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Technical Services Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

Ames, Iowa · All Other Miscellaneous General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing · NAICS 333999

3inspections
17citation items
$11,500current penalties
Jun 14, 2022last inspection

OSHA has inspected Technical Services Inc 3 times in Iowa since 1985.

The latest one began on Jun 14, 2022 on a referral, in Ames.

Those inspections ended with 17 citation items: 16 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $18,901 and now stand at $11,500, 39% 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 Technical Services Inc averages $10,500 (1 cited inspection).

Technical Services Inc: OSHA citation items per year, 1985 to 2022
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 346019631 OPENED JUN 14, 2022Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 58 employees at the site · Closed Sep 6, 2022

57006 241st Street, Ames, IA 50010 · Machine Shops · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(2) · Machine guarding
 Serious$7,022$5,250Jul 28, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$7,022$5,250Jul 28, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.219(e)(1)(i) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$0$0Jul 28, 2022Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1904.29(b)(1) · Injury and illness log
 Other-than-serious$657$0Jul 28, 2022Final

Inspection 316484724 OPENED APR 30, 2012Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 27 employees at the site · Closed Oct 26, 2012

57006 241st Street, Ames, IA 50010 · 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 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$875$250Jul 6, 2012Closed
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(ia) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$0$0Jul 6, 2012Closed
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(ib) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$875$0Jul 6, 2012Closed
Citation 1, item 1d
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(iv) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$0$0Jul 6, 2012Closed
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$875$0Jul 6, 2012Closed
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$0$0Jul 6, 2012Closed
Citation 1, item 2c
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(6) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$0$0Jul 6, 2012Closed
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
 Serious$875$500Jul 6, 2012Closed
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii) · Machine guarding
 Serious$0$0Jul 6, 2012Closed
Citation 1, item 4a
29 CFR 1910.1026(d)(1) · Hexavalent chromium
 Serious$700$250Jul 6, 2012Closed
Citation 1, item 4b
29 CFR 1910.1026(l)(1) · Hexavalent chromium
 Serious$0$0Jul 6, 2012Closed
Citation 1, item 4c
29 CFR 1910.1026(l)(2)(ib) · Hexavalent chromium
 Serious$0$0Jul 6, 2012Closed
Citation 1, item 4d
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3)(ii) · Hazard communication
 Serious$0$0Jul 6, 2012Closed

Inspection 2659829 OPENED OCT 4, 1985Closed

Planned · Records only · Safety · 19 employees at the site · Closed Oct 4, 1985

928 North 4th, Ames, IA 50010 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

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 1904.29 · Injury and illness log

29 CFR 1904.29(b)(1)

(b) Implementation—(1) What do I need to do to complete the OSHA 300 Log? You must enter information about your business at the top of the OSHA 300 Log, enter a one or two line description for each recordable injury or illness, and summarize this information on the OSHA 300-A at the end of the year.

29 CFR 1910.1026 · Hexavalent chromium

29 CFR 1910.1026(d)(1)

(d) Exposure determination—(1) General. Each employer who has a workplace or work operation covered by this section shall determine the 8-hour TWA exposure for each employee exposed to chromium (VI). This determination shall be made in accordance with either paragraph (d)(2) or paragraph (d)(3) of this section.

29 CFR 1910.1026(l)(1)

(l) Communication of chromium (VI) hazards to employees—(1) Hazard communication—general—(i) Chemical manufacturers, importers, distributors and employers shall comply with all requirements of the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) (§ 1910.1200) for chromium (VI).

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

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

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