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Structural Materials, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Lenoir, North Carolina · Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing · NAICS 332312

2inspections
28citation items
$9,325current penalties
Dec 12, 2023last inspection

Since 2006, OSHA inspectors have visited Structural Materials, Inc. in North Carolina 2 times.

The most recent inspection opened on Dec 12, 2023 as a planned inspection, in Lenoir.

In all, OSHA issued 28 citation items: 16 serious and 12 other-than-serious.

The penalties, $9,325 in total, stand where OSHA first set them.

The rule cited most here is 1910.215 (grinders and abrasive wheels), 6 times.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,600 penalty. Structural Materials, Inc. averages $7,125 across 1 cited inspection.

Structural Materials, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2006 to 2023
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 347161432 OPENED DEC 12, 2023Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 6 employees at the site · Closed Feb 27, 2024

802 Old North Rd. Nw, Lenoir, NC 28645 · Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
Serious$3,125$3,125Jan 16, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii) · Machine guarding
Serious$0$0Jan 16, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.213(a)(9) · Woodworking machinery
Serious$2,000$2,000Jan 16, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.215(a)(2) · Grinders and abrasive wheels
Serious$2,000$2,000Jan 16, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.215(a)(4) · Grinders and abrasive wheels
Serious$0$0Jan 16, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 3c
29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9) · Grinders and abrasive wheels
Serious$0$0Jan 16, 2024Final

Inspection 310295712 OPENED AUG 18, 2006Closed

Planned · Complete · Health · 6 employees at the site · Closed Nov 28, 2006

802 Old North Road, Lenoir, NC 28645 · Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1 Serious$250$250Sep 12, 2006Closed
Citation 1, item 2 Serious$250$250Sep 12, 2006Closed
Citation 1, item 3 Serious$250$250Sep 12, 2006Closed
Citation 1, item 4a Serious$700$700Sep 12, 2006Closed
Citation 1, item 4b Serious$0$0Sep 12, 2006Closed
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.212(b) · Machine guarding
Serious$150$150Sep 12, 2006Closed
Citation 1, item 6a
29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9) · Grinders and abrasive wheels
Serious$250$250Sep 12, 2006Closed
Citation 1, item 6b
29 CFR 1910.215(a)(2) · Grinders and abrasive wheels
Serious$0$0Sep 12, 2006Closed
Citation 1, item 6c
29 CFR 1910.215(a)(4) · Grinders and abrasive wheels
Serious$0$0Sep 12, 2006Closed
Citation 1, item 8
29 CFR 1910.305(j)(2)(ii) · Electrical wiring methods
Serious$350$350Sep 12, 2006Closed
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.22(d)(1) · General requirements
Other-than-serious$0$0Sep 12, 2006Closed
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.24(h) · Fixed industrial stairs
Other-than-serious$0$0Sep 12, 2006Closed
Citation 2, item 3
29 CFR 1910.37(b)(2) · Exit routes
Other-than-serious$0$0Sep 12, 2006Closed
Citation 2, item 4
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1) · Respiratory protection
Other-than-serious$0$0Sep 12, 2006Closed
Citation 2, item 5
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1) · Respiratory protection
Other-than-serious$0$0Sep 12, 2006Closed
Citation 2, item 6
29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2) · Respiratory protection
Other-than-serious$0$0Sep 12, 2006Closed
Citation 2, item 7
29 CFR 1910.134(h)(2)(i) · Respiratory protection
Other-than-serious$0$0Sep 12, 2006Closed
Citation 2, item 8
29 CFR 1910.134(h)(3)(ia) · Respiratory protection
Other-than-serious$0$0Sep 12, 2006Closed
Citation 2, item 9
29 CFR 1910.134(k)(3) · Respiratory protection
Other-than-serious$0$0Sep 12, 2006Closed
Citation 2, item 10
29 CFR 1910.157(g)(1) · Portable fire extinguishers
Other-than-serious$0$0Sep 12, 2006Closed
Citation 2, item 11
29 CFR 1910.305(b)(2) · Electrical wiring methods
Other-than-serious$0$0Sep 12, 2006Closed
Citation 2, item 12
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0Sep 12, 2006Closed

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 1910.134 · 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 1910.134(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 1910.157 · Portable fire extinguishers

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.213 · Woodworking machinery

29 CFR 1910.215 · Grinders and abrasive wheels

29 CFR 1910.22 · General requirements

29 CFR 1910.24 · Fixed industrial stairs

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

29 CFR 1910.37 · Exit routes

29 CFR 1910.95 · Noise

29 CFR 9501.2901

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