DENVER, CO —
OSHA Inspection: UNITED STATES WELDING, INC.
Complaint inspection · Health discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a complaint health inspection of UNITED STATES WELDING, INC. in 600 SOUTH SANTA FE DR, DENVER, CO 80223 (NAICS 000000). OSHA activity number 100579655.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- UNITED STATES WELDING, INC.
- Site address
- 600 SOUTH SANTA FE DR
- City
- DENVER
- State
- CO
- ZIP
- 80223
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Complaint (B)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Health
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- N
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 000000
- SIC code (legacy)
- 5169
- Employees
- 30
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
17 citations on file for this inspection.
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- Apr 7, 1992
- Abate by
- Apr 17, 1992
- Penalty
- Initial $1,400 · Current $1,400
General-duty citation text
Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to: %% (a) Actual and potential inhalation of noxious residual gases when venting compressed gas cylinders into the indoor atmosphere of the cylinder filling/pumping room. %% Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method is correct this hazard is to vent all compressed gas cylinders through a properly designed vent valve or vented manifold system to the outside atmosphere, unless the identity and purity of all returned compressed gas cylinders have been confirmed by analysis. %% This abatement method would comply with the Compressed Gas Association, Inc. document no CGA P-15-1985, "Filling Gas Cylinders", paragraph 3.3.1. Once the properly designed manifold venting systems are in place the company shall specify their use in a written company procedure in which all affected employees are adequately trained. %%
Recent events (2)
- — Z (S) $1400.00
- — I (S) $1400.00
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- Apr 7, 1992
- Abate by
- Apr 17, 1992
General-duty citation text
Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to: (a) Actual and potential fire and burn hazards during the evacuation and re-filling of oxygen cylinders due to the actual or potential use of unapproved lubricating oil in vacuum pumps used for oxygen service. %% Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard us to use only fluorocarbon oils specifically approved for oxygen use, and to specify this in written company procedure in which all affected employees are adequately trained. The use of fluorocarbon oils in oxygen service equipment is specified by the Compressed Gas Association, Inc. document no CGA P-15-1985, "Filling of Industrial and Medical Nonflammable Compressed Gas Cylinders", paragraph 3.4. %%
Recent events (2)
- — Z (S)
- — I (S)
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- Mar 17, 1992
- Abate by
- Apr 17, 1992
- Penalty
- Initial $2,100 · Current $2,100
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $2100.00
- — Z (S) $2100.00
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- Mar 17, 1992
- Abate by
- Apr 17, 1992
Recent events (2)
- — I (S)
- — Z (S)
1910.120 Q02 I
- Issued
- Mar 17, 1992
- Abate by
- May 19, 1992
- Penalty
- Initial $1,200 · Current $900 Reduced
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $900.00
- — Z (S) $1200.00
1910.120 Q02 III
- Issued
- Mar 17, 1992
- Abate by
- May 19, 1992
Recent events (2)
- — I (S)
- — Z (S)
1910.120 Q02 V
- Issued
- Mar 17, 1992
- Abate by
- May 19, 1992
Recent events (2)
- — I (S)
- — Z (S)
1910.120 Q02 VII
- Issued
- Mar 17, 1992
- Abate by
- May 19, 1992
Recent events (2)
- — I (S)
- — Z (S)
1910.120 Q02 XI
- Issued
- Mar 17, 1992
- Abate by
- May 19, 1992
Recent events (2)
- — I (S)
- — Z (S)
1910.120 Q06
- Issued
- Mar 17, 1992
- Abate by
- Apr 17, 1992
Recent events (2)
- — I (S)
- — Z (S)
1910.1200 E01
- Issued
- Mar 17, 1992
- Abate by
- May 19, 1992
- Penalty
- Initial $900 · Current $700 Reduced
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $700.00
- — Z (S) $900.00
1910.1200 G08
- Issued
- Mar 17, 1992
- Abate by
- Mar 27, 1992
Recent events (2)
- — I (O)
- — Z (O)
1910.1200 H
- Issued
- Mar 17, 1992
- Abate by
- May 19, 1992
Recent events (2)
- — I (S)
- — Z (S)
1903.2 A01
- Issued
- Mar 17, 1992
- Abate by
- Mar 17, 1992
- Penalty
- Initial $600 · Current $300 Reduced
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $300.00
- — Z (O) $600.00
1904.2 B02
- Issued
- Mar 17, 1992
- Abate by
- Mar 23, 1992
- Penalty
- Initial $600
Recent events (2)
- — I (O)
- — Z (O) $600.00
1904.4
- Issued
- Mar 17, 1992
- Abate by
- Mar 23, 1992
- Penalty
- Initial $600
Recent events (2)
- — I (O)
- — Z (O) $600.00
1910.95 D01
- Issued
- Mar 17, 1992
- Abate by
- Apr 17, 1992
Recent events (2)
- — I (O)
- — Z (O)
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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 100579655.
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