25, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
 Serious$9,376$4,688Apr 25, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$6,250$3,125Apr 25, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.219(e)(2)(i) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$0$0Apr 25, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1)(i) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
 Serious$7,813$3,906Apr 25, 2023Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.22(a)(3) · Walking-working surfaces
 Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 25, 2023Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.28(b)(11)(ii) · Fall protection in general industry
 Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 25, 2023Final

Inspection 311218101 OPENED MAR 31, 2009Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 251 employees at the site · Closed Dec 21, 2009

555 4th Ave. E.n., Columbia Falls, MT 59912 · Industrial Machinery Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.23(c)(1) · Guarding floor and wall openings and holes
 Serious$3,150$1,890Aug 28, 2009Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.219(c)(4)(i) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$1,800$1,080Aug 28, 2009Closed
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$1,350$810Aug 28, 2009Closed
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.219(e)(3)(i) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$2,250$1,350Aug 28, 2009Closed
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.219(f)(3) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$2,250$1,350Aug 28, 2009Closed
Citation 1, item 6
29 CFR 1910.303(g)(2)(i) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
 Serious$2,250$1,350Aug 28, 2009Closed
Citation 1, item 7
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$3,150$1,890Aug 28, 2009Closed

Inspection 123216905 OPENED NOV 5, 1996Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 34 employees at the site · Closed Nov 5, 1996

436 Diamond Road, Superior, MT 59872 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

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)(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.

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1)

(c) General—(1) Energy control program. The employer shall establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performs any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, start up or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source, and rendered inoperative.

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.219 · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts

29 CFR 1910.22 · Walking-working surfaces

29 CFR 1910.23 · Guarding floor and wall openings and holes

29 CFR 1910.28 · Fall protection in general industry

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

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