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North Tazewell, Virginia · Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing · NAICS 334290

1inspections
9citation items
$8,183current penalties
Aug 16, 2022last inspection

Pbe has one OSHA inspection on record in Virginia.

OSHA opened it on Aug 16, 2022 after a complaint, in North Tazewell.

From that inspection OSHA issued 9 citation items: 3 serious and 6 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $11,690 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $8,183, down 30%.

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

For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,600. Pbe averages $8,183 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

Pbe: OSHA citation items per year, 2022 to 2022
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 346151368 OPENED AUG 16, 2022Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 104 employees at the site · Closed Mar 14, 2023

1459 Wittens Mill Road, North Tazewell, VA 24630 · Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.165(d)(1) · Employee alarm systems
Serious$6,635$4,644Feb 3, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8) · Hazard communication
Serious$5,055$3,538Feb 3, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$0$0Feb 3, 2023Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
Other-than-serious$0$0Feb 3, 2023Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1) · Respiratory protection
Other-than-serious$0$0Feb 3, 2023Final
Citation 2, item 3
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
Other-than-serious$0$0Feb 3, 2023Final
Citation 2, item 4
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(c) · Lockout/tagout
Other-than-serious$0$0Feb 3, 2023Final
Citation 2, item 5
29 CFR 1910.151(b) · First aid and eyewash
Other-than-serious$0$0Feb 3, 2023Final
Citation 2, item 6
29 CFR 1910.1025(d)(2) · Lead in general industry
Other-than-serious$0$0Feb 3, 2023Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1025 · Lead in general industry

29 CFR 1910.1025(d)(2)

(2) Initial determination. Each employer who has a workplace or work operation covered by this standard shall determine if any exployee may be exposed to lead at or above the action level.

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8)

(8) The employer shall maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and shall ensure that they are readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they are in their work area(s). (Electronic access and other alternatives to maintaining paper copies of the safety data sheets are permitted as long as no barriers to immediate employee access in each workplace are created by such options.)

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 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.151 · First aid and eyewash

29 CFR 1910.165 · Employee alarm systems

Other other communications equipment manufacturing employers in Virginia

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.