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Protect Plus Industries: OSHA inspections and violations

Pasadena, Texas · Industrial and Commercial Fan and Blower and Air Purification Equipment Manufacturing · NAICS 333413

2inspections
9citation items
$20,690current penalties
May 21, 2015last inspection

Protect Plus Industries has 2 OSHA inspections on record in Texas, the first in 2015.

OSHA's last visit started on May 21, 2015 on a referral, in Pasadena.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 9 citation items: 8 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $35,650 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $20,690, down 42%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.178, forklifts and other powered industrial trucks (3 items).

For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,600. Protect Plus Industries averages $10,345 over 2 cited inspections in that time.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Protect Plus Industries: OSHA citation items per year, 2015 to 2015
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 340647577 OPENED MAY 21, 2015Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 150 employees at the site · Closed Aug 31, 2015

9401 Bay Area Blvd #100, Pasadena, TX 77507 · Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(2)(ii) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$7,000$3,500Aug 3, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(ii)(a) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$0$0Aug 3, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(ii)(b) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$0$0Aug 3, 2015Final

Inspection 340454420 OPENED MAR 9, 2015Closed

Complaint · Complete · Safety · 150 employees at the site · Closed Oct 2, 2015

9401 Bay Area Blvd # 100, Pasadena, TX 77507 · Industrial and Commercial Fan and Blower and Air Purification Equipment Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$7,000$4,200Jun 29, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.176(b) · Material storage and aisles
 Serious$7,000$4,200Jun 29, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.219(f)(3) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$7,000$4,200Jun 29, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(ii) · Electrical wiring methods
 Serious$4,250$2,550Jun 29, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(i) · Electrical wiring methods
 Serious$2,550$1,530Jun 29, 2015Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3) · Exit routes
 Other-than-serious$850$510Jun 29, 2015Final

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.

May 13, 2015, Pasadena: Hospitalization · soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury · foot (feet), unspecified

An employee turned the wrong way while operating a standup forklift. He stepped off of the forklift and wedged his foot between the forklift and pallet. He was hospitalized overnight.

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)(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 1910.176 · Material storage and aisles

29 CFR 1910.176(b)

(b) Secure storage. Storage of material shall not create a hazard. Bags, containers, bundles, etc., stored in tiers shall be stacked, blocked, interlocked and limited in height so that they are stable and secure against sliding or collapse.

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(2)(ii)

(ii) Training shall consist of a combination of formal instruction (e.g., lecture, discussion, interactive computer learning, video tape, written material), practical training (demonstrations performed by the trainer and practical exercises performed by the trainee), and evaluation of the operator's performance in the workplace.

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

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

29 CFR 1910.37 · Exit routes

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