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Optomec, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Albuquerque, New Mexico · All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing · NAICS 339999

1inspections
10citation items
$3,300current penalties
Jan 23, 2015last inspection

OSHA inspectors have visited Optomec, Inc. in New Mexico one time.

It opened on Jan 23, 2015 as a planned inspection, in Albuquerque.

In all, OSHA issued 10 citation items: 4 serious and 6 other-than-serious.

The penalties, $3,300 in total, stand where OSHA first set them.

The rule cited most here is 1910.134 (respiratory protection), 4 times.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,600 penalty. Optomec, Inc. averages $3,300 across 1 cited inspection.

Optomec, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Optomec, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2015 to 2015
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 340374115 OPENED JAN 23, 2015Closed

Planned · Complete · Health · 15 employees at the site · Closed Jun 2, 2015

3911 Singer Blvd Ne, Albuquerque, NM 87109 · All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1) · Respiratory protection
Serious$750$750May 6, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.134(m)(2)(i) · Respiratory protection
Serious$750$750May 6, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
Serious$750$750May 6, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$1,050$1,050May 6, 2015Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1) · General requirements
Other-than-serious$0$0May 6, 2015Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.37(b)(6) · Exit routes
Other-than-serious$0$0May 6, 2015Final
Citation 2, item 3
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1) · Respiratory protection
Other-than-serious$0$0May 6, 2015Final
Citation 2, item 4
29 CFR 1910.134(k)(3) · Respiratory protection
Other-than-serious$0$0May 6, 2015Final
Citation 2, item 5
29 CFR 1910.157(c)(1) · Portable fire extinguishers
Other-than-serious$0$0May 6, 2015Final
Citation 2, item 6
29 CFR 1910.157(e)(3) · Portable fire extinguishers
Other-than-serious$0$0May 6, 2015Final

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2020, the Albuquerque site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 54 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.3 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Albuquerque, NM
Albuquerque · 2020
54 000.02.3
Abq
Albuquerque · 2016
50 000.04.0

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)

(e) Written hazard communication program. (1) Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)

(1) The test instrument must have an effective audio-warning device, or a visual-warning device in the form of a screen tracing, that indicates when the test subject fails to hold his or her breath during the test. The test must be terminated and restarted from the beginning when the test subject fails to hold his or her breath during the test. The test subject then may be refitted and retested.

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.

29 CFR 1910.157 · Portable fire extinguishers

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.22 · General requirements

29 CFR 1910.37 · Exit routes

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