OMAHA, NE —
OSHA Inspection: MIDWEST LABORATORIES, INC.
Referral inspection · Health discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a referral health inspection of MIDWEST LABORATORIES, INC. in 13611 B ST, OMAHA, NE 68144 (NAICS 541380). OSHA activity number 341904266.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- MIDWEST LABORATORIES, INC.
- Site address
- 13611 B ST
- City
- OMAHA
- State
- NE
- ZIP
- 68144
- Mailing
- 13611 B ST, OMAHA, NE 68144
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Referral (C)
- 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
- 541380
- Employees
- 145
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
3 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.147 C01
- Issued
- May 5, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $8,149 · Current $5,000 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): The employer did not establish a program consisting of an energy control procedure, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performed any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative Midwest Laboratories, Inc. - 13611 B St. - Omaha, NE - Employer is failing to develop and implement a lockout/tag program for employee(s) that perform maintenance/repair on equipment including, but not including soil grinding units. An energy control program was not available upon agency request on November 10, 2016.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $5000
- — Z (S) $8149
1910.147 C04 I
- Issued
- May 5, 2017
- Abate by
- Jun 22, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i): Procedures were not developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees were engaged in activities covered by this section: Midwest Laboratories, Inc. - 13611 B St. - Omaha, NE - Employer is failing to develop and implement specific lockout/tagout procedures for equipment including, but not limited to soil grinding units. Equipment specific energy control procedures were not available upon agency request. Employee(s) maintain and repair equipment such as the soil grinding units. This hazard was last observed on or about February 10, 2017.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.95 D01
- Issued
- May 5, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
81108111
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.95(d)(1): When information indicated that any employee's exposure equaled or exceed the 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels, the employer did not develop and implement a monitoring program: Midwest Laboratories, Inc. - 13611 B St. - Omaha, NE - Employer is failing to provide an adequate monitoring program to determine employee 8 hour time-weighted average noise exposure levels in the soil lab grinding area of the facility. Employee(s) often work in the soil lab grinding area for 3 to 8 hours per day at sound levels exceeding 90 A-weighted decibels. This hazard was last observed on November 10, 2016.
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). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 341904266.
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