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Smart Machine Technologies, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Ridgeway, Virginia · All Other Miscellaneous General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing · NAICS 333999

2inspections
16citation items
$16,499current penalties
Jan 3, 2024last inspection

Since 2016, OSHA inspectors have visited Smart Machine Technologies, Inc. in Virginia 2 times.

The most recent inspection opened on Jan 3, 2024 as a planned inspection, in Ridgeway.

In all, OSHA issued 16 citation items: 12 serious and 4 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $23,570; today they stand at $16,499, 30% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.303 (electrical equipment, general requirements), 3 times.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,600 penalty. Smart Machine Technologies, Inc. averages $8,250 across 2 cited inspections.

Smart Machine Technologies, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2016 to 2024
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 347192049 OPENED JAN 3, 2024Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 38 employees at the site · Closed Dec 12, 2024

650 Frith Drive, Ridgeway, VA 24148 · All Other Miscellaneous General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 16VAC25-60-120
 Serious$3,960$2,772Mar 28, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.179(l)(3)(i) · Overhead and gantry cranes
 Serious$4,700$3,290Mar 28, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(2) · Machine guarding
 Serious$5,200$3,640Mar 28, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.219(c)(4)(i) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$0$0Mar 28, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.242(b) · Hand and power tools
 Serious$2,720$1,904Mar 28, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 5a
29 CFR 1910.303(b)(2) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
 Serious$2,720$1,904Mar 28, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 5b
29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iv)(a) · Electrical wiring methods
 Serious$0$0Mar 28, 2024Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.212(b) · Machine guarding
 Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 28, 2024Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.253(b)(2)(iv) · Gas welding and cutting
 Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 28, 2024Final
Citation 2, item 3
29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
 Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 28, 2024Final

Inspection 341230654 OPENED FEB 5, 2016Closed

Planned · Complete · Health · 50 employees at the site · Closed May 2, 2016

650 Frith Drive, Ridgeway, VA 24148 · All Other Miscellaneous General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$1,435$1,004Mar 22, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$0$0Mar 22, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.303(b)(7)(i) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
 Serious$1,680$1,176Mar 22, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.304(f)(1)(iv) · Grounding and circuit protection
 Serious$0$0Mar 22, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.304(g)(5) · Grounding and circuit protection
 Serious$1,155$808Mar 22, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3) · Hazard communication
 Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 22, 2016Final

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(h)(3)

(3) Training. Employee training shall include at least:

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1)

(1) General. The employer shall provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee is fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace. The employer may discontinue an employee's medical evaluations when the employee is no longer required to use a respirator.

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2)

(2) Deep breathing. In a normal standing position, the subject shall breathe slowly and deeply, taking caution so as not to hyperventilate.

29 CFR 1910.179 · Overhead and gantry cranes

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

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

29 CFR 1910.242 · Hand and power tools

29 CFR 1910.253 · Gas welding and cutting

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.304 · Grounding and circuit protection

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

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