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Valcour Casework, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Helotes, Texas · Other Millwork (including Flooring) · NAICS 321918

2inspections
8citation items
$8,000current penalties
Dec 2, 2016last inspection

OSHA has inspected Valcour Casework, Inc. 2 times in Texas since 2016.

The latest one began on Dec 2, 2016 to follow up on an earlier case, in Helotes.

Those inspections ended with 8 citation items: 7 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $16,322 and now stand at $8,000, 51% lower after settlements or reviews.

Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.178.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Valcour Casework, Inc. averages $4,000 (2 cited inspections).

Valcour Casework, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2016 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341947455 OPENED DEC 2, 2016Closed

Follow-up · Partial · Safety · 3 employees at the site · Closed Apr 18, 2017

13338 Western Oak Dr., Helotes, TX 78023 · Other Millwork (including Flooring) · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
OSH Act Section 5(a)(1) · General Duty Clause
 Serious$2,173$1,000Mar 16, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.157(c)(1) · Portable fire extinguishers
 Serious$1,630$1,000Mar 16, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.242(b) · Hand and power tools
 Serious$2,173$0Mar 16, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2c
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$4,346$0Mar 16, 2017Final

Inspection 341403327 OPENED APR 15, 2016Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 9 employees at the site · Closed May 5, 2017

13338 Western Oak Dr., Helotes, TX 78023 · Other Millwork (including Flooring) · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$1,600$1,600Jun 3, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$1,600$1,600Jun 3, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.213(d)(1) · Woodworking machinery
 Serious$2,800$2,800Jun 3, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.22(d)(1) · General requirements
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 3, 2016Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1)

(c) General—(1) Energy control program. The employer shall establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performs any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, start up or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source, and rendered inoperative.

29 CFR 1910.157 · Portable fire extinguishers

29 CFR 1910.157(c)(1)

(c) General requirements. (1) The employer shall provide portable fire extinguishers and shall mount, locate and identify them so that they are readily accessible to employees without subjecting the employees to possible injury.

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i)

(l) Operator training. (1) Safe operation. (i) The employer shall ensure that each powered industrial truck operator is competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l).

29 CFR 1910.213 · Woodworking machinery

29 CFR 1910.22 · General requirements

29 CFR 1910.242 · Hand and power tools

OSH Act Section 5 · General Duty Clause

Other other millwork (including flooring) employers in Texas

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