Rapid City, South Dakota · Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors · NAICS 238220
30inspections
15citation items
$12,030current penalties
Mar 9, 2018last inspection
Tessier's, Inc. has 30 OSHA inspections on record in South Dakota, the first in 1983.
OSHA's last visit started on Mar 9, 2018 on a referral, in Rapid City.
Across those inspections OSHA issued 15 citation items: 12 serious and 3 other-than-serious.
OSHA proposed $20,318 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $12,030, down 41%.
Most often, OSHA cited 1926.500, scope, application, and definitions applicable to this subpart (5 items).
For context, across all construction employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,080. Tessier's, Inc. averages $5,655 over 1 cited inspection in that time.
Tessier's, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Mar 8, 2018: Employee falls through floor hole and is injured
At 5:00 p.m. on March 8, 2018, Employee #1, employed by a heating/ventilation/air conditioning company, was installing equipment on the roof of a two-story commercial building. He was handling a floor hole cover when he fell through the hole, a fall height of 12 feet. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for injuries to his head and torso.
29 CFR 1926.500(d)(2) · Scope, application, and definitions applicable to this subpart
Other-than-serious
$0
$0
Mar 11, 1983
Closed
Injury and illness logs
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2023, the Mitchell site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 160 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.8 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
tessiers inc
Mitchell · 2023
160
0
0
0.0
1.8
Tessier's Inc
Mitchell · 2020
156
0
0
0.0
1.8
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.
Mar 8, 2018, Rapid City: Hospitalization · fractures · multiple body parts, n.e.c.
An employee was in the process of installing a metal curb on a roof for placement of HVAC. He was kneeling and reached his hand over a floor hole cover. The floor hole cover gave way and the employee fell 18 feet. The employee suffered skull fractures as well as a broken pelvis and femur.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(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.
29 CFR 1910.219 · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1)
(d) Pulleys—(1) Guarding. Pulleys, any parts of which are seven (7) feet or less from the floor or working platform, shall be guarded in accordance with the standards specified in paragraphs (m) and (o) of this section. Pulleys serving as balance wheels (e.g., punch presses) on which the point of contact between belt and pulley is more than six feet six inches (6 ft. 6 in.) from the floor or platform may be guarded with a disk covering the spokes.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.
