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Valmont Utility: OSHA inspections and violations

Bellville, Texas · Other Concrete Product Manufacturing · NAICS 327390

1inspections
4citation items
$20,000current penalties
Jan 23, 2019last inspection

OSHA inspectors have visited Valmont Utility in Texas one time.

It opened on Jan 23, 2019 as a planned inspection, in Bellville.

In all, OSHA issued 4 citation items: 2 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $34,098; today they stand at $20,000, 41% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.212 (machine guarding), 2 times.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $4,500 penalty. Valmont Utility averages $20,000 across 1 cited inspection.

Valmont Utility: OSHA citation items per year, 2019 to 2019
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343737367 OPENED JAN 23, 2019Closed

Planned · Partial · Health · 91 employees at the site · Closed Sep 30, 2019

11308 Highway 36 P.o. Box 640, Bellville, TX 77418 · Other Concrete Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1 Other-than-serious$11,366$9,000Feb 21, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii) · Machine guarding
 Serious$11,366$7,000Feb 21, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.212(b) · Machine guarding
 Other-than-serious$5,683$0Feb 21, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.252(b)(2)(iii) · Welding fire safety
 Serious$5,683$4,000Feb 21, 2019Final

The rules behind these citations

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

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.

29 CFR 1910.212(b)

(b) Anchoring fixed machinery. Machines designed for a fixed location shall be securely anchored to prevent walking or moving.

29 CFR 1910.252 · Welding fire safety

29 CFR 1910.252(b)(2)(iii)

(iii) Protection from arc welding rays. Where the work permits, the welder should be enclosed in an individual booth painted with a finish of low reflectivity such as zinc oxide (an important factor for absorbing ultraviolet radiations) and lamp black, or shall be enclosed with noncombustible screens similarly painted. Booths and screens shall permit circulation of air at floor level. Workers or other persons adjacent to the welding areas shall be protected from the rays by noncombustible or flameproof screens or shields or shall be required to wear appropriate goggles.

29 CFR 1910.95 · Noise

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