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OSHA Inspection: TRI-CON MANUFACTURING

Complaint inspection · Health discipline

At a glance

On , OSHA opened a complaint health inspection of TRI-CON MANUFACTURING in 4000 NW 44TH STREET, LINCOLN, NE 68520 (NAICS 332999). OSHA activity number 341131522.

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Where did this inspection happen?

Establishment
TRI-CON MANUFACTURING
Site address
4000 NW 44TH STREET
City
LINCOLN
State
NE
ZIP
68520
Mailing
4000 NW 44TH STREET, LINCOLN, NE 68520

What kind of inspection was it?

Inspection type
Complaint (B)
Scope
Partial (B)
Discipline
Health
Advance notice
No
Union status
B

When did the case open and close?

Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Last modified
Data loaded

Establishment context

NAICS code
332999
Employees
800
Ownership type
A

Citations

3 citations on file for this inspection.

1910.134 C02 II

Serious Gravity 1 1 instance 5 exposed
Issued
Penalty
Initial $3000.00 · Current $3000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(ii): The employer did not establish and implement those elements of a written program necessary to ensure that any employee using a respirator voluntarily was medically able to use that respirator, and that the respirator was cleaned, stored, and maintained so that its use does not present a health hazard to the user:  In the seat foam mold area of the foam plant located at 4000 NW 44th Street, Lincoln, NE 68520, employees are exposed to respiratory hazards including but not limited upper respiratory tract irritation while voluntarily using filtering face piece respirators for comfort from nuisance dust particles in that; respirators are stored by them hanging from the straps in the mold release area where they can be contaminated by particulates.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $3000
  • — Z (S) $3000

1910.147 C06 I C

Deleted Serious Gravity 10 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $7000.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i)(C): Where lockout was used for energy control, the periodic inspection did not include a review, between the inspector and each authorized employee, of that employee's responsibilities under the energy control procedure being inspected:  In the foam plant located at 4000 NW 44th Street, Lincoln, NE 68520, employees are exposed to uncontrolled hazardous energy and substances such as but not limited to electricity, pressured chemical fluid, hydraulic, and pneumatic lines associated with servicing and maintaining equipment in that; the employer is not ensuring that the periodic inspection of the energy control program is completed for each authorized employee.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $0
  • — Z (S) $7000

1910.147 D02

Serious Gravity 10 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $7000.00 · Current $7000.00

Hazardous substances 1377

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.147(d)(2): The machine or equipment was not turned off or shut down using the procedures established for the machine or equipment:  In the seat foam mold area of the foam plant located at 4000 NW 44th Street, Lincoln, NE 68520, employees are exposed hazards including but not limited to being struck-by or caught-in the foam injection robot, and pulmonary edema and asthma from exposure to isocyanates mists in that; the employer did not ensure that the pressurized isocyanate fluid lines and foam injection robot was deenergized, isolated and locked out prior to employees being permitted to enter the robot cage to troubleshoot and service a leaking hose.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $7000
  • — 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). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 341131522.