CUERO, TX ·
OSHA Inspection: STURDISTEEL
Planned inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a planned safety inspection of STURDISTEEL in 920 EAST BROADWAY, CUERO, TX 77954 (NAICS 238120). OSHA activity number 339832453.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons: routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- STURDISTEEL
- Site address
- 920 EAST BROADWAY
- City
- CUERO
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 77954
- Mailing
- P.O. BOX 2655, WACO, TX 76702
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Planned (H)
- Scope
- Complete (A)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Non-union (B)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 238120
- Employees
- 5
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
3 citations on file for this inspection.
1926.95 A
- Issued
- Sep 24, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $2,100 · Current $1,260 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.95(a): Protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, were not provided: At the Cuero High School Stadium bleachers, a SKYTRAK powered industrial truck was parked with a load of support beams on its forks under the bleachers. Employee were unloading these beams from the lift. Employees were not wearing protective helmets (hard hats) to protect against striking their head on steel beams on the underside of the bleachers and were not provided with gloves to protect their hands while carrying the 4 ft. long metal beams.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $1260
- · Z (S) $2100
1926.602 C01 VI
- Issued
- Sep 24, 2014
- Abate by
- Oct 23, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $2,100 · Current $1,260 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.602(c)(1)(vi): Industrial truck(s) in use did not meet the applicable requirements of design, construction, stability, inspection, testing, maintenance, and operation, as defined in American National Standards Institute B56.1-1969, Safety Standards for Powered Industrial Trucks. At the Cuero High School Stadium bleachers, this powered industrial truck was parked with a load of support beams on its forks. An employee was unloading these beams from the lift. The powered industrial truck used for this construction operation had worn tires exposing the inner tube of this tire/wheel system and possibly exposing employees working in the vicinity to struck-by hazards from a fallen/shifted load.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $1260
- · Z (S) $2100
1926.1053 B20
- Issued
- Sep 24, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $2,800 · Current $1,680 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(20): Employees did not face the ladder when ascending or descending the ladder: At the Cuero High School Stadium bleachers, an employee was walking down a Werner Telescoping ladder while the ladder was in the closed position leaning against the bleachers. The employee was using the ladder, folded and leaning against a bleacher system, as a form of stairs, exposing himself to a fall.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $1680
- · Z (S) $2800
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). OSHA publishes its own view of this case as inspection number 339832453.
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