NEW HAVEN, CT —
OSHA Inspection: INTERNATIONAL CHIMNEY CORPORATION
Federal Agency inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a federal Agency safety inspection of INTERNATIONAL CHIMNEY CORPORATION in 120 TOWER PARKWAY, NEW HAVEN, CT 06511 (NAICS 238140). OSHA activity number 341007441.
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Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- INTERNATIONAL CHIMNEY CORPORATION
- Site address
- 120 TOWER PARKWAY
- City
- NEW HAVEN
- State
- CT
- ZIP
- 06511
- Mailing
- 55 SOUTH LONG STREET, WILLIAMSVILLE, NY 14221
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Federal Agency (M)
- Scope
- Complete (A)
- Discipline
- Safety
- 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
- 238140
- Employees
- 6
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
3 citations on file for this inspection.
1926.451 B01
- Issued
- Mar 30, 2016
- Penalty
- Initial $6,300 · Current $3,500 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii). Location: West Chimney, Yale University Power Plant, 120 Tower Parkway, New Haven, CT 06511 Instance "A": The approximately 7 foot 5 inch diameter platform inside the chimney at the breech are of the chimney was equipped with one 1 1/2 inch thick, 9 5/8 inch wide and 7 foot 1/2 inch long wood scaffold plank and one 1 3/4 inch thick, 9 1/2 inch wide, and 7 foot long wood scaffold plank and therefore was not fully planked. 29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(i): The end of a platform 10 feet or less in length extended over its support more than 12 inches and the platform was not designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform is able to support employees and/or materials without tipping or have guardrails which block employee access to the cantilevered end. Location: West Chimney, Yale University Power Plant, 120 Tower Parkway, New Haven, CT 06511 Instance "B": The two wood scaffold planks measuring 1 1/2 inches thick, 9 5/8 inches wide and 7 feet 1/4 inch long and 1 3/4 inches thick, 9 1/2 inches wide and 7 feet long were not installed in order to allow the cantilevered portion of the planks to sufficiently support employees and/or materials without tipping.
Recent events (3)
- — F (S) $3500
- — C (S) $6300
- — Z (S) $6300
1926.454 A
- Issued
- Mar 30, 2016
- Abate by
- May 4, 2016
- Penalty
- Initial $4,500 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used including electrical hazards, fall hazards and falling object hazards, the correct procedures for dealing with electrical hazards, for erecting, maintaining and disassembling fall protection systems and falling objection protection, the proper use of the scaffold(s) and the proper handling of materials on the scaffold, the maximum intended load and the load-carrying capacities of the scaffold(s) used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards. Location: West Chimney, Yale University Power Plant, 120 Tower Parkway, New Haven, CT 06511 Each employee working on a scaffold platform was not provided with training by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the scaffolding being used, electrical hazards, fall hazards, fall protection systems, falling object hazards, erecting, maintaining and disassembling fall hazards, the proper use of scaffold(s) and proper handling of materials on a scaffold, the maximum intended load and load-carrying capacity of the scaffold along with the procedures to control and/or eliminate such hazards.
Recent events (3)
- — F (S) $0
- — C (S) $4500
- — Z (S) $4500
1926.503 A01
- Issued
- Mar 30, 2016
- Abate by
- May 4, 2016
- 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: Location: West Chimney, Yale University Power Plant, 120 Tower Parkway, New Haven, CT 06511 Each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards was not provided with a training program to instruct/train each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures/means to be followed in order to minimize and/or eliminate such fall hazards.
Recent events (3)
- — F (S) $0
- — C (S) $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 341007441.
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