Mineral Wells, Texas · Warm Air Heating and Air-Conditioning Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers · NAICS 423730
1inspections
2citation items
$8,096current penalties
Mar 20, 2020last inspection
Ventamatic has one OSHA inspection on record in Texas.
OSHA opened it on Mar 20, 2020 on a referral, in Mineral Wells.
From that inspection OSHA issued 2 citation items: 2 serious.
OSHA proposed $13,494 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $8,096, down 40%.
Most often, OSHA cited 1910.217, mechanical power presses (2 items).
For context, across all wholesale employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,425. Ventamatic averages $8,096 over 1 cited inspection in that time.
Ventamatic also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Mar 18, 2020: Employee amputates fingers while operating brake press
At 9:00 a.m. on March 18, 2020, an employee was operating a brake press. The employee reached in under the blade to retrieve a part. The employee pushed down the foot pedal and amputated three fingers. The employee was hospitalized.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Mineral Wells site logged 7 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 92 workers: 6.4 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.4 for its industry. Those cases cost 5 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Ventamatic LTD
Mineral Wells · 2025
92
7
3
6.4
2.4
Ventamatic Ltd./Main Campus
Mineral Wells · 2017
250
31
15
15.5
2.4
Ventamatic/537
Mineral Wells · 2016
89
7
7
11.9
2.4
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.
Mar 18, 2020, Mineral Wells: Hospitalization, amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)
An employee was operating a brake press machine and amputated their right middle, ring, and pinky fingertips.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(2) Point of operation guards. (i) Every point of operation guard shall meet the following design, construction, application, and adjustment requirements:
29 CFR 1910.217(c)(2)(vii)
(vii) A point of operation enclosure which does not meet the requirements of this subparagraph and Table O-10 shall be used only in conjunction with point of operation devices.
Other warm air heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers employers in Texas
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.
