OSHA Inspection: NUTEX INDUSTRIES, INC.

Issued

2021-08-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-11-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2340.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.22(d)(2):  The employer did not ensure that hazardous conditions on walking-working surfaces are corrected or repaired before an employee uses the walking-working surface again. The employer did not ensure that if the correction or repair cannot be made immediately, the hazard is guarded to prevent employees from using the walking-working surface until the hazard is corrected or repaired:  (a)  On the first floor there was an unguarded damaged section of the floor approximately ten (10) feet by twelve (12) feet where the supporting structure had rotted and collapsed the floor exposing employees to falls and struck-by hazards from debris. (b)  Multiple locations throughout the facility:  The wooden floor was splintered and damaged and not repaired exposing employees to slips trips, and falls.

Issued

2021-08-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-11-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5461.00 · Current $3000.00 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:  Throughout the facility the employer uses weaving machines, braiding machines, and finishing machines to produce woven textile material.  The employer did not develop an energy control program for the facility.

Issued

2021-08-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-11-01 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5461.00 · Current $5000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

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 point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks:  Throughout the facility weaving machines, winding machines, braiding machines, and finishing machines were not adequately guarded to protect employees from chains and sprockets, ingoing nip points, and points of operation exposing them to caught-in, crushed-by, and amputation hazards.

Issued

2021-08-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2021-09-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $780.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1904.29(a):  The employer did not use an OSHA 300, 301 and 300A Form or equivalent:  The employer did not maintain OSHA 300, 301, or 300A forms or their equivalent for calendar years 2018, 2019, 2020, or 2021 to date of inspection.