BRANFORD, CT —
OSHA Inspection: BLAKESLEE PRESTRESS, INC.
Planned inspection · Health discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a planned health inspection of BLAKESLEE PRESTRESS, INC. in ROUTE 139/MCDERMOTT ROAD, BRANFORD, CT 06405 (NAICS 327390). OSHA activity number 339800146.
What this inspection record means
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
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Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- BLAKESLEE PRESTRESS, INC.
- Site address
- ROUTE 139/MCDERMOTT ROAD
- City
- BRANFORD
- State
- CT
- ZIP
- 06405
- Mailing
- P.O. BOX 510, BRANFORD, CT 06405
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Planned (H)
- Scope
- Complete (A)
- Discipline
- Health
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- A
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 327390
- Employees
- 194
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
16 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.23 D01
- Issued
- Nov 19, 2014
- Abate by
- Dec 9, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $3,600 · Current $2,500 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.23(d)(1): The employer did not provide standard railings or guards on stairways having four or more risers. Location: "Double T" Room, Route 139 at McDermott Road, Branford, CT 06405 A portable set of stairs with six risers used in the Double T area did not have standard railing on either side.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $2500
- — Z (S) $3600
1910.132 D01 I
- Issued
- Nov 19, 2014
- Abate by
- Dec 9, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $4,500 · Current $1,500 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1)(i): When the employer had assessed the workplace hazard(s) and determined that hazard(s) were present, the employer did not select and/or use the types of personal protective equipment that would protect the affected employee from the hazard. Location: Route 139 at McDermott Road, Branford, CT 06405 The fall arrest lanyards selected for employee's fall protection systems used in the aerial lifts failed to protect employees from falls at heights less than twelve feet.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $1500
- — Z (S) $4500
1910.132 D02
- Issued
- Nov 19, 2014
- Abate by
- Dec 2, 2014
- 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: Location: Route 139 at McDermott, Branford, CT 06405 The fall hazard from an aerial lift was not included in the written workplace hazard assessment certification.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.132 E
- Issued
- Nov 19, 2014
- Abate by
- Dec 9, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.132(e): The employer did not ensure that employees were not using defective or damaged personal protective equipment in the workplace. Location: Plant Wide, Route 139 at McDermott, Branford, CT 06405 The three Guardian fall protection lanyards and one fall protection harness had exceeded their service life.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.132 F01 V
- Issued
- Nov 19, 2014
- Abate by
- Dec 9, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.132(f)(1)(v): Employee(s) required to use PPE by this section were not trained to know the proper care, maintenance, useful life, and disposal of the PPE: Location: Plant wide, Route 139 at McDermott, Branford, CT 06405 Employee training was not conducted on the proper care, maintenance, useful life, and disposal of fall protection equipment.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.133 B01
- Issued
- Nov 19, 2014
- Abate by
- Dec 23, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $2,700 · Current $1,800 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.133(b)(1): Protective eye and face devices purchased after July 5, 1994 did not comply with ANSI Z87.1-1989, "American National Standard Practice for Occupational and Educational Eye and Face Protection". Location: Plant wide, Route 139 at McDermott Road, Branford, CT 06405 The employees were wearing prescription eyeglasses with and without side shields that were not in compliance with ANSI Z-87.1 - 1989 "American National Standard Practice for Occupational and Educational Eye and Face Protection".
