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OSHA Inspection: FORBES STEEL & WIRE CORPORATION

Complaint inspection · Safety discipline

On , OSHA opened a complaint safety inspection of FORBES STEEL & WIRE CORPORATION in NEW YORK & NEW CASTLE AVENUES, WILMINGTON, DE 19899 (NAICS 000000). OSHA activity number 109645002.

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broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.

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Site address
NEW YORK & NEW CASTLE AVENUES
City
WILMINGTON
State
DE
ZIP
19899
Inspection type
Complaint (B)
Scope
Complete (A)
Discipline
Safety
Advance notice
No
Union status
Y
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Data loaded
NAICS code
000000
SIC code (legacy)
3496
Employees
150
Ownership type
A

13 citations on file for this inspection.

5(a)(1)

Serious Gravity 07 1 instance 3 exposed
Issued
Nov 30, 1990
Abate by
Dec 19, 1990
Penalty
Initial $630 · Current $630
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 permitted
to operate wire drawing machine with unguarded foot pedal exposing them
to rotating parts.
A FEASIBLE AND USEFUL METHOD TO CORRECT THIS HAZARD AMONG OTHER METHODS
IS TO INSTALL A COVER OVER PEDAL TO PREVENT OPERATOR FROM FALLING OR
MOVING OBJECTS OR FROM UNITENDED OPERATION BY ACCIDENTAL STEPPING ONTO
FOOT CONTROL.
a) Forbes Steel & Wire Corp., Wire Drawing Department, Morgan Number 1
Wire Drawing Machine - Foot pedals to operate machine were not
provided with guards; 10-17-90.

1910.147 C01

Serious Gravity 08 1 instance 10 exposed
Issued
Nov 30, 1990
Abate by
Dec 19, 1990
Penalty
Initial $720 · Current $720

1910.212 A01

Serious Gravity 07 2 instances 8 exposed
Issued
Nov 30, 1990
Abate by
Dec 27, 1990
Penalty
Initial $630 · Current $630

1910.212 A03 II

Serious Gravity 06 1 instance 3 exposed
Issued
Nov 30, 1990
Abate by
Dec 12, 1990
Penalty
Initial $540 · Current $540

1910.215 A04

Serious Gravity 05 1 instance 3 exposed
Issued
Nov 30, 1990
Abate by
Dec 12, 1990
Penalty
Initial $540 · Current $540

1910.215 B09

Serious Gravity 06 2 instances 8 exposed
Issued
Nov 30, 1990
Abate by
Dec 12, 1990

1910.178 P01

Serious Gravity 03 1 instance 4 exposed
Issued
Nov 30, 1990
Abate by
Dec 27, 1990
Penalty
Initial $270 · Current $270

1910.179 B05

Serious Gravity 04 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Nov 30, 1990
Abate by
Dec 27, 1990
Penalty
Initial $360 · Current $360

1910.179 J02 III

Serious 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Nov 30, 1990
Abate by
Dec 27, 1990

1910.179 L01

Serious 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Nov 30, 1990
Abate by
Dec 27, 1990

1910.179 M01

Serious 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Nov 30, 1990
Abate by
Dec 27, 1990

1910.303 F

Serious Gravity 06 1 instance 3 exposed
Issued
Nov 30, 1990
Abate by
Dec 27, 1990
Penalty
Initial $540 · Current $540

1910.157 G02

Other-than-serious 1 instance 150 exposed
Issued
Nov 30, 1990
Abate by
Dec 19, 1990

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 109645002.

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