RACINE, WI ·
OSHA Inspection: RACINE INDUSTRIES, INC.
Complaint inspection · Health discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a complaint health inspection of RACINE INDUSTRIES, INC. in 1405 16TH STREET, RACINE, WI 53403 (NAICS 335212). OSHA activity number 340458231.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- RACINE INDUSTRIES, INC.
- Site address
- 1405 16TH STREET
- City
- RACINE
- State
- WI
- ZIP
- 53403
- Mailing
- PO BOX 1648, RACINE, WI 53401
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Complaint (B)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Health
- 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
- 335212
- Employees
- 45
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
5 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.134 C01
- Issued
- Apr 17, 2015
- Abate by
- Apr 29, 2015
- Penalty
- Initial $4,200 · Current $2,940 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1): A written respiratory protection program that included the provisions in 29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)(i) - (ix) with worksite specific procedures was not established and implemented for required respirator use: (a) Sperian full-face respirators were worn in the packaging area when packaging soap powder.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $2940
- · Z (S) $4200
1910.134 H02 I
- Issued
- Apr 17, 2015
- Abate by
- Apr 29, 2015
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.134(h)(2)(i): Respirators were not stored to protect them from damage, contamination, dust, sunlight, extreme temperatures, excessive moisture, and damaging chemicals or were not packed or stored to prevent deformation of the facepiece and exhalation valve: (a) Respirators, such as the Sperian full-face respirator, were stored by hanging from a nail in the packaging area.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $0
- · Z (S) $0
1910.178 L04 III
- Issued
- Apr 17, 2015
- Abate by
- Apr 29, 2015
- Penalty
- Initial $2,100 · Current $1,470 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii): An evaluation of each powered industrial truck operator's performance was not being conducted at least once every three years: (a) The required retraining of the powered industrial vehicle operators was not being conducted.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $1470
- · Z (S) $2100
1910.219 D01
- Issued
- Apr 17, 2015
- Penalty
- Initial $1,785 · Current $1,250 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1): Pulley(s) with part(s) seven feet or less from the floor or work platform were not guarded in accordance with the requirements specified in 29 CFR 1910.219(m) and (o): (a) In the area of the vacuum forming machine the vacuum pump had the guard missing from the belts and pulleys.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $1249.5
- · Z (S) $1785
1910.146 C02
- Issued
- Apr 17, 2015
- Abate by
- Apr 29, 2015
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(2): The employer did not inform exposed employees, by posting danger signs or by any other equally effective means, of the existence and location of and the danger posed by the permit spaces: (a) In the packaging area the three mixing tanks had no signs posted informing employees of permit-required confined spaces.
Recent events (2)
- · I (O) $0
- · Z (O) $0
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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 340458231.
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