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OSHA Inspection: STERLING EQUIPMENT INCORPORATED

Referral inspection · Safety discipline

On , OSHA opened a referral safety inspection of STERLING EQUIPMENT INCORPORATED in 299 FIRST AVENUE, CHARLESTOWN, MA 02129 (NAICS 237120). OSHA activity number 306807942.

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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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
299 FIRST AVENUE
City
CHARLESTOWN
State
MA
ZIP
02129
Mailing
52 NAY STREET, EAST BOSTON, MA 02128
Inspection type
Referral (C)
Scope
Partial (B)
Discipline
Safety
Advance notice
No
Union status
Y
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Last modified
Data loaded
NAICS code
237120
SIC code (legacy)
1629
Employees
150
Ownership type
A

4 citations on file for this inspection.

1926.106 A

Serious Gravity 05 1 instance 7 exposed
Issued
Oct 21, 2003
Abate by
Oct 31, 2003
Penalty
Initial $2,450 · Current $1,715 Reduced
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $1715.00
  • — Z (S) $2450.00

5(a)(1)

Serious Gravity 10 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Oct 21, 2003
Abate by
Oct 31, 2003
Penalty
Initial $3,500 · Current $2,450 Reduced
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 struck by hazards where the pin to the wedge socket did not
have the proper cotter
pin and/or safety clip installed:
Location:  Job site.
An employee was seriously injured when the rigging on the wedge socket
failed
and the pin struck the employee breaking his arm.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method would be
to install the proper cotter pin and/or safety clip into the wedge socket
pin.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $2450.00
  • — Z (S) $3500.00

1926.550 F01 IV

Serious Gravity 05 1 instance 3 exposed
Issued
Oct 21, 2003
Abate by
Oct 31, 2003
Penalty
Initial $2,450 · Current $1,715 Reduced
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $1715.00
  • — Z (S) $2450.00

1926.550 F01 IV

Serious Gravity 02 2 instances 7 exposed
Issued
Oct 21, 2003
Abate by
Oct 31, 2003
Penalty
Initial $1,400 · Current $980 Reduced
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $980.00
  • — Z (S) $1400.00

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