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Wellmark International: OSHA inspections and violations

Dallas, Texas · Pet and Pet Supplies Stores · NAICS 453910

3inspections
3citation items
$15,961current penalties
Jun 28, 2023last inspection

Since 2015, OSHA inspectors have visited Wellmark International in Texas 3 times.

The most recent inspection opened on Jun 28, 2023 to follow up on an earlier case, in Dallas.

In all, OSHA issued 3 citation items: 3 serious.

The proposed penalties came to $26,602; today they stand at $15,961, 40% less.

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

Among retail employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $2,130 penalty. Wellmark International averages $7,981 across 2 cited inspections.

It reported 2 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.

Wellmark International: OSHA citation items per year, 2015 to 2023
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 346804875 OPENED JUN 28, 2023Closed

Follow-up · Partial · Safety · 250 employees at the site · Closed Aug 2, 2023

12111 Ford Road, Dallas, TX 75234 · Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 346347156 OPENED NOV 17, 2022Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 80 employees at the site · Closed Jan 23, 2023

12111 Ford Road, Dallas, TX 75234 · Pesticide and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1 Serious$10,151$6,091Dec 23, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii) · Machine guarding
Serious$10,151$6,091Dec 23, 2022Final

Inspection 341081636 OPENED NOV 24, 2015Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 120 employees at the site · Closed Feb 24, 2016

12111 Ford Road, Dallas, TX 75234 · Pet and Pet Supplies Stores · 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$6,300$3,780Feb 11, 2016Final

Severe injury reports

Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 2 reports on file.

Nov 14, 2022, Dallas: Hospitalization, amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)

An employee was operating an injection molder feeder when the hopper became clogged. The employee began to clear the jam when the machine cycled, causing her hand to become pinched between the plastic plates. She sustained a fingertip amputation.

Nov 19, 2015, Dallas: Amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.

An employee was using a stamping machine and suffered the amputation of the left frontal oblique, fourth digit.

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)(7)(iii)(a)

(A) Retraining shall be provided for all authorized and affected employees whenever there is a change in their job assignments, a change in machines, equipment or processes that present a new hazard, or when there is a change in the energy control procedures.

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 1910.212(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.

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