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OSHA Inspection: GERDAU LONG STEEL NORTH AMERICA MIDLOTHIAN MILL

Referral inspection · Health discipline

On , OSHA opened a referral health inspection of GERDAU LONG STEEL NORTH AMERICA MIDLOTHIAN MILL in 300 WARD ROAD, MIDLOTHIAN, TX 76065 (NAICS 331111). OSHA activity number 342171386.

What this inspection record means

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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.

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Site address
300 WARD ROAD
City
MIDLOTHIAN
State
TX
ZIP
76065
Mailing
300 WARD ROAD, MIDLOTHIAN, TX 76065
Inspection type
Referral (C)
Scope
Partial (B)
Discipline
Health
Advance notice
No
Union status
Non-union (B)
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Last modified
Data loaded
NAICS code
331111
Employees
45000
Ownership type
Private (A)

5 citations on file for this inspection.

1910.146 D02

Serious Gravity 5 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Jun 30, 2017
Abate by
Jul 31, 2017
Penalty
Initial $9,959 · Current $6,972 Reduced
29 CFR 1910.146(d)(2): Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not identify and evaluate the hazards of permit spaces before employees entered:    On or about March 6, 2017, in the Midlothian Melt Shop, the employer did not evaluate the hazards within the NNS Caster Turret exposing entrant employees to fall hazards.
Recent events (2)
  • · I (S) $6972
  • · Z (S) $9959

1910.146 D04 V

Other-than-serious 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Jun 30, 2017
Abate by
Jul 31, 2017
Penalty
Initial $9,959 · Current $6,972 Reduced
29 CFR 1910.146(d)(4)(v): Under the permit-required confined space program required by 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4), the employer did not ensure that employees properly used the lighting equipment needed to enable employees to see well enough to work safely:    On or about March 6, 2017, in the Midlothian Melt Shop, the employer did not ensure adequate lighting was provided and used by employees working within the NNS Caster Turret exposing the employees to injuries and/or fall hazards.
Recent events (2)
  • · I (O) $6971.5
  • · Z (S) $9959

1910.146 F05

Other-than-serious 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Jun 30, 2017
Abate by
Jul 31, 2017
Penalty
Initial $9,959 · Current $6,972 Reduced
29 CFR 1910.146(f)(5): The entry permit that documented compliance and authorized entry to a permit space did not identify the personnel, by name, currently serving as attendants:    On or about March 6, 2017, in the Midlothian Melt Shop, the employer did not ensure the entry permit identified the entry attendant prior to allowing employees to enter the NNS Caster Turret exposing the employees to injuries.
Recent events (2)
  • · I (O) $6971.5
  • · Z (S) $9959

1910.146 F06

Other-than-serious 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Jun 30, 2017
Abate by
Jul 31, 2017
Penalty
Initial $0 · Current $0
29 CFR 1910.146(f)(6): Entry permits did not identify the individual, by name, currently serving as the entry supervisor, with a space for the signature or initials of the entry supervisor who originally authorized the entry:    On or about March 6, 2017, in the Midlothian Melt Shop, the employer did not ensure the entry permit identified the entry supervisor prior to allowing employees to enter the NNS Caster Turret exposing the employees to injuries.
Recent events (2)
  • · I (O) $0
  • · Z (S) $0

1910.146 J02

Other-than-serious 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Jun 30, 2017
Abate by
Jul 31, 2017
Penalty
Initial $0 · Current $0
29 CFR 1910.146(j)(2): The employer did not ensure that each entry supervisor verified, by checking that the appropriate entries had been made on the permit, that all tests specified by the permit had been conducted and that all procedures and equipment specified by the permit are in place before endorsing the permit and allowing entry to begin:    On or about March 6, 2017, in the Midlothian Melt Shop, the employer did not ensure the entry supervisor verified all entries on the permit had been made prior to allowing employees to enter the NNS Caster Turret exposing the employees to injuries.
Recent events (2)
  • · I (O) $0
  • · Z (S) $0

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 342171386.

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