PROSPECT, CT —
OSHA Inspection: POLAR INDUSTRIES, INC
Planned inspection · Health discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a planned health inspection of POLAR INDUSTRIES, INC in 32 GRAMAR STREET, PROSPECT, CT 06712 (NAICS 326150). OSHA activity number 337087191.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- POLAR INDUSTRIES, INC
- Site address
- 32 GRAMAR STREET
- City
- PROSPECT
- State
- CT
- ZIP
- 06712
- Mailing
- 32 GRAMAR STREET, PROSPECT, CT 06712
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Planned (H)
- Scope
- Complete (A)
- Discipline
- Health
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- B
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 326150
- Employees
- 35
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
7 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.134 C02 II
- Issued
- Jan 4, 2013
- Abate by
- Jan 31, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(ii): The employer did not establish and implement those elements of a written program necessary to ensure that any employee using a respirator voluntarily was medically able to use that respirator, and that the respirator was cleaned, stored, and maintained so that its use does not present a health hazard to the user Facility: The employer did not establish and implement a written respiratory protection program.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $1400
- — Z (S) $2800
1910.134 E01
- Issued
- Jan 4, 2013
- Abate by
- Jan 31, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1): The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee was fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace Facility: The employees who were voluntarily wearing negative pressure respirators where not given a medical evaluation.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.146 C01
- Issued
- Jan 4, 2013
- Abate by
- Dec 31, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(1): The employer did not evaluate the workplace to determine if any spaces were permit-required confined spaces. Pre-expander room: The employer did not evaluate the workplace to determine if the confined spaces met the description of a permit required spaces. There was at least one confined space, the SUNGHOON Pre-expander.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $1400
- — Z (S) $2800
1910.146 C02
- Issued
- Jan 4, 2013
- Abate by
- Feb 22, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $2,800 · Current $1,000 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(2): The employer did not inform exposed employees, by posting danger signs or by any other equally effective means, of the existence and location of and the danger posed by the permit spaces Pre-expander room: There were no signs warning employees of a confined space.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $1000
- — Z (S) $2800
1910.146 C04
- Issued
- Jan 4, 2013
- Abate by
- Feb 22, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4): When the employer decided that its employees would enter permit spaces, the employer did not develop and implement a written permit space entry program that complied with 29 CFR 1910.146 Pre-expander room: When employees entered the SUNGHOON Pre-expander, the employer did not develop and implement a confined space entry program.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.147 C01
- Issued
- Jan 4, 2013
- Abate by
- Apr 22, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $3,500 · Current $1,800 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): The employer did not establish a program consisting of an energy control procedure, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performed any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energy, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative: Facility: The employer did not establish an energy control program for employees who perform lock out / tag out activities.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $1800
- — Z (S) $3500
1910.132 D02
- Issued
- Jan 4, 2013
- Abate by
- Jan 31, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2): The employer did not verify, through a written certification, that the required workplace hazard assessment had been performed: Facility: The employer did not ensure they had a written certification a workplace hazard assessment had been conducted.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $0
- — Z (O) $0
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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 337087191.
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