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Tengam Engineering Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Otsego, Michigan · All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · NAICS 326199

2inspections
10citation items
$3,950current penalties
Nov 17, 2016last inspection

OSHA has inspected Tengam Engineering Inc. 2 times in Michigan since 1998.

The latest one began on Nov 17, 2016 as a planned inspection, in Otsego.

Those inspections ended with 10 citation items: 4 serious and 6 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $7,450 and now stand at $3,950, 47% 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 $4,500, and Tengam Engineering Inc. averages $3,500 (1 cited inspection).

Tengam Engineering Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Tengam Engineering Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 1998 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 340055615 OPENED NOV 17, 2016Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 30 employees at the site · Closed Feb 6, 2017

545 Washington St., Otsego, MI 49078 · All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 408.10220(1)
 Serious$3,500$1,750Jan 18, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$3,500$1,750Jan 18, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(a) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$0$0Jan 18, 2017Final

Inspection 124982653 OPENED FEB 20, 1998Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 35 employees at the site · Closed May 5, 1998

545 Washington St, Otsego, MI 49078 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1 Serious$450$450Mar 26, 1998Closed
Citation 2, item 1 Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 26, 1998Closed
Citation 2, item 2 Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 26, 1998Closed
Citation 2, item 3 Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 26, 1998Closed
Citation 2, item 4
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 26, 1998Closed
Citation 2, item 5
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(ii) · Lockout/tagout
 Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 26, 1998Closed
Citation 2, item 6
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
 Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 26, 1998Closed

Injury and illness logs

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

In 2018, the Otsego site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 45 workers: 2.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 19 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Tengam Engineering, Inc
Otsego · 2018
45 112.02.6

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 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

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 1910.147(c)(6)(ii)

(ii) The employer shall certify that the periodic inspections have been performed. The certification shall identify the machine or equipment on which the energy control procedure was being utilized, the date of the inspection, the employees included in the inspection, and the person performing the inspection.

29 CFR 4080.1014

29 CFR 4081.125

29 CFR 4081.3308

29 CFR 4081.727

Other all other plastics product manufacturing employers in Michigan

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