PALMYRA, PA ·
OSHA Inspection: SCHAEFER PYROTECHNICS, INCORPORATED
Referral inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a referral safety inspection of SCHAEFER PYROTECHNICS, INCORPORATED in 50 WEST CHERRY STREET, PALMYRA, PA 17078 (NAICS 713990). OSHA activity number 314240474.
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Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- SCHAEFER PYROTECHNICS, INCORPORATED
- Site address
- 50 WEST CHERRY STREET
- City
- PALMYRA
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 17078
- Mailing
- 376 HARTMAN BRIDGE ROAD, RONKS, PA 17572
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Referral (C)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Non-union (N)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 713990
- SIC code (legacy)
- 7999
- Employees
- 4
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
3 citations on file for this inspection.
1903.19 C01
- Issued
- Sep 29, 2011
- Abate by
- Nov 1, 2011
- Penalty
- Initial $1,000 · Current $1,000
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- Sep 28, 2010
- Abate by
- Oct 22, 2010
- Penalty
- Initial $3,150 · Current $2,362 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 a struck-by hazard from exploding display fireworks: (a)Buck Swank Stadium behind Palmyra Area Middle School - The employer did not adequately protect employees from the hazard of ground level explosions of aerial shells. Employees fired Lidu 3-inch peanut shells (two-break aerial shells) from HDPE mortars positioned in wooden mortar racks. One of the peanut shells malfunctioned and exploded at ground level, blowing apart its mortar and wooden rack and prematurely lighting off additional aerial shells, one or more of which also exploded at ground level. Flying shrapnel from the ground level explosions caused injury to an employee, on or about July 4, 2010. Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard includes not firing multiple-break shells from mortar racks as specified in the National Fire Protection Association NFPA 1123 Code for Fireworks Display, 2010 Edition, Section 4.5.2 "Single-break shells greater than 8 inches in. (203 mm) in diameter and multiple-break shells shall not be fired from mortar racks." VERIFICATION REQUIREDTION
Recent events (2)
- · F (S) $2362.00
- · Z (S) $3150.00
1910.132 A
- Issued
- Sep 28, 2010
- Abate by
- Oct 31, 2010
- Penalty
- Initial $1,800 · Current $1,350 Reduced
Recent events (2)
- · F (S) $1350.00
- · Z (S) $1800.00
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). OSHA publishes its own view of this case as inspection number 314240474.
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