COPPELL, TX ·
OSHA Inspection: OVERHEAD DOOR COMPANY OF DFW - COMMERCIAL
Fatality or catastrophe inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a fatality or catastrophe safety inspection of OVERHEAD DOOR COMPANY OF DFW - COMMERCIAL in 520 SOUTHWESTERN BLVD., COPPELL, TX 75019 (NAICS 238290). OSHA activity number 339903536.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- OVERHEAD DOOR COMPANY OF DFW - COMMERCIAL
- Site address
- 520 SOUTHWESTERN BLVD.
- City
- COPPELL
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 75019
- Mailing
- 1039 EAST DALLAS ROAD, GRAPEVINE, TX 76051
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Fatality or catastrophe (M)
- 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
- 238290
- Employees
- 8
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
1 citation on file for this inspection.
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- Feb 5, 2015
- Abate by
- Feb 10, 2015
- Penalty
- Initial $7,000 · Current $4,200 Reduced
General-duty citation text
Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The employer does not furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized struck-by and fall hazards that are causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees: a) This violation occurred on or about August 7, 2014, at a workplace located at Fire Station #1, 520 Southwestern Blvd., Coppell, TX 75019; where an employee, who was in a scissor lift upgrading the radio control system to an automated overhead garage door, was not protected from the unexpected startup of the garage door. The employer by not ensuring that the garage door was isolated from its energy source and rendered inoperative exposed the employee to struck-by and fall hazards.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $4200
- · Z (S) $7000
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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 339903536.
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