MANCHESTER, NH —
OSHA Inspection: SMS SERVICES INC.
Unprogrammed Other inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened an unprogrammed Other safety inspection of SMS SERVICES INC. in 300 WINSTON STREET, MANCHESTER, NH 03103 (NAICS 238130). OSHA activity number 340741503.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- SMS SERVICES INC.
- Site address
- 300 WINSTON STREET
- City
- MANCHESTER
- State
- NH
- ZIP
- 03103
- Mailing
- 55 EQUESTRIAN DR, NORTH ANDOVER, MA 01845
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Unprogrammed Other (I)
- Scope
- Complete (A)
- 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
- 238130
- Employees
- 55
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
3 citations on file for this inspection.
1926.502 D16 III
- Issued
- Jul 31, 2015
- Penalty
- Initial $4,900 · Current $3,675 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.502(d)(16)(iii): Personal fall arrest systems, when stopping a fall, were not rigged such that an employee could not free fall more than 6 feet (1.8 m) nor contact any lower level: Location: tank 3 On or about 6/24/15, employees were not adequately protected from falls while using a personal fall arrest system that would allow the employee to free fall more than 6 feet before stopping the fall.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $3675
- — Z (S) $4900
1926.502 D23
- Issued
- Jul 31, 2015
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.502(d)(23): Personal fall arrest systems were attached to guardrail systems or to hoists: Location: tank 3 On or about 6/24/15, the personal fall arrest system an employee was using while removing roof decking from an underground tank was attached to the guard rail system around the tank.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1926.503 A02 II
- Issued
- Jul 31, 2015
- Abate by
- Sep 17, 2015
- Penalty
- Initial $4,900 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.503(a)(2)(ii): The employer did not assure that each employee, as necessary, had been trained by a competent person in the correct procedures for erecting, maintaining, disassembling and inspecting the fall protection systems to be used: Location: tank 3 On or about 6/24/15, an employee using a personal fall arrest system was not adequately trained in the correct procedures to erect a personal fall arrest system.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $4900
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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 340741503.
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