HOUSTON, TX —
OSHA Inspection: DICKSON UPHOLSTERY, LLC
Referral inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a referral safety inspection of DICKSON UPHOLSTERY, LLC in 7171 GRAND BLVD, HOUSTON, TX 77054 (NAICS 811420). OSHA activity number 344209481.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- DICKSON UPHOLSTERY, LLC
- Site address
- 7171 GRAND BLVD
- City
- HOUSTON
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 77054
- Mailing
- 7015 GRAND BLVD, HOUSTON, TX 77054
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Referral (C)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- 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
- 811420
- Employees
- 44
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
3 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.147 C01
- Issued
- Oct 28, 2019
- Abate by
- Nov 15, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $9,282 · Current $8,354 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: a) At the facility, on or about August 1, 2019, where employees were exposed to amputation and caught-in hazards when performing service and maintenance tasks on equipment such as, but not limited to, a fiber picker without developing and implementing an energy control program.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $8353.8
- — Z (S) $9282
1910.212 A02
- Issued
- Oct 28, 2019
- Abate by
- Nov 15, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $9,282 · Current $8,354 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(2): Guard(s) on machine(s) were not affixed to the machine or secured elsewhere when attachment to the machine was not possible: a) At the facility, on or about August 1, 2019, where employees were exposed to amputation and caught in hazards when removing fibers from a hatch opening on the fiber picker drum roller without ensuring the cover of the hatch opening was secured to the machine.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $8353.8
- — Z (S) $9282
1910.219 F03
- Issued
- Oct 28, 2019
- Abate by
- Nov 15, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $5,304 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.219(f)(3): Sprocket wheels and chains which were seven -7 feet or less above floors or platforms were not enclosed: a) At the facility, on or about August 6, 2019, where employees were exposed to caught in hazards when operating the fiber picker without enclosing the chain and sprockets at the control panel.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $5304
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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 344209481.
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