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OSHA Inspection: FRANKE

Planned inspection · Safety discipline

On , OSHA opened a planned safety inspection of FRANKE in 600 FRANKE DRIVE, RUSTON, LA 71270 (NAICS 332999). OSHA activity number 343038485.

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broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.

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Establishment
FRANKE
Site address
600 FRANKE DRIVE
City
RUSTON
State
LA
ZIP
71270
Mailing
600 FRANKE DRIVE, RUSTON, LA 71270
Inspection type
Planned (H)
Scope
Complete (A)
Discipline
Safety
Advance notice
No
Union status
A
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Last modified
Data loaded
NAICS code
332999
Employees
54
Ownership type
A

3 citations on file for this inspection.

1910.212 A01

Serious Gravity 5 2 instances 2 exposed
Issued
May 7, 2018
Penalty
Initial $4,656 · Current $3,259 Reduced
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): One or more methods of machine guarding was not provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by rotating parts:    On or about 3/21/18 in the Tooling Department; the employer allowed employees to operate the Willis 1550 drill press and the  VEXTRAX lathe without a guard over the rotating parts.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $3259.2
  • — Z (S) $4656

1910.215 B09

Serious Gravity 5 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
May 7, 2018
Penalty
Initial $3,958 · Current $2,771 Reduced
29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9): Guard for abrasive wheel machine where the operator stands in front of the machine was not constructed so that the peripheral protecting member could be adjusted to the constantly decreasing diameter of the wheel:    On or about 3/21/18 in the Tooling Department; the employer allowed employees to operate the red bench abrasive wheel grinder without a tongue guard.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $2770.6
  • — Z (S) $3958

1910.146 C02

Other-than-serious 2 instances 1 exposed
Issued
May 7, 2018
Penalty
Initial $0 · Current $0
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:  On or about 3/21/18 in the Big Washer Department; the employer allowed an employee to enter the Ransohoff washers to unjam, and the washers did not have a confined space sign posted on them.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (O) $0
  • — Z (O) $0

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 343038485.

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