PROVIDENCE, RI ·
OSHA Inspection: RI WELDING AND FABRICATING
Referral inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a referral safety inspection of RI WELDING AND FABRICATING in MATENSON & WESTMINSETER STREET, PROVIDENCE, RI 02903 (NAICS 238120). OSHA activity number 304996390.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- RI WELDING AND FABRICATING
- Site address
- MATENSON & WESTMINSETER STREET
- City
- PROVIDENCE
- State
- RI
- ZIP
- 02903
- Mailing
- 43 TURNER STREET, PROVIDENCE, RI 02908
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Referral (C)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Y
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 238120
- SIC code (legacy)
- 1791
- Employees
- 22
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
2 citations on file for this inspection.
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- Jul 16, 2004
- Abate by
- Jul 22, 2004
- Penalty
- Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 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 employees were exposed to the hazard of being struck by a steel beam. (a)jobsite: Matenson & Westminster Street, Providence RI. Employees were exposed to a struck by hazard when unsecured rigging was not designed and set up to withstand lateral forces. Specifically: 6"x6" wood blocking used to support structural members for the assembly of the rigging equipment was not securely fastened to the building structure in order to prevent the blocking from becoming dislodged.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $1000.00
- · Z (S) $2000.00
1926.251 A01
- Issued
- Jul 16, 2004
- Abate by
- Jul 22, 2004
- Penalty
- Initial $600 · Current $300 Reduced
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $300.00
- · Z (S) $600.00
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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 304996390.
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