LILESVILLE, NC —
OSHA Inspection: PIEDMONT MECHANICAL, INC.
Complaint inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a complaint safety inspection of PIEDMONT MECHANICAL, INC. in 1300 BLEWETT FALLS ROAD, LILESVILLE, NC 28091 (NAICS 238220). OSHA activity number 310384839.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- PIEDMONT MECHANICAL, INC.
- Site address
- 1300 BLEWETT FALLS ROAD
- City
- LILESVILLE
- State
- NC
- ZIP
- 28091
- Mailing
- 116 JOHN DODD ROAD, SPARTANBURG, SC 29303
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Complaint (B)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- N
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 238220
- SIC code (legacy)
- 1711
- Employees
- 16
- Ownership type
- A
- Industry flags
- Construction safety.
Citations
3 citations on file for this inspection.
95012901
- Issued
- Oct 20, 2006
- Abate by
- Oct 30, 2006
- Penalty
- Initial $4,200 · Current $3,200 Reduced
General-duty citation text
North Carolina General Statute 95-129(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of North Carolina: The employer did not furnish to each of his employees conditions of 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 flying object/debris hazards: a)jobsite, concrete pads #1 through #6, employees installing couplings used to secure sections of pipe during pneumatic leak tests were not installed in accordance with the coupling manufacturer's stated range of torque, exposing employees to struck by flying debris hazards. On or about 07/26/06, employee was struck by the test tree as it blew apart from the coupling. Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard was to follow the specific 6 step installation and assembly instructions of the coupling manufacturer which designates the minimum and maximum torque to apply to bolts during installation. Another method would be for the employer to return to welding the test tree to the pipe end prior to performing the leak test. Ref: ANVIL International, Inc., GRUVLOK Data Sheet 41.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $3200.00
- — Z (S) $4200.00
95012901
- Issued
- Oct 20, 2006
- Abate by
- Oct 30, 2006
- Penalty
- Initial $3,500 · Current $3,500
General-duty citation text
North Carolina General Statute 95-129(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of North Carolina: The employer did not furnish to each of his employees conditions of 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 subjected to a struck by flying object/debris hazards: a)jobsite, concrete pads #1through #6, for the employees performing pneumatic leak tests on 6 inch diameter jacketed steel piping, a pressure relief device was not provided to prevent a hazardous release of energy, exposing employees to struck by flying debris hazards. On or about 07/26/06, employee was struck by the test tree as it blew apart from the coupling. Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard would have been to install a pressure relief device on the test tree to prevent over pressurizing the system being tested. Ref: ASTM B31.3-1996, Para 345.5.2.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $3500.00
- — Z (S) $3500.00
1926.21 B02
- Issued
- Oct 20, 2006
- Abate by
- Oct 30, 2006
- Penalty
- Initial $4,200 · Current $3,200 Reduced
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $3200.00
- — Z (S) $4200.00
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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 310384839.
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