South Hadley, Massachusetts · All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing · NAICS 332999
OSHA has inspected Tech Fab, Inc. 2 times in Massachusetts since 1998.
The latest one began on Mar 13, 2019 as a planned inspection, in South Hadley.
Those inspections ended with 3 citation items: 1 serious, 1 willful and 1 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $12,904 and now stand at $11,213, 13% lower after settlements or reviews.
Lockout/tagout comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.147.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Tech Fab, Inc. averages $3,713 (1 cited inspection).
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Watch this company1 W Main St, South Hadley, MA 01075 · All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1) · Lockout/tagout |
Serious | $5,304 | $3,713 | Apr 9, 2019 | Final |
1 West Main Street, South Hadley, MA 01075 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout |
Other-than-serious | $600 | $0 | Oct 19, 1998 | Final |
| Citation 2, item 1 29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii) · Machine guarding |
Willful | $7,000 | $7,500 | Oct 19, 1998 | Final |
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1)
(c) General—(1) Energy control program. The employer shall establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performs any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, start up or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source, and rendered inoperative.
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i)
(4) Energy control procedure. (i) Procedures shall be developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees are engaged in the activities covered by this section.
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii)
(ii) The point of operation of machines whose operation exposes an employee to injury, shall be guarded. The guarding device shall be in conformity with any appropriate standards therefor, or, in the absence of applicable specific standards, shall be so designed and constructed as to prevent the operator from having any part of his body in the danger zone during the operating cycle.
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