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TMS, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Kansas City, Kansas · Engineering Services · NAICS 541330

2inspections
2citation items
$4,320current penalties
Dec 6, 2019last inspection

Since 2016, OSHA inspectors have visited TMS, Inc. in Kansas 2 times.

The most recent inspection opened on Dec 6, 2019 to follow up on an earlier case, in Kansas City.

In all, OSHA issued 2 citation items: 2 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $4,800; today they stand at $4,320, 10% less.

Among professional services employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $1,821 penalty. TMS, Inc. averages $4,320 across 1 cited inspection.

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

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

TMS, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2016 to 2019
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 344512355 OPENED DEC 6, 2019Closed

Follow-up · Partial · Safety · 10 employees at the site · Closed Dec 9, 2019

701 Southwest Blvd., Kansas City, KS 66103 · Engineering Services · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 341334027 OPENED MAR 15, 2016Closed

Referral · Complete · Safety · 10 employees at the site · Closed Oct 26, 2016

701 Southwest Blvd., Kansas City, KS 66103 · Engineering Services · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii) · Machine guarding
Other-than-serious$2,800$4,320Jun 24, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2) · Reporting deaths and severe injuries
Other-than-serious$2,000$0Jun 24, 2016Final

Injury and illness logs

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

In 2024, the Kansas City site logged 2 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 41 workers: 4.4 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.8 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
TMS, Inc.
Kansas City · 2024
41 204.41.8

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.

Feb 15, 2016, Kansas City: Hospitalization, amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified

An employee was lining up a piece of steel under a punch press. The employee pulled the lever to activate the press and smashed the tip of the left index finger resulting in a partial amputation.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1904.39 · Reporting deaths and severe injuries

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2)

(2) Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA.

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii)

(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.

Other engineering services employers in Kansas

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