BRIDGEPORT, CT ·
OSHA Inspection: R.K. INSULATION CONTRACTOR, INC.
Planned inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a planned safety inspection of R.K. INSULATION CONTRACTOR, INC. in 1775 RESERVOIR AVE., BRIDGEPORT, CT 06606 (NAICS 238310). OSHA activity number 332823608.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- R.K. INSULATION CONTRACTOR, INC.
- Site address
- 1775 RESERVOIR AVE.
- City
- BRIDGEPORT
- State
- CT
- ZIP
- 06606
- Mailing
- PO BOX 260059, HARTFORD, CT 06126
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Planned (H)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Union (A)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 238310
- Employees
- 4
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
3 citations on file for this inspection.
1926.451 B01
- Issued
- Apr 25, 2012
- Abate by
- May 2, 2012
- Penalty
- Initial $2,400 · Current $1,250 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii) Worksite: The platform of the mobile metal frame scaffold, from which an employee was working at a height of approximately 10 feet 11 inches above the floor was not fully planked.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $1250
- · Z (S) $2400
1926.451 F07
- Issued
- Apr 25, 2012
- Abate by
- May 16, 2012
- Penalty
- Initial $2,400 · Current $1,250 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person. Worksite: The imobile metal frame scaffold, from which an employee was working at a height of approximately 10 feet 11 inches above the floor was not erected under the supervision of a person competent in metal frame scaffold erection.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $1250
- · Z (S) $2400
1926.454 A
- Issued
- Apr 25, 2012
- Abate by
- May 16, 2012
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards. Worksite: The employee who was working from the mobile metal frame scaffold that was not equipped with fully planked platform was not trained to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $0
- · Z (S) $0
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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 332823608.
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