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Tools, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Pago Pago, American Samoa · Commercial and Institutional Building Construction · NAICS 236220

7inspections
13citation items
$18,581current penalties
Apr 13, 2023last inspection

Since 2011, OSHA inspectors have visited Tools, Inc. in American Samoa 7 times.

The most recent inspection opened on Apr 13, 2023 as a planned inspection, in Pago Pago.

In all, OSHA issued 13 citation items: 8 serious and 5 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $31,000; today they stand at $18,581, 40% less.

The rule cited most here is 1926.404 (ground-fault protection on job sites), 2 times.

Among construction employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,078 penalty. Tools, Inc. averages $7,545 across 2 cited inspections.

Tools, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2011 to 2023
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 346638216 OPENED APR 13, 2023Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 24 employees at the site · Closed Jul 10, 2023

Tafuna Industrial Park, Pago Pago, AS 96799 · Construction and Mining (except Oil Well) Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
 Serious$4,687$3,281Jun 1, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.213(c)(1) · Woodworking machinery
 Serious$6,250$4,375Jun 1, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.213(c)(2) · Woodworking machinery
 Serious$4,687$0Jun 1, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.219(f)(3) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$7,813$5,469Jun 1, 2023Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.36(g)(2) · Exit route design
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 1, 2023Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.176(b) · Material storage and aisles
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 1, 2023Final
Citation 2, item 3
29 CFR 1910.305(g)(2)(iii) · Electrical wiring methods
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 1, 2023Final

Inspection 342615069 OPENED AUG 31, 2017Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 19 employees at the site · Closed Dec 29, 2017

Tafuna Industrial Park, Pago Pago, AS 96799 · Construction and Mining (except Oil Well) Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 341619898 OPENED JUL 6, 2016Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 57 employees at the site · Closed Oct 6, 2016

Fagatogo Gas Station, Pago Pago, AS 96799 · Industrial Building Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.404(b)(1)(i) · Ground-fault protection on job sites
 Serious$2,806$1,964Sep 2, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1926.51(a)(4) · Sanitation
 Other-than-serious$0$0Sep 2, 2016Final

Inspection 340146307 OPENED DEC 10, 2014Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 50 employees at the site · Closed May 6, 2015

Tafuna Industrial Park, Pago Pago, AS 96799 · Lumber, Plywood, Millwork, and Wood Panel Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.23(c)(1) · Guarding floor and wall openings and holes
 Serious$1,517$1,062Mar 12, 2015Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.22(b)(1) · General requirements
 Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 12, 2015Final

Inspection 334331121 OPENED APR 30, 2012Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 50 employees at the site · Closed Jul 30, 2012

Tafuna Industrial Park, Pago Pago, AS 96799 · Commercial and Institutional Building Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 334331311 OPENED APR 30, 2012Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 50 employees at the site · Closed Sep 18, 2012

Tafuna Industrial Park, Pago Pago, AS 96799 · Lumber, Plywood, Millwork, and Wood Panel Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 315436121 OPENED MAR 3, 2011Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 20 employees at the site · Closed Aug 5, 2011

Tafuna Industrial Park, Pago Pago, AS 96799 · Commercial and Institutional Building Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.404(b)(1)(i) · Ground-fault protection on job sites
 Serious$1,620$1,215Apr 5, 2011Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.405(b)(2) · Job-site wiring
 Serious$1,620$1,215Apr 5, 2011Closed

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.176 · Material storage and aisles

29 CFR 1910.176(b)

(b) Secure storage. Storage of material shall not create a hazard. Bags, containers, bundles, etc., stored in tiers shall be stacked, blocked, interlocked and limited in height so that they are stable and secure against sliding or collapse.

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1)

(a) Machine guarding—(1) Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks. Examples of guarding methods are—barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices, electronic safety devices, etc.

29 CFR 1910.213 · Woodworking machinery

29 CFR 1910.213(c)(1)

(c) Hand-fed ripsaws. (1) Each circular hand-fed ripsaw shall be guarded by a hood which shall completely enclose that portion of the saw above the table and that portion of the saw above the material being cut. The hood and mounting shall be arranged so that the hood will automatically adjust itself to the thickness of and remain in contact with the material being cut but it shall not offer any considerable resistance to insertion of material to saw or to passage of the material being sawed. The hood shall be made of adequate strength to resist blows and strains incidental to reasonable operation, adjusting, and handling, and shall be so designed as to protect the operator from flying splinters and broken saw teeth. It shall be made of material that is soft enough so that it will be unlikely to cause tooth breakage. The hood shall be so mounted as to insure that its operation will be po

29 CFR 1910.219 · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts

29 CFR 1910.22 · General requirements

29 CFR 1910.23 · Guarding floor and wall openings and holes

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

29 CFR 1910.36 · Exit route design

29 CFR 1926.404 · Ground-fault protection on job sites

29 CFR 1926.405 · Job-site wiring

29 CFR 1926.51 · Sanitation

Other commercial and institutional building construction employers in American Samoa

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