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Saturn Machine, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Brookshire, Texas · Machine Shops · NAICS 332710

5inspections
12citation items
$22,351current penalties
Oct 27, 2022last inspection

Since 1999, OSHA inspectors have visited Saturn Machine, Inc. in Texas 5 times.

The most recent inspection opened on Oct 27, 2022 as a planned inspection, in Brookshire.

In all, OSHA issued 12 citation items: 11 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $32,967; today they stand at $22,351, 32% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.134 (respiratory protection), 4 times.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,600 penalty. Saturn Machine, Inc. averages $7,962 across 2 cited inspections.

Saturn Machine, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Saturn Machine, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 1999 to 2022
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 346310204 OPENED OCT 27, 2022Closed

Planned · Complete · Health · 45 employees at the site · Closed Feb 23, 2023

4815 S Front St., Brookshire, TX 77423 · Machine Shops · 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$7,252$4,351Nov 17, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(ii) · Respiratory protection
Serious$0$0Nov 17, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1) · Respiratory protection
Serious$0$0Nov 17, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 1d
29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2) · Respiratory protection
Serious$0$0Nov 17, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$7,252$4,351Nov 17, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.147(d)(3) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$0$0Nov 17, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$5,801$3,481Nov 17, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$0$0Nov 17, 2022Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
Other-than-serious$0$0Nov 17, 2022Final

Inspection 341896967 OPENED NOV 8, 2016Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 35 employees at the site · Closed Jan 5, 2017

4815 S Front St, Brookshire, TX 77423 · Machine Shops · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(ii) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$6,236$3,742Nov 17, 2016Final

Inspection 315195040 OPENED JAN 27, 2011Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 75 employees at the site · Closed Mar 4, 2011

4815 S Front St, Brookshire, TX 77423 · Industrial Machinery Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.215(a)(4) · Grinders and abrasive wheels
Serious$3,213$3,213Feb 9, 2011Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9) · Grinders and abrasive wheels
Serious$3,213$3,213Feb 9, 2011Closed

Inspection 306569336 OPENED MAY 19, 2004Closed

Planned · Complete · Health · 60 employees at the site · Closed May 27, 2004

4815 Front Street, Brookshire, TX 77423 · Machine Shops · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 301338562 OPENED MAR 24, 1999Closed

Programmed other · Partial · Health · 94 employees at the site · Closed Mar 31, 1999

4815 Front Street, Brookshire, TX 77423 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Injury and illness logs

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

In 2019, the Brookshire site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 61 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.7 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Saturn Machine Inc
Brookshire · 2019
61 000.02.7

The rules behind these citations

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

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(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 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)

(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.

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.215 · Grinders and abrasive wheels

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