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OSHA Inspection: HARDER SIGNS, INC.

Planned inspection · Safety discipline

On , OSHA opened a planned safety inspection of HARDER SIGNS, INC. in STATE & 6TH STREET, ROCKFORD, IL 61107 (NAICS 000000). OSHA activity number 304159205.

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broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.

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Establishment
HARDER SIGNS, INC.
Site address
STATE & 6TH STREET
City
ROCKFORD
State
IL
ZIP
61107
Mailing
4699 COLT RD, ROCKFORD, IL 61109
Inspection type
Planned (H)
Scope
Partial (B)
Discipline
Safety
Advance notice
No
Union status
Union (Y)
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Data loaded
NAICS code
000000
SIC code (legacy)
1731
Employees
2
Ownership type
Private (A)

1 citation on file for this inspection.

5(a)(1)

Serious Gravity 02 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Aug 8, 2001
Abate by
Aug 13, 2001
Penalty
Initial $600 · Current $420 Reduced
Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The
employer did not furnish
a place of employment which was free from recognized hazards that were
likely to cause death
or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were working in a
self propelled
extendible boom aerial lift and were not utilizing an appropriate fall
arrest system.
Walgreens jobsite - Employee was working in an extendible boom aerial lift
without
utilizing a fall arrest system.
NO CERTIFICATION REQUIRED FOR THIS ITEM
Recent events (2)
  • · I (S) $420.00
  • · Z (S) $600.00

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 304159205.

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