SHAMOKIN DAM, PA ·
OSHA Inspection: PACIFIC WEST REINFORCING, LLC
Unprogrammed Related inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened an unprogrammed Related safety inspection of PACIFIC WEST REINFORCING, LLC in 2384 NORTH OLD TRAIL, SHAMOKIN DAM, PA 17876 (NAICS 238110). OSHA activity number 341337673.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- PACIFIC WEST REINFORCING, LLC
- Site address
- 2384 NORTH OLD TRAIL
- City
- SHAMOKIN DAM
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 17876
- Mailing
- PO BOX 2782, CALCUTTA, OH 43920
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Unprogrammed Related (G)
- Scope
- Complete (A)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Union (A)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 238110
- Employees
- 10
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
1 citation on file for this inspection.
1926.703 D01
- Issued
- Jun 9, 2016
- Abate by
- Jul 27, 2016
- Penalty
- Initial $2,000 · Current $1,500 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.703(d)(1): Reinforcing steel for walls, piers, columns, and similar vertical structures was not adequately supported to prevent overturning and to prevent collapse: (a) Sunbury Generation Plant, Shamokin Dam, