MIDDLETOWN, CT —
OSHA Inspection: THE BERLIN STEEL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
Unprogrammed Related inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened an unprogrammed Related safety inspection of THE BERLIN STEEL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY in 1349 RIVER ROAD, MIDDLETOWN, CT 06457 (NAICS 238120). OSHA activity number 314295627.
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Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- THE BERLIN STEEL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
- Site address
- 1349 RIVER ROAD
- City
- MIDDLETOWN
- State
- CT
- ZIP
- 06457
- Mailing
- 76 DEPOT ROAD, PO BOX 428, KENSINGTON, CT 06037
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Unprogrammed Related (G)
- Scope
- Complete (A)
- Discipline
- Safety
- 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
- 238120
- SIC code (legacy)
- 1791
- Employees
- 20
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
3 citations on file for this inspection.
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- Aug 3, 2010
- Abate by
- Aug 6, 2010
- Penalty
- Initial $7,000
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 electrical hazards when working around a 500 ton hydraulic crane during a lightening storm: Location: Jobsite, west end of power generation building, 1349 River Road, Middletown, CT Employees were exposed to electrocution hazards while performing steel dismantling activities during an electrical storm. The work included but was not limited to rigging operations involving the use of a hydraulic crane when removing large sections of a steel ventilation duct line. The work was being conducted during an electrical storm in which cloud to ground lightening was actively occurring on the east side of the site. One feasible and acceptable method to correct this hazard would be to follow the recommendations from the National Lightening Safety Institute.
Recent events (2)
- — F (S)
- — Z (S) $7000.00
1926.20 B02
- Issued
- Aug 3, 2010
- Abate by
- Jan 19, 2012
- Penalty
- Initial $7,000 · Current $6,000 Reduced
Recent events (2)
- — F (O) $6000.00
- — Z (S) $7000.00
1926.21 B02
- Issued
- Aug 3, 2010
- Abate by
- Aug 9, 2010
- Penalty
- Initial $7,000
Recent events (2)
- — F (S)
- — Z (S) $7000.00
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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 314295627.
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