MIDDLETOWN, NY —
OSHA Inspection: WESTWOOD CHEMICAL CORP.
Complaint inspection · Health discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a complaint health inspection of WESTWOOD CHEMICAL CORP. in 46 TOWER DR., MIDDLETOWN, NY 10941 (NAICS 325620). OSHA activity number 305793952.
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Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- WESTWOOD CHEMICAL CORP.
- Site address
- 46 TOWER DR.
- City
- MIDDLETOWN
- State
- NY
- ZIP
- 10941
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Complaint (B)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Health
- 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
- 325620
- SIC code (legacy)
- 2844
- Employees
- 53
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
10 citations on file for this inspection.
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- May 12, 2004
- Abate by
- Jun 30, 2004
- Penalty
- Initial $1,125 · Current $1,125
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 a fall hazard of 12' 8": (a)On or about March 8, 2004, at Westwood Chemical Corporation in the truck scale room, an employee was observed stepping off the overhead platform onto the top of a Penske Tank truck to open the three hatches so that antiperspirant additives could be delivered into the fifteen cubic foot capacity truck. The distance from the top of the truck to the concrete floor below was 152" or 12' 8" inches. Some feasible and useful methods of abatement to eliminate this fall hazard include but are not limited to: 1) Purchase and install commercially available truck ramp systems to allow access to the hatch openings. or 2) Provide lanyards and ensure personal fall arrest systems prevent a free fall in excess of six feet in accordance with the American National Standards Institute (ANSI 1992 document, paragraph 7.2.2). Ensure lanyards have connectors which are compatible with the anchors that the connector attaches at the anchorage point and not back onto itself in accordance with ANSI Z359 paragraph 7.2.5. ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED FOR THIS ITEM.
1910.23 C01
- Issued
- May 12, 2004
- Abate by
- May 17, 2004
- Penalty
- Initial $1,125 · Current $1,125
1910.28 A08
- Issued
- May 12, 2004
- Abate by
- May 17, 2004
1910.28 A09
- Issued
- May 12, 2004
- Abate by
- May 17, 2004
1904.29 A
- Issued
- May 12, 2004
- Abate by
- Jun 1, 2004
- Penalty
- Initial $600 · Current $600
1910.37 A03
- Issued
- May 12, 2004
- Abate by
- May 17, 2004
1910.134 M01
- Issued
- May 12, 2004
- Abate by
- Jun 1, 2004
1910.134 M02 II
- Issued
- May 12, 2004
- Abate by
- Jun 1, 2004
1910.141 A03 I
- Issued
- May 12, 2004
- Abate by
- May 17, 2004
1910.141 A03 II
- Issued
- May 12, 2004
- Abate by
- Jun 1, 2004
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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 305793952.
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