Quality Ironworks: OSHA inspections and violations
Dallas, Texas · Iron and Steel Pipe and Tube Manufacturing from Purchased Steel · NAICS 331210
6inspections
8citation items
$16,352current penalties
Sep 5, 2024last inspection
Since 2001, OSHA inspectors have visited Quality Ironworks in Texas 6 times.
The most recent inspection opened on Sep 5, 2024 as a planned inspection, in Bandera.
In all, OSHA issued 8 citation items: 7 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
The proposed penalties came to $27,591; today they stand at $16,352, 41% less.
Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,600 penalty. Quality Ironworks averages $3,958 across 3 cited inspections.
1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.
Quality Ironworks also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Dec 13, 2001 (fatal): Employee killed when struck by power press die fragment
At approximately 9:30 a.m. on December 13, 2001, Employee #1 was setting dies in a Scotchman 10-ton single throw rocking beam power press, Model Number 4010C, S erial Number 6870FF197. As the die was lowered to the plate, it shattered and a piece of the die struck the employee in the right eye, penetrating his brain. Em ergency medical services were called and the employee was transported to Parklan d Memorial Hospital. Life support was removed and Employee #1 was pronounced dea d at 10:00 p.m. on December 14, 2001.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2024, the Dallas site logged 2 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 83 workers: 2.1 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.6 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Quality Ironworks Inc.
Dallas · 2024
83
2
0
2.1
3.6
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.
(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 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
29 CFR 1910.132(a)
(a) Application. Protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, shall be provided, used, and maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition wherever it is necessary by reason of hazards of processes or environment, chemical hazards, radiological hazards, or mechanical irritants encountered in a manner capable of causing injury or impairment in the function of any part of the body through absorption, inhalation or physical contact.
(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.
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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.