COLUMBIA, SC —
OSHA Inspection: COLUMBIA STEEL AND METAL, INC.
Accident-driven inspection · Health discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened an accident-driven health inspection of COLUMBIA STEEL AND METAL, INC. in 1148 SHOP ROAD, COLUMBIA, SC 29205 (NAICS 331423). OSHA activity number 300272267.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- COLUMBIA STEEL AND METAL, INC.
- Site address
- 1148 SHOP ROAD
- City
- COLUMBIA
- State
- SC
- ZIP
- 29205
- Mailing
- P O BOX 5466, COLUMBIA, SC 29205
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Accident-driven (A)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Health
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- N
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 331423
- SIC code (legacy)
- 3341
- Employees
- 32
- Ownership type
- A
- Industry flags
- Manufacturing health.
Citations
1 citation on file for this inspection.
10012 A
- Issued
- Nov 14, 2002
- Abate by
- Nov 26, 2002
- Penalty
- Initial $1,300 · Current $520 Reduced
2150
General-duty citation text
SCRR 71-112A: Failed to furnish a place of employment which is free of recognized hazards which may cause death or serious physical harm to his employees and comply with this regulation and other occupational safety and health rules and regulations promulgated under Chapter 15 of Title 41, Code of Laws, State of South Carolina, 1976, as amended, as follows: A. Employer knew or should have known that two cutters were exposed to the hazards of fire and explosion from propane leaking from a 600 PSI WOG brass ball valve. A feasible and useful method to correct the hazard, among others, is to implement preventive maintenance program with leak testing procedures for gas valves of the establishment.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $520.00
- — Z (S) $1300.00
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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 300272267.
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