CHARLESTON, WV —
OSHA Inspection: COOPER MATERIALS HANDLING, INC.
Referral inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a referral safety inspection of COOPER MATERIALS HANDLING, INC. in 1679 COONSKIN DRIVE, CHARLESTON, WV 25311 (NAICS 238170). OSHA activity number 340491034.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- COOPER MATERIALS HANDLING, INC.
- Site address
- 1679 COONSKIN DRIVE
- City
- CHARLESTON
- State
- WV
- ZIP
- 25311
- Mailing
- 319 MILL STREET NE, VIENNA, VA 22180
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Referral (C)
- 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
- 238170
- Employees
- 4
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
3 citations on file for this inspection.
1926.501 B01
- Issued
- May 14, 2015
- Abate by
- May 27, 2015
- Penalty
- Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000
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) Security Forces Building, WV Air National Guard: Employees were not protected from falling fourteen feet by either a guardrail system, safety net system, or a personal fall arrest system while working at the edge of a roof while installing siding as observed on March 26, 2015. ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $2000
- — Z (S) $2000
1926.503 A01
- Issued
- May 14, 2015
- Abate by
- May 27, 2015
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards: (a) Security Forces Building, WV Air National Guard: Employees and site superintendents that were exposed to falling fourteen feet from a roof were not trained on the safe procedures to follow in order to minimize the hazard of falling including the different types of fall protection measures that could have been used on site as determined on March 26, 2015. ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1926.20 B02
- Issued
- May 14, 2015
- Abate by
- May 27, 2015
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s): (a) Security Forces Building, WV Air National Guard: Frequent and regular inspections of the job site were not done by a competent person in that employees were not protected from falling fourteen feet while working at the edge of a roof while installing siding as determined on March 26, 2015. ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $0
- — Z (S) $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 340491034.
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