PEMBROKE, MA —
OSHA Inspection: REPUBLIC PLUMBING SUPPLY COMPANY INCORPORATED
Accident-driven inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened an accident-driven safety inspection of REPUBLIC PLUMBING SUPPLY COMPANY INCORPORATED in 257 OAK STREET, PEMBROKE, MA 02359 (NAICS 423720). OSHA activity number 306806316.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- REPUBLIC PLUMBING SUPPLY COMPANY INCORPORATED
- Site address
- 257 OAK STREET
- City
- PEMBROKE
- State
- MA
- ZIP
- 02359
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Accident-driven (A)
- Scope
- Complete (A)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- N
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 423720
- SIC code (legacy)
- 5074
- Employees
- 13
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
4 citations on file for this inspection.
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- Aug 8, 2003
- Abate by
- Sep 15, 2003
- Penalty
- Initial $4,900 · Current $3,675 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 crushing hazards associated with fork truck tipover when operating a fork truck on a ramp without using a seat belt and where the ramp was bowed and where there was a dropoff because the retaining wall did not extend to the end of the ramp: 257 Oak Street, Pembroke Massachusetts: An untrained employee was going down a ramp on a fork truck with an empty pallet with the forks raised 7 to 8 feet. The ramp was bowed and a retaining wall along one side of the ramp did not extend the length of the ramp. The operator was not wearing a seatbelt. The fork truck tipped over and the operator attempted to jump off and was crushed by the fork truck. Feasible and useful methods to abate this hazard include but are not limited to the following: a. Enforcing the use of seat belts by fork truck operators. b. Discontinuing using the ramp. c. Rebuilding the ramp to remove the bow. d. Building a longer and higher retaining wall.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $3675.00
- — Z (S) $4900.00
1910.178 L01 I
- Issued
- Aug 8, 2003
- Abate by
- Aug 20, 2003
- Penalty
- Initial $4,900 · Current $3,675 Reduced
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $3675.00
- — Z (S) $4900.00
1910.178 N07 III
- Issued
- Aug 8, 2003
- Abate by
- Aug 20, 2003
- Penalty
- Initial $4,900 · Current $3,675 Reduced
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $3675.00
- — Z (S) $4900.00
1910.178 P01
- Issued
- Aug 8, 2003
- Abate by
- Aug 20, 2003
- Penalty
- Initial $3,500 · Current $2,625 Reduced
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $2625.00
- — Z (S) $3500.00
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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 306806316.
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