PHILADELPHIA, PA ·
OSHA Inspection: PALMER WATERPROOFING, INC.
Fatality or catastrophe inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a fatality or catastrophe safety inspection of PALMER WATERPROOFING, INC. in SANSOM AND 10TH STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103 (NAICS 238140). OSHA activity number 336191192.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- PALMER WATERPROOFING, INC.
- Site address
- SANSOM AND 10TH STREET
- City
- PHILADELPHIA
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 19103
- Mailing
- 2175 BENNETT ROAD, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19116
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Fatality or catastrophe (M)
- Scope
- Complete (A)
- 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
- 238140
- Employees
- 5
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
1 citation on file for this inspection.
1926.501 B01
- Issued
- Feb 20, 2013
- Abate by
- Feb 26, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $7,000 · Current $5,950 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems. a) Jobsite: 10th and Sansom Streets, Roof - Employees in the process of building suspended scaffold components were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 114 feet above ground level. The employees were not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems. Noted on 08/24/2012.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $5950
- · Z (S) $7000
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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 336191192.
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