MIDLOTHIAN, TX ·
OSHA Inspection: GERDAU LONG STEEL NORTH AMERICA MIDLOTHIAN MILL
Referral inspection · Health discipline
At a glance
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.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- GERDAU LONG STEEL NORTH AMERICA MIDLOTHIAN MILL
- Site address
- 300 WARD ROAD
- City
- MIDLOTHIAN
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 76065
- Mailing
- 300 WARD ROAD, MIDLOTHIAN, TX 76065
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Referral (C)
- 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
- 331111
- Employees
- 45000
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
5 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.146 D02
- Issued
- Jun 30, 2017
- Abate by
- Jul 31, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $9,959 · Current $6,972 Reduced
General-duty citation text
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
- Issued
- Jun 30, 2017
- Abate by
- Jul 31, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $9,959 · Current $6,972 Reduced
General-duty citation text
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
- Issued
- Jun 30, 2017
- Abate by
- Jul 31, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $9,959 · Current $6,972 Reduced
General-duty citation text
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
- Issued
- Jun 30, 2017
- Abate by
- Jul 31, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
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
- Issued
- Jun 30, 2017
- Abate by
- Jul 31, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
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
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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 342171386.
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