CHESHIRE, CT —
OSHA Inspection: KURT WEISS GREENHOUSES OF CONNECTICUT INC.
Follow-up inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a follow-up safety inspection of KURT WEISS GREENHOUSES OF CONNECTICUT INC. in 301 EAST JOHNSON AVENUE, CHESHIRE, CT 06401 (NAICS 111422). OSHA activity number 123193039.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- KURT WEISS GREENHOUSES OF CONNECTICUT INC.
- Site address
- 301 EAST JOHNSON AVENUE
- City
- CHESHIRE
- State
- CT
- ZIP
- 06401
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Follow-up (F)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- 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
- 111422
- SIC code (legacy)
- 0181
- Employees
- 30
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
6 citations on file for this inspection.
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- Jan 6, 2012
- Abate by
- Feb 8, 2012
- Penalty
- Initial $22,000
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, the employees were exposed to electrical shock and scalding burns from hot water: WORKSHOP: The employer did not establish and implement hazardous energy control procedures where employees performed following servicing and maintenance activities on equipment, such as (but not limited to) the heating boilers. 1. An employee replaced two (2) safety relief valves on the hot water boiler #3. 2. An employee was performing a manual "Blow Down" on the hot water boiler #3. Kurt Weiss Greenhouses of Connecticut, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, which was contained in OSHA inspection 109174870, Citation 01, Item 001, issued on 03-25-2010 for a location 301 East Johnson Avenue, Cheshire, CT, 06401. Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable means to correct the hazard is to: 1. Follow the American National Standard Institute ANSI Z244.1-2003 Standard Control of Hazardous Energy Lockout/Tagout and Alternative Methods. 2. Establish and implement energy control procedures that clearly and specifically outline equipment and machine specific step-by-step energy control procedures for shutting down, isolating, blocking, securing, and testing machines or equipment to control potentially hazardous energy. 3. Require and enforce lockout/tagout energy control procedures before any maintenance or servicing of machines or equipment. 4. Provide training to employees allowed to perform the maintenance and servicing work as well as to employees who may be affected by the work.
Recent events (3)
- — F (R)
- — I (R)
- — Z (R) $22000.00
1910.132 D01
- Issued
- Jan 6, 2012
- Abate by
- Feb 8, 2012
- Penalty
- Initial $16,500
Recent events (3)
- — F (R)
- — I (R)
- — Z (R) $16500.00
1910.132 F01
- Issued
- Jan 6, 2012
- Abate by
- Feb 8, 2012
- Penalty
- Initial $16,500
Recent events (3)
- — F (R)
- — I (R)
- — Z (R) $16500.00
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- Jan 6, 2012
- Abate by
- Apr 8, 2012
- Penalty
- Initial $22,000 · Current $11,000 Reduced
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, the employees were exposed to electrical shock and scalding burns from hot water: WORKSHOP: The employer did not establish and implement hazardous energy control procedures where employees performed following servicing and maintenance activities on equipment, such as (but not limited to) the heating boilers. 1. An employee replaced two (2) safety relief valves on the hot water boiler #3. 2. An employee was performing a manual "Blow Down" on the hot water boiler #3. Kurt Weiss Greenhouses of Connecticut, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, which was contained in OSHA inspection 109174870, Citation 01, Item 001, issued on 03-25-2010 for a location 301 East Johnson Avenue, Cheshire, CT, 06401. Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable means to correct the hazard is to: 1. Follow the American National Standard Institute ANSI Z244.1-2003 Standard Control of Hazardous Energy Lockout/Tagout and Alternative Methods. 2. Establish and implement energy control procedures that clearly and specifically outline equipment and machine specific step-by-step energy control procedures for shutting down, isolating, blocking, securing, and testing machines or equipment to control potentially hazardous energy. 3. Require and enforce lockout/tagout energy control procedures before any maintenance or servicing of machines or equipment. 4. Provide training to employees allowed to perform the maintenance and servicing work as well as to employees who may be affected by the work.
Recent events (3)
- — F (S) $11000.00
- — I (S) $11000.00
- — Z (S) $22000.00
1910.132 D01
- Issued
- Jan 6, 2012
- Abate by
- Apr 8, 2012
- Penalty
- Initial $16,500 · Current $8,250 Reduced
Recent events (3)
- — F (S) $8250.00
- — I (S) $8250.00
- — Z (S) $16500.00
1910.132 F01
- Issued
- Jan 6, 2012
- Abate by
- Apr 8, 2012
- Penalty
- Initial $16,500 · Current $8,250 Reduced
Recent events (3)
- — F (S) $8250.00
- — I (S) $8250.00
- — Z (S) $16500.00
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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 123193039.
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