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OSHA Inspection: V.B. HOOK AND COMPANY, INC.

Accident-driven inspection · Safety discipline

On , OSHA opened an accident-driven safety inspection of V.B. HOOK AND COMPANY, INC. in 1028 SHULL STREET, WEST COLUMBIA, SC 29169 (NAICS 000000). OSHA activity number 303558076.

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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
1028 SHULL STREET
City
WEST COLUMBIA
State
SC
ZIP
29169
Mailing
P.O. BOX 13503, COLUMBIA, SC 29201
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)
3556
Employees
17
Ownership type
Private (A)

9 citations on file for this inspection.

10012 A

Serious Gravity 03 1 instance 5 exposed
Issued
Jan 29, 2002
Abate by
Feb 19, 2002
Penalty
Initial $875 · Current $350 Reduced
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 employees standing in area between
vacuum
cooler tube and door without door being fully extended on or about 2
January 2002 were
exposed to the hazard of being crushed if pneumatic system failed causing
door to close.  A
feasible and useful means of abatement, among others, is to require
employees to extend
door until safety latch is in place.
Recent events (2)
  • · I (S) $350.00
  • · Z (S) $875.00

1910.147 C01

Serious Gravity 03 3 instances 5 exposed
Issued
Jan 29, 2002
Abate by
Mar 4, 2002
Penalty
Initial $875 · Current $350 Reduced
Recent events (2)
  • · I (S) $350.00
  • · Z (S) $875.00

1910.1200 G01

Other-than-serious Gravity 03 1 instance 8 exposed
Issued
Jan 29, 2002
Abate by
Mar 4, 2002
Penalty
Initial $875
Recent events (2)
  • · I (O)
  • · Z (S) $875.00

1910.1200 H01

Other-than-serious 1 instance 8 exposed
Issued
Jan 29, 2002
Abate by
Mar 4, 2002
Recent events (2)
  • · I (O)
  • · Z (S)

1910.134 C01

Other-than-serious 1 instance 5 exposed
Issued
Jan 29, 2002
Abate by
Mar 4, 2002
Recent events (2)
  • · I (O)
  • · Z (O)

1910.134 E01

Other-than-serious 5 instances 5 exposed
Issued
Jan 29, 2002
Abate by
Mar 4, 2002
Recent events (2)
  • · I (O)
  • · Z (O)

1910.134 K01

Other-than-serious 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Jan 29, 2002
Abate by
Mar 4, 2002
Recent events (2)
  • · I (O)
  • · Z (O)

1910.1200 E01

Other-than-serious 1 instance 8 exposed
Issued
Jan 29, 2002
Abate by
Mar 4, 2002
Recent events (2)
  • · I (O)
  • · Z (O)

1910.1200 E01 I

Other-than-serious 1 instance 8 exposed
Issued
Jan 29, 2002
Abate by
Mar 4, 2002
Recent events (2)
  • · I (O)
  • · Z (O)

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 303558076.

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