AVOCET TUNGSTEN INC
ROUTE 2 PINE CREEK ROAD, BISHOP, CA 93514
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Inspection records
Oct 22, 1998#125774364Oct 22, 1998Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#125774364$1101 viol.1 violation$110 in penalties
Inspection #125774364
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 22, 1998
- Closing Conference Date
- Oct 23, 1998
- Closed
- Oct 18, 1999
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 20
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $110
- Penalties on Record
- $110
- Site Address
- Route 2 Pine Creek Road, Bishop, CA 93514
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Violations
Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 7046 Travelways OSHA citation code: 7046 E | Other | 1 | 1 | $110 | $110 | Mar 19, 1999 | - | - |
Jul 11, 1997#125777227Jul 11, 1997Referral (C) · No Inspection scope, Safety#125777227$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #125777227
Dates
- Opened
- Jul 11, 1997
- Closing Conference Date
- Jul 14, 1997
- Closed
- Jul 14, 1997
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Not recorded
- Number of Employees
- Not recorded
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- Route 2 Pine Creek Road, Bishop, CA 93514
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Referral Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a referral inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Referral inspections can result from another agency, another OSHA activity, or another source referring a potential hazard to OSHA.
Mar 18, 1997#125777094Mar 18, 1997Accident (A) · Partial scope, Safety#125777094$1,2604 viol.4 violations$1,260 in penalties
Inspection #125777094
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 18, 1997
- Closing Conference Date
- May 15, 1997
- Contested
- Jun 26, 1997
- Final Order
- Mar 4, 1998
- Closed
- May 6, 1998
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 64
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 4
- Violation Types
- 1 serious, 3 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $5,375
- Penalties on Record
- $1,260
- Site Address
- Route 2 Pine Creek Road, Bishop, CA 93514
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Accident Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an accident inspection in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data. Employers must report work-related fatalities within 8 hours, and work-related inpatient hospitalizations, amputations, or losses of an eye within 24 hours. An accident-related inspection does not by itself determine fault.
Incident Investigation Summaries
Incident investigation summaries linked to this inspection through OSHA's accident and injury enforcement data. These summaries describe the reported incident. The enforcement outcome for the linked inspection is in the inspection details above.
Employee burned by hot chemicals when connector fails
Violations
Violation list (4 of 4 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 5194 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 5194 H02 E | Other | 1 | 1 | $250 | $185 | May 15, 1997 | Jun 26, 1997 | Mar 4, 1998 |
| 02001 | 6980 Personal Protection OSHA citation code: 6980 A | Serious | 1 | 1 | $625 | $625 | May 15, 1997 | Jun 26, 1997 | Mar 4, 1998 |
| 03001 | 3328 Machinery and Equipment OSHA citation code: 3328 A | Other | 3 | 1 | $4,500 | $450 | May 15, 1997 | Jun 26, 1997 | Mar 4, 1998 |
| 04001 | 342 Reporting Work-Connected Fatalities and Serious Injuries OSHA citation code: 342 A | Other | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | May 15, 1997 | Jun 26, 1997 | Mar 3, 1998 |
Oct 8, 1996#111953618Oct 8, 1996Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#111953618$2502 viol.2 violations$250 in penalties
Inspection #111953618
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 8, 1996
- Closing Conference Date
- Nov 21, 1996
- Closed
- Jan 22, 1997
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 64
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 2 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $250
- Penalties on Record
- $250
- Site Address
- Route 2 Pine Creek Road, Bishop, CA 93514
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
Violations
Violation list (2 of 2 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 5141 Control of Harmful Exposure to Employees OSHA citation code: 5141 A | Other | 1 | 3 | $125 | $125 | Jan 16, 1997 | - | - |
| 01002 | 5155 Airborne Contaminants OSHA citation code: 5155 D | Other | 1 | 3 | $125 | $125 | Jan 16, 1997 | - | - |
Aug 27, 1996#120182167Aug 27, 1996Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#120182167$7506 viol.6 violations$750 in penalties
Inspection #120182167
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 27, 1996
- Closing Conference Date
- Oct 8, 1996
- Closed
- Jan 15, 1998
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 64
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 6
- Violation Types
- 1 serious, 5 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $4,875
- Penalties on Record
- $750
- Site Address
- Route 2 Pine Creek Road, Bishop, CA 93514
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
Enforcement Outcome
Final orders are recorded through Jul 11, 1997. Penalty changes shown on this page reflect the latest amounts published in OSHA's enforcement data.
