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Tehachapi Recycling, Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

Tehachapi, California · Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers · NAICS 423930

4inspections
9citation items
$6,335current penalties
May 2, 2017last inspection

Tehachapi Recycling, Inc has 4 OSHA inspections on record in California, the first in 1998.

OSHA's last visit started on May 2, 2017 after a complaint, in Tehachapi.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 9 citation items: 2 serious and 7 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $26,635 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $6,335, down 76%.

For context, across all wholesale employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,425. Tehachapi Recycling, Inc averages $225 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Tehachapi Recycling, Inc: OSHA citation items per year, 1998 to 2017
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 342292240 OPENED MAY 2, 2017Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 25 employees at the site · Closed Oct 30, 2017

416 North Dennison Rd., Tehachapi, CA 93561 · Solid Waste Collection · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 3380(F)
Other-than-serious$225$225Aug 24, 2017Final

Inspection 314759515 OPENED APR 18, 2012Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 30 employees at the site · Closed Jun 17, 2013

416 N Dennison Rd, Tehachapi, CA 93561 · Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 461 A
Other-than-serious$275$115Sep 4, 2012Final
Citation 1, item 2 Other-than-serious$205$115Sep 4, 2012Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 4353 G
Other-than-serious$275$0Sep 4, 2012Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 3210 B
Other-than-serious$4,950$300Sep 4, 2012Final

Inspection 125730598 OPENED FEB 19, 2002Closed

Accident · Partial · Safety · 40 employees at the site · Closed Mar 13, 2009

416 N Dennison Rd, Tehachapi, CA 93561 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Aug 30, 2001: Employee left hand fractured

At approximately 7:45 a.m. on August 30, 2001, Employee #1 was using a hydraulic press to smash containers when an explosion occurred in the enclosed area of th e press causing the steel door of the press to strike Employee #1 in the left ha nd. Employee #1 was taken to the hospital and treated for a fractured left hand.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 3203 B02
Other-than-serious$275$275Mar 1, 2002Closed
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 4353 H
Other-than-serious$15,400$275Mar 1, 2002Final

Inspection 112017918 OPENED JUL 1, 1998Closed

Accident · Partial · Safety · 42 employees at the site · Closed Feb 9, 2001

416 N Dennison Rd, Tehachapi, CA 93561 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Jul 1, 1998 (fatal): Employee crushed in baler

On July 1, 1998, Employee #1 was operating a Logeman Model 345A-AT baler at the Tehachapi Recycling facility located in Tehachapi. He was between the frame of t he baler in back of the ram and was preparing to weld a rod to the ram which had broken. He did not de-energize the equipment, and while he was behind the ram, he accidentally struck the control switch causing the baler to cycle. Employee # 1 was crushed between the table, which was attached to the ram, and the housing for the piston to which the ram is attached and was killed.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 3203 A07 C
Serious$1,030$1,030Dec 21, 1998Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 3314 A
Serious$4,000$4,000Dec 21, 1998Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 2500.10

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