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Task Force Tips, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Valparaiso, Indiana · Other Metal Valve and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing · NAICS 332919

4inspections
21citation items
$11,796current penalties
Sep 28, 2022last inspection

OSHA has inspected Task Force Tips, LLC 4 times in Indiana since 1995.

The latest one began on Sep 28, 2022 on a referral, in Valparaiso.

Those inspections ended with 21 citation items: 11 serious and 10 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $13,125 and now stand at $11,796, 10% lower after settlements or reviews.

Lockout/tagout comes up most often in these citations: 4 items under 1910.147.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Task Force Tips, LLC averages $9,500 (1 cited inspection).

Task Force Tips, LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Task Force Tips, LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 1995 to 2022
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 346250855 OPENED SEP 28, 2022Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 222 employees at the site · Closed Feb 16, 2023

3701 Innovation Way, Valparaiso, IN 46383 · 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 1910.28(b)(11)(ii) · Fall protection in general industry
 Serious$1,300$1,300Jan 6, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(ii) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$5,600$5,600Jan 6, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.147(d) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$0$0Jan 6, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
 Serious$2,600$2,600Jan 6, 2023Final

Inspection 314359514 OPENED SEP 29, 2010Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 187 employees at the site · Closed Oct 29, 2010

3701 Innovation Way, Valparaiso, IN 46383 · Other Metal Valve and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.303(g)(2)(i) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
 Serious$900$585Oct 15, 2010Closed
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.157(c)(1) · Portable fire extinguishers
 Other-than-serious$0$0Oct 15, 2010Closed

Inspection 127415156 OPENED MAR 26, 2001Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 123 employees at the site · Closed May 29, 2001

2800 East Evans Avenue, Valparaiso, IN 46383 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.215(a)(4) · Grinders and abrasive wheels
 Serious$675$337May 1, 2001Closed
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9) · Grinders and abrasive wheels
 Serious$0$0May 1, 2001Closed
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$675$337May 1, 2001Closed
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.219(e)(3)(i) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$0$0May 1, 2001Closed
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.219(f)(3) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$675$337May 1, 2001Closed
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5)(i) · Hazard communication
 Other-than-serious$0$0May 1, 2001Closed
Citation 2, item 3
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
 Other-than-serious$0$0May 1, 2001Closed

Inspection 123988305 OPENED AUG 16, 1995Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 89 employees at the site · Closed Oct 11, 1995

2800 East Evans Avenue, Valparaiso, IN 46383 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
 Serious$700$700Sep 29, 1995Closed
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Other-than-serious$0$0Sep 29, 1995Closed
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.147(f)(2)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Other-than-serious$0$0Sep 29, 1995Closed
Citation 2, item 3
29 CFR 1910.157(e)(2) · Portable fire extinguishers
 Other-than-serious$0$0Sep 29, 1995Closed
Citation 2, item 4
29 CFR 1910.179(j)(2)(iv) · Overhead and gantry cranes
 Other-than-serious$0$0Sep 29, 1995Closed
Citation 2, item 5
29 CFR 1910.179(j)(3) · Overhead and gantry cranes
 Other-than-serious$0$0Sep 29, 1995Closed
Citation 2, item 6
29 CFR 1910.303(e) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
 Other-than-serious$0$0Sep 29, 1995Closed
Citation 2, item 7
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
 Other-than-serious$0$0Sep 29, 1995Closed

Injury and illness logs

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

In 2021, the Valparaiso site logged 5 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 220 workers: 2.4 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.4 for its industry. Those cases cost 180 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Task Force Tips LLC
Valparaiso · 2021
220 512.42.4
Task Force Tips
Valparaiso · 2019
245 1114.62.4

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(f)(5)(i)

(5) Transportation. (i) Chemical manufacturers, importers, or distributors shall ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals leaving the workplace is labeled, tagged, or marked in accordance with this section in a manner which does not conflict with the requirements of the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.) and regulations issued under that Act by the Department of Transportation (49 CFR subtitle B).

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 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.157 · Portable fire extinguishers

29 CFR 1910.179 · Overhead and gantry cranes

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.215 · Grinders and abrasive wheels

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

29 CFR 1910.28 · Fall protection in general industry

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

Other other metal valve and pipe fitting manufacturing employers in Indiana

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