OSHA has inspected Warfab LLC 2 times in Texas since 2007.
The latest one began on Jun 28, 2023 on a referral, in Hallsville.
Those inspections ended with 2 citation items: 1 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $13,546 and now stand at $8,128, 40% lower after settlements or reviews.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Warfab LLC averages $6,028 (1 cited inspection).
Warfab LLC 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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Referral · Partial · Safety · 115 employees at the site · Closed Jul 17, 2023
350 Joy Lane, Hallsville, TX 75650 · Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2020, the Hallsville site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 77 workers: 1.3 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.5 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Warfab Inc.
Hallsville · 2020
77
1
0
1.3
1.5
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.
Jun 2, 2023, Hallsville: Hospitalization · fractures · thigh(s)
An employee was using a pneumatic bottle jack to remove gear casing when the gear casing fell on his left leg causing a broken femur.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(2) Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA.
(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.
Other metalworking machinery manufacturing 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.