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $1800
- — Z (S) $2700
1910.134 C
- Issued
- Nov 19, 2014
- Abate by
- Nov 25, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $2,700 · Current $1,800 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.134(c): The respiratory protection program was not administered by a suitably trained program administrator: Location: Plant Wide, Route 139 at McDermott, Branford, CT 06405 The respiratory protection program did not have a current trained program administrator.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $1800
- — Z (S) $2700
1910.134 C01
- Issued
- Nov 19, 2014
- Abate by
- Dec 23, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1): The respiratory protection program was not updated as necessary to reflect those changes in workplace conditions that affected respirator use: Location: Abrasive Blasting Area, Route 139 at McDermott, Branford, CT 06405 The respirator protection program was not updated to reflect changes in the workplace including the program administrator, the supplied air respirator was not list as a respirator that was required to be used, and the current medical provider was not listed.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.134 I01 II
- Issued
- Nov 19, 2014
- Abate by
- Dec 16, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.134(i)(1)(ii): Breathing air did not meet requirements for Grade D breathing air as described in the ANSI/Compressed Gas Association Commodity Specification G-7.1-1989. Location: Abrasive Blasting Area, Route 139 at McDermott Road, Branford, CT 06405 The breathing air used by employees utilizing supplied air respirators was not tested to ensure the breathing air met the Grade "D" breathing air standards and requirements.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.215 A04
- Issued
- Nov 19, 2014
- Abate by
- Nov 25, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $2,700 · Current $1,800 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.215(a)(4): Work rest(s) on grinding machinery were not adjusted closely to the wheel with a maximum opening of one eighth inch: Location: Stock Room, Route 139 at McDermott, Branford, CT 06405 The work rest on the Sears Craftsman model 257.192160 abrasive wheel grinder was set at 0.6 inches.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $1800
- — Z (S) $2700
1910.106 E06 I
- Issued
- Nov 19, 2014
- Abate by
- Nov 25, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.106(e)(6)(i): Adequate precautions were not taken to prevent the ignition of flammable vapors: Location: Quality Control Lab, Route 139 at McDermott Road, Branford, CT 06405 A class IV Flammable Liquid was stored on top of an oven where temperatures of 140 degrees Fahrenheit can be reached.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $0
- — Z (O) $0
1910.146 C02
- Issued
- Nov 19, 2014
- Abate by
- Dec 2, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
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 Location: Bison Area, Route 139 at McDermott Road, Branford, CT 06405 Permit Required Confined Spaces (PRCS) danger signs were not posted on permit spaces such as but not limited to the concrete mixer and silos.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $0
- — Z (O) $0
1910.146 C07 III
- Issued
- Nov 19, 2014
- Abate by
- Dec 2, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(7)(iii): The employer did not document the basis for determining that all hazards in a permit space had been eliminated, through a written certification that contained the date, the location of the space, and the signature of the person. Location: Concrete Mixers, Route 139 at McDermott Road, Branford, CT 06405 Written certifications containing the date, location of the space, and the signature of the person was not completed for entries into the cement mixers.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $0
- — Z (O) $0
1910.146 G01
- Issued
- Nov 19, 2014
- Abate by
- Dec 2, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(g)(1): The employer did not provide training so that all employees whose work was regulated by 29 CFR 1910.146 (permit required confined spaces) acquired the understanding, knowledge, and skills necessary for the safe performance of the duties assigned under 29 CFR 1910.146: Location: Concrete mixers, Route 139 at McDermott Road, Branford, CT 06405 Employees who are expected to enter confined spaces such as but not limited to the concrete mixers were not provided with adequate training.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $0
- — Z (O) $0
1910.1200 F10
- Issued
- Nov 19, 2014
- Abate by
- Nov 25, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(10): The employer did not ensure that workplace labels or other forms of warnings were legible, in English and prominently displayed on the container or readily available in the work area throughout each work shift. Location: Quality Control Testing Lab, Route 139 at McDermott Road, Branford, CT 06405 The plastic container holding form oil 250 and plastic container holding Sikament 610 which were stored on top of the ovens were not equipped with warning labels.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $0
- — Z (O) $0
1910.1200 G08
- Issued
- Nov 19, 2014
- Abate by
- Dec 23, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8): The employer did not maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and did not ensure that they were readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they were in their work area(s) Location: Route 139 at McDermott, Branford CT 06405 The employer did not maintain MSDS's/SDS' for chemicals, such as but not limited to granite containing silica provided Cherenzia Excavation Inc., Castrol Pyroplex BLUE NGLI Grade 0,1,2 and diesel.
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 339800146.
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