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Refrigeration Design Technologies: OSHA inspections and violations

Waxahachie, Texas · Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing · NAICS 333415

3inspections
12citation items
$16,611current penalties
Mar 16, 2018last inspection

OSHA has inspected Refrigeration Design Technologies 3 times in Texas since 2013.

The latest one began on Mar 16, 2018 on a referral, in Waxahachie.

Those inspections ended with 12 citation items: 9 serious and 3 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $31,418 and now stand at $16,611, 47% lower after settlements or reviews.

Respiratory protection comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.134.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Refrigeration Design Technologies averages $4,805 (2 cited inspections).

Refrigeration Design Technologies also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Refrigeration Design Technologies: OSHA citation items per year, 2013 to 2018
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343056511 OPENED MAR 16, 2018Closed

Referral · Partial · Health · 50 employees at the site · Closed Sep 12, 2018

1808 Fm 66, Waxahachie, TX 75167 · 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 1910.134(c)(1) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$2,968$1,781Aug 1, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$0$0Aug 1, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.1026(d)(1) · Hexavalent chromium
 Serious$2,968$1,781Aug 1, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$2,968$1,781Aug 1, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 1, 2018Final

Inspection 342918588 OPENED FEB 1, 2018Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 59 employees at the site · Closed Apr 11, 2018

1808 Fm 66, Waxahachie, TX 75167 · 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 1
29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iv)(a) · Electrical wiring methods
 Serious$7,114$4,268Feb 26, 2018Final

Inspection 339016297 OPENED APR 19, 2013Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 28 employees at the site · Closed Jan 13, 2015

1808 Fm 66, Waxahachie, TX 75167 · Refrigeration Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers · 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$2,800$1,400Jun 24, 2013Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.178(p)(1) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$4,200$2,100Jun 24, 2013Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
 Serious$4,900$2,100Jun 24, 2013Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$3,500$1,400Jun 24, 2013Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.37(b)(2) · Exit routes
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 24, 2013Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.157(c)(1) · Portable fire extinguishers
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 24, 2013Final

Injury and illness logs

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

In 2025, the Waxahachie site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 75 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 0.6 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Refrigeration Design Technologies
Waxahachie · 2025
75 000.00.6

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1026 · Hexavalent chromium

29 CFR 1910.1026(d)(1)

(d) Exposure determination—(1) General. Each employer who has a workplace or work operation covered by this section shall determine the 8-hour TWA exposure for each employee exposed to chromium (VI). This determination shall be made in accordance with either paragraph (d)(2) or paragraph (d)(3) of this section.

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 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2)

(2) The employer shall verify that the required workplace hazard assessment has been performed through a written certification that identifies the workplace evaluated; the person certifying that the evaluation has been performed; the date(s) of the hazard assessment; and, which identifies the document as a certification of hazard assessment.

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.157 · Portable fire extinguishers

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

29 CFR 1910.37 · Exit routes

Other air-conditioning and warm air heating equipment and commercial and industrial refrigeration equipment manufacturing employers in Texas

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