Violations
Violation list (6 of 6 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 5155 Airborne Contaminants OSHA citation code: 5155 E 1 | Other | 4 | 6 | $125 | $125 | Dec 4, 1996 | - | Jul 11, 1997 |
| 01002 | 5141 Control of Harmful Exposure to Employees OSHA citation code: 5141 C 3 | Other | 6 | 6 | $125 | $0 | Dec 4, 1996 | - | Jul 11, 1997 |
| 01003 | 3203 Injury and Illness Prevention Program OSHA citation code: 3203 A 5 | Other | 1 | 1 | $125 | $0 | Aug 28, 1996 | - | Jul 11, 1997 |
| 02001 | 5141 Control of Harmful Exposure to Employees OSHA citation code: 5141 A | Serious | 1 | 1 | $4,500 | $625 | Dec 4, 1996 | - | Jul 11, 1997 |
| 03001 | 3203 Injury and Illness Prevention Program OSHA citation code: 3203 A 7 D | Other | 1 | 6 | $0 | $0 | Dec 4, 1996 | - | - |
| 04001 | 6973 (3-22). General Safety Precautions OSHA citation code: 6973 A | Other | 4 | 6 | $0 | $0 | Oct 30, 1996 | - | - |
Penalty amounts may differ from final amounts after settlement or judicial review. How to read these records
About these records
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This page displays public OSHA enforcement data. Status text follows the DOL inspection record first and may include citation-level context when the inspection feed and citation records are out of sync. Penalty amounts shown reflect the latest penalty amounts on record in the DOL database and may differ from initial assessments or final amounts. This is not an official OSHA resource.
OSHA's public enforcement data does not publish a "guilty" or "not guilty" field for inspections. The closest outcome fields available are the citation counts, penalty amounts, contest dates, final-order dates, and the inspection close date shown on this page. How to interpret these status fields. How initial and current penalties are recorded.
OSHA may publish multiple citation rows in the same inspection with the same standard and penalty fields. Separate rows can still differ in OSHA metadata such as citation identifier, recorded instance count, exposed workers, or gravity value. Contest and Final Order columns show citation-level dates from OSHA's enforcement record. A dash means OSHA's record does not currently show that activity for the citation.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA incident investigation data (`osha_accident` + `osha_accident_injury`). Linked via `rel_insp_nr` to the inspection activity number (exact government key). Injury, body part, source and event values are OSHA's own codes. OSHA states that these fields are not coded according to the requirements under the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS). Only the values present in the OSHA record are listed; an incident with no value that resolves in OSHA's code table shows "Injury details not recorded". Where a record covers several people, each field lists every value recorded across them.
Understanding These Penalties
The maximum penalty for a serious violation in 2025 is $16,550 per violation. For willful violations, the range is $11,823 to $165,514. The current penalty column shows the latest amount on record in OSHA's database for each citation. When the current penalty differs from the initial penalty, OSHA's records show that the amount changed during the enforcement process, but this page does not determine the specific reason for each change. Penalty amounts are set by OSHA and adjusted annually for inflation.
5 inspections, 1996 to 1998. Each row is one inspection; point at or tap a row for its dates and totals.
Source: DOL OSHA enforcement data (inspections and violations), linked via activity_nr (exact government key).
Penalty changes: Amounts shown reflect what OSHA's enforcement record publishes. The reason for any change is not stated unless OSHA's record explicitly says so.
Short cases: When a case closed soon after it opened, the closed marker is drawn slightly to the right so both markers stay visible. Each row's card shows the exact dates.