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Optimal Worklife: OSHA inspections and violations

Piedmont, Oklahoma · Concrete Pipe Manufacturing · NAICS 327332

1inspections
4citation items
$14,896current penalties
Dec 16, 2025last inspection

OSHA has inspected Optimal Worklife once in Oklahoma.

The inspection began on Dec 16, 2025 on a referral, in Piedmont; the case is still open.

That inspection ended with 4 citation items: 4 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $24,826 and now stand at $14,896, 40% lower after settlements or reviews.

Respiratory protection comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.134.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Optimal Worklife averages $14,896 (1 cited inspection).

Optimal Worklife: OSHA citation items per year, 2025 to 2025
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 348690710 OPENED DEC 16, 2025Open

Referral · Partial · Health · 45 employees at the site · Open

5601 Washington Ave., Piedmont, OK 73078 · Concrete Pipe Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$4,965$2,979Jun 8, 2026Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$0$0Jun 8, 2026Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.1000(a)(2) · Air contaminants
 Serious$11,585$6,951Jun 8, 2026Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$8,276$4,966Jun 8, 2026Final

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 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1)

(h) Employee information and training. (1) Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and safety data sheets.

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1)

(1) General. The employer shall provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee is fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace. The employer may discontinue an employee's medical evaluations when the employee is no longer required to use a respirator.

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