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Protective Coating Specialists, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Huron, South Dakota · Metal Coating, Engraving (except Jewelry and Silverware), and Allied Services to Manufacturers · NAICS 332812

1inspections
26citation items
$57,430current penalties
Nov 22, 2023last inspection

OSHA has inspected Protective Coating Specialists, Inc. once in South Dakota.

The inspection began on Nov 22, 2023 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Huron.

That inspection ended with 26 citation items: 25 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $80,661 and now stand at $57,430, 29% lower after settlements or reviews.

Noise comes up most often in these citations: 4 items under 1910.95.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Protective Coating Specialists, Inc. averages $57,430 (1 cited inspection).

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Protective Coating Specialists, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2023 to 2023
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 347123549 OPENED NOV 22, 2023Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Complete · Health · 38 employees at the site · Closed Nov 4, 2024

1350 7th Street Northwest, Huron, SD 57350 · Metal Coating, Engraving (except Jewelry and Silverware), and Allied Services to Manufacturers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Nov 21, 2023 (fatal): Employee is killed when crushed by forklift

At 12:30 p.m. on November 21, 2023, an employee was using a forklift to load pallets onto a box truck. The employee attempted to back from the box truck to the dock, but the truck had rolled away, and the forklift fell to the ground. The employee was killed due to traumatic crushing injuries.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
OSH Act Section 5(a)(1) · General Duty Clause
Serious$11,292$11,292May 13, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(6) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
Serious$0$0May 13, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.26(d) · Dockboards
Serious$11,292$11,292May 13, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.37(b)(5) · Exit routes
Serious$4,839$2,903May 13, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.36(g)(2) · Exit route design
Serious$0$0May 13, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 3c
29 CFR 1910.37(b)(6) · Exit routes
Serious$0$0May 13, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 4a Serious$8,067$4,840May 13, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 4b Serious$0$0May 13, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 4c Serious$0$0May 13, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 4d Serious$0$0May 13, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.136(a) · Foot protection
Serious$4,839$2,903May 13, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 6a
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1) · Respiratory protection
Serious$8,067$4,840May 13, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 6b
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1) · Respiratory protection
Serious$0$0May 13, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 6c
29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2) · Respiratory protection
Serious$0$0May 13, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 7a
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
Serious$11,292$6,775May 13, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 7b
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii) · Machine guarding
Serious$0$0May 13, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 7c
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(5) · Machine guarding
Serious$0$0May 13, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 7d
29 CFR 1910.219(f)(3) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
Serious$0$0May 13, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 7e
29 CFR 1910.219(e)(1)(i) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
Serious$0$0May 13, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 7f
29 CFR 1910.219(e)(4) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
Serious$0$0May 13, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 8a
29 CFR 1910.303(g)(2)(i) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
Serious$9,680$5,808May 13, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 8b
29 CFR 1910.305(b)(2)(i) · Electrical wiring methods
Serious$0$0May 13, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 9a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$9,680$5,808May 13, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 9b
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$0$0May 13, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 9c
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6) · Hazard communication
Serious$0$0May 13, 2024Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1904.29(b)(3) · Injury and illness log
Other-than-serious$1,613$968May 13, 2024Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1904.29 · Injury and illness log

29 CFR 1904.29(b)(3)

(3) How quickly must each injury or illness be recorded? You must enter each recordable injury or illness on the OSHA 300 Log and 301 Incident Report within seven (7) calendar days of receiving information that a recordable injury or illness has occurred.

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 1910.1200(f)(6)

(6) Workplace labeling. Except as provided in paragraphs (f)(7) and (f)(8) of this section, the employer shall ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace is labeled, tagged or marked with either:

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.136 · Foot protection

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

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

29 CFR 1910.26 · Dockboards

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

29 CFR 1910.36 · Exit route design

29 CFR 1910.37 · Exit routes

29 CFR 1910.95 · Noise

OSH Act Section 5 · General Duty Clause

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