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Techline, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Meyersville, Texas · Electric Power Distribution · NAICS 221122

2inspections
5citation items
$14,462current penalties
Aug 2, 2023last inspection

OSHA has inspected Techline, Inc. 2 times in Texas since 2013.

The latest one began on Aug 2, 2023 after a complaint, in New Braunfels.

Those inspections ended with 5 citation items: 5 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $24,104 and now stand at $14,462, 40% lower after settlements or reviews.

Grinders and abrasive wheels comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.215.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for utility employers since 2015 is $0, and Techline, Inc. averages $14,462 (1 cited inspection).

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Techline, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2013 to 2023
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 346878762 OPENED AUG 2, 2023Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 14 employees at the site · Closed Sep 18, 2023

1578 Wald Road, New Braunfels, TX 78132 · General Warehousing and Storage · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(6) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$6,026$3,616Aug 10, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.215(a)(4) · Grinders and abrasive wheels
 Serious$6,026$3,616Aug 10, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9) · Grinders and abrasive wheels
 Serious$6,026$3,616Aug 10, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 4a
29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iv)(a) · Electrical wiring methods
 Serious$6,026$3,616Aug 10, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 4b
29 CFR 1910.303(b)(2) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
 Serious$0$0Aug 10, 2023Final

Inspection 339291239 OPENED AUG 13, 2013Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 4 employees at the site · Closed Dec 10, 2013

5490 Fm 237, Meyersville, TX 77974 · Electric Power Distribution · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Aug 12, 2013 (fatal): Employee is electrocuted

At approximately 11:45 a.m. on August 12, 2013, Employee #1 was relocating an energized transmission line wire to a buddy post wearing insulated gloves and sleeves. He rested his arm on the exposed energized transmission line and was electrocuted.

No citations from this inspection.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(6)

(6) Certification. The employer shall certify that each operator has been trained and evaluated as required by this paragraph (l). The certification shall include the name of the operator, the date of the training, the date of the evaluation, and the identity of the person(s) performing the training or evaluation.

29 CFR 1910.215 · Grinders and abrasive wheels

29 CFR 1910.215(a)(4)

(4) Work rests. On offhand grinding machines, work rests shall be used to support the work. They shall be of rigid construction and designed to be adjustable to compensate for wheel wear. Work rests shall be kept adjusted closely to the wheel with a maximum opening of one-eighth inch to prevent the work from being jammed between the wheel and the rest, which may cause wheel breakage. The work rest shall be securely clamped after each adjustment. The adjustment shall not be made with the wheel in motion.

29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9)

(9) Exposure adjustment. Safety guards of the types described in subparagraphs (3) and (4) of this paragraph, where the operator stands in front of the opening, shall be constructed so that the peripheral protecting member can be adjusted to the constantly decreasing diameter of the wheel. The maximum angular exposure above the horizontal plane of the wheel spindle as specified in paragraphs (b) (3) and (4) of this section shall never be exceeded, and the distance between the wheel periphery and the adjustable tongue or the end of the peripheral member at the top shall never exceed one-fourth inch. (See Figures O-18, O-19, O-20, O-21, O-22, and O-23.)

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

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