NORWALK, CT —
OSHA Inspection: VAZ QUALITY WORKS, LLC
Planned inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a planned safety inspection of VAZ QUALITY WORKS, LLC in MERWIN STREET WEST OF ACADEMY STREET, NORWALK, CT 06850 (NAICS 237110). OSHA activity number 339503161.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- VAZ QUALITY WORKS, LLC
- Site address
- MERWIN STREET WEST OF ACADEMY STREET
- City
- NORWALK
- State
- CT
- ZIP
- 06850
- Mailing
- 179 WILLIAM STREET, BRIDGEPORT, CT 06608
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Planned (H)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- 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
- 237110
- Employees
- 2
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
3 citations on file for this inspection.
1926.651 C02
- Issued
- Feb 4, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 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 (1.22m) or more in depth so as to require no more than 25 feet (7.62m) of lateral travel for employees: JOBSITE: The employee, wiping an existing water pipe in a trench that was approximately 4 ft 1/4 inch wide, 13 ft 6 inches long, and 6 ft 4 inches deep to prepare for installation of a new pipe in the trench was not provided with a safe means of access/egress, such as (but not limited to) a ladder, ramp or other equivalent means.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $1000
- — Z (S) $2000
1926.651 K01
- Issued
- Feb 4, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.651(k)(1): Daily inspections of excavations, the adjacent areas, and protective systems were not made by a competent person for evidence of a situation that could result in possible cave-ins, indications of failure of of protective systems, hazardous atmospheres, or pther hazardous conditions: JOBSITE: The competent person did not conduct daily inspections of the trench that was approximately 4 ft 1/4 inch wide, 13 ft 6 inches long, and 6 ft 4 inches deep for the evidence of situations that could result in possible cave-ins or other hazards prior to allowing an employee to enter into the trench.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $1000
- — Z (S) $2000
1926.652 A01
- Issued
- Feb 4, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1): Each employee in an excavation was not protected from cave-ins by an adequate protective system designed in accordance with 29 CFR 1926.652(c). The employer had not complied with the provisions of 29 CFR 1926.652(b)(1)(i) in that the trench was not equipped with shoring or sheeting to prevent a cave-in: JOBSITE: The employee, wiping an existing water pipe in the trench that was approximately 4 ft 1/4 inch wide, 13 ft 6 inches long, and 6 ft 4 inches deep to prepare for installation of a new pipe in the trench was not protected from the hazard of cave-ins by means of slopping, shoring, trench box or other equivalent means.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $1400
- — Z (S) $2800
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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 339503161.
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