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Tool Dynamics LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Columbus, Indiana · Metal Heat Treating · NAICS 332811

1inspections
6citation items
$11,750current penalties
Dec 6, 2018last inspection

OSHA inspectors have visited Tool Dynamics LLC in Indiana one time.

It opened on Dec 6, 2018 after a complaint, in Columbus.

In all, OSHA issued 6 citation items: 6 serious.

The penalties, $11,750 in total, stand where OSHA first set them.

The rule cited most here is 1910.305 (electrical wiring methods), 2 times.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,600 penalty. Tool Dynamics LLC averages $11,750 across 1 cited inspection.

Tool Dynamics LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Tool Dynamics LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2018 to 2018
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343669586 OPENED DEC 6, 2018Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 48 employees at the site · Closed Mar 29, 2019

835 South Marr Road, Columbus, IN 47201 · Metal Heat Treating · 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$2,500$2,500Feb 14, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(a) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$0$0Feb 14, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.303(f)(2) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
 Serious$2,500$2,500Feb 14, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(ii) · Electrical wiring methods
 Serious$2,500$2,500Feb 14, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.305(b)(3)(ii) · Electrical wiring methods
 Serious$2,500$2,500Feb 14, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(7) · Hazard communication
 Serious$1,750$1,750Feb 14, 2019Final

Injury and illness logs

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

In 2017, the Columbus site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 61 workers: 1.9 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.2 for its industry. Those cases cost 1 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Tool Dynamics (Columbus)
Columbus · 2017
61 111.93.2

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(f)(7)

(7) The employer may use signs, placards, process sheets, batch tickets, operating procedures, or other such written materials in lieu of affixing labels to individual stationary process containers, as long as the alternative method identifies the containers to which it is applicable and conveys the information required by paragraph (f)(6) of this section to be on a label. The employer shall ensure the written materials are readily accessible to the employees in their work area throughout each work shift.

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)(7)(i)(a)

(A) Each authorized employee shall receive training in the recognition of applicable hazardous energy sources, the type and magnitude of the energy available in the workplace, and the methods and means necessary for energy isolation and control.

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

Other metal heat treating employers in Indiana

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