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OSHA Inspection: CANAL INDUSTRIES, INC. DBA NORTH CAROLINA CHIP COM

Accident-driven inspection · Safety discipline

On , OSHA opened an accident-driven safety inspection of CANAL INDUSTRIES, INC. DBA NORTH CAROLINA CHIP COM in 5821 HWY 264, SIMS, NC 27880 (NAICS 000000). OSHA activity number 302870092.

What this inspection record means

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Site address
5821 HWY 264
City
SIMS
State
NC
ZIP
27880
Inspection type
Accident-driven (A)
Scope
Partial (B)
Discipline
Safety
Advance notice
No
Union status
Non-union (N)
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Data loaded
NAICS code
000000
SIC code (legacy)
2421
Employees
13
Ownership type
Private (A)
Industry flags
Manufacturing safety.

11 citations on file for this inspection.

95012901

Serious 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Jan 21, 2000
Abate by
Feb 8, 2000
Penalty
Initial $7,000 · Current $5,250 Reduced
North Carolina General Statute 95-129(1) of the Occupational Safety
and Health Act of North Carolina:  The employer did not furnish
each of his employees conditions of employment and a place of
employment free from recognized hazards that were likely to cause
death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were
exposed to caught in/under and between hazards:
a)rail load out station - employer allowed employees to
"foul a track" when other methods were available to
couple rail cars (reference 49 CFR 214.315(b).
One feasible method of abatement is to maintain positive control
mechanism to hold and control the movement the rail car throughout
the entire operation.
Recent events (2)
  • · I (S) $5250.00
  • · Z (S) $7000.00

95012901

Serious 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Jan 21, 2000
Abate by
Feb 8, 2000
Penalty
Initial $7,000 · Current $5,250 Reduced
North Carolina General Statute 95-129(1) of the Occupational Safety
and Health Act of North Carolina:  The employer did not furnish
each of his employees conditions of employment and a place of
employment free from recognized hazards that were likely to cause
death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were
exposed to caught in/under and between hazards:
a)rail load out station - employer failed to develop,
implement, maintain and train employees on the correct
procedures for accessing a moving hopper cars (Reference
49 CFR 214.315(a))
One feasible method of abatement is to develop written procedures
for safely accessing a moving hopper car.
Recent events (2)
  • · I (S) $5250.00
  • · Z (S) $7000.00

1910.132 D01

Serious 5 instances 7 exposed
Issued
Jan 21, 2000
Abate by
Feb 8, 2000
Penalty
Initial $3,500 · Current $2,625 Reduced
Recent events (2)
  • · I (S) $2625.00
  • · Z (S) $3500.00

1910.303 B02

Serious 2 instances 4 exposed
Issued
Jan 21, 2000
Abate by
Feb 8, 2000
Penalty
Initial $1,400 · Current $963 Reduced
Recent events (2)
  • · I (S) $963.00
  • · Z (S) $1400.00

1910.305 G01 III

Serious 1 instance 5 exposed
Issued
Jan 21, 2000
Abate by
Jan 26, 2000
Penalty
Initial $2,800 · Current $1,925 Reduced
Recent events (2)
  • · I (S) $1925.00
  • · Z (S) $2800.00

1910.305 G02 III

Serious 1 instance 4 exposed
Issued
Jan 21, 2000
Abate by
Jan 26, 2000
Recent events (2)
  • · I (S)
  • · Z (S)

1910.305 J04 IVA

Serious 1 instance 5 exposed
Issued
Jan 21, 2000
Abate by
Jan 26, 2000
Penalty
Initial $600
Recent events (2)
  • · I (S)
  • · Z (S) $600.00

1910.144 A03

Other-than-serious 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Jan 21, 2000
Abate by
Feb 8, 2000

1910.145 F05

Other-than-serious 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Jan 21, 2000
Abate by
Feb 8, 2000

1910.184 C04

Other-than-serious Gravity 01 2 instances 2 exposed
Issued
Jan 21, 2000
Abate by
Feb 8, 2000

1910.184 D

Other-than-serious 2 instances 2 exposed
Issued
Jan 21, 2000
Abate by
Feb 8, 2000

This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). OSHA publishes its own view of this case as inspection number 302870092.

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