DES MOINES, IA ·
OSHA Inspection: WALDINGER CORPORATION
Planned inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a planned safety inspection of WALDINGER CORPORATION in 3100 MCKINLEY AVENUE, DES MOINES, IA 50321 (NAICS 238210). OSHA activity number 339237190.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- WALDINGER CORPORATION
- Site address
- 3100 MCKINLEY AVENUE
- City
- DES MOINES
- State
- IA
- ZIP
- 50321
- Mailing
- 2601 BELL AVENUE, DES MOINES, IA 50321
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
- 238210
- Employees
- 4
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
5 citations on file for this inspection.
1926.20 B01
- Issued
- Sep 11, 2013
- Abate by
- Oct 1, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $4,000 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): The employer did not initiate and maintain such programs as may be necessary to comply with this part: The employer did not maintain programs necessary to comply with this part in that: a. Protruding rebar was not guarded to prevent impalement hazards. b. Excavated materials were placed at unsafe distances along the edges of a trench that work was being performed in. c. Stairways, ladders, ramps, or other safe means were not used for safe ingress and egress in conjunction with the trenching work.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $0
- · Z (S) $4000
1926.651 C02
- Issued
- Sep 11, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $5,000 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.651(c)(2): A stairway, ladder, ramp or other safe means of egress was not located in trench excavations that were 4 feet (1.22 m) or more in depth so as to require no more than 25 feet (7.62 m) of lateral travel for employees: An employee working in an approximately 3 foot wide, 52 inch deep, and 82 foot long trench, did not have a stairway, ladder, ramp, or other safe means to exit the trench.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $0
- · Z (S) $5000
1926.651 J02
- Issued
- Sep 11, 2013
- Abate by
- Sep 17, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $7,000 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.651(j)(2): Employees were not protected from excavated or other materials or equipment that could pose a hazard by falling or rolling into excavations. Protection was not provided by placing and keeping such materials or equipment at least 2 feet (.61 m) from the edge of excavations, or by the use of retaining devices that were sufficient to prevent materials or equipment from falling or rolling into excavations, or by a combination of both if necessary: The excavated materials from the approximately 3 foot wide, 52 inch deep, and 82 foot long trench placed along its northen end, were not placed at least two feet from the trench's edge.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $0
- · Z (S) $7000
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- Sep 11, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $5,000 · Current $7,000
General-duty citation text
OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): 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: (a) Approximately 5 rods of protruding reinforcing steel of approximately 30 inches in length spaced along the approximately 82 foot long trench were not guarded to eliminate the hazard of impalement.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $7000
- · Z (S) $5000
1926.1051 A
- Issued
- Sep 11, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $5,000 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.1051(a): A stairway or ladder was not provided at all personnel points of access where there was a break in elevation of 19 inches (48 cm) or more, and no ramp, runway, sloped embankment, or personnel hoist was provided: An employee working in an approximately 3 foot wide, 52 inch deep, and 82 foot long trench, used an approximately 30 inch high step cut into the trench to enter and exit the trench.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $0
- · Z (S) $5000
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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 339237190.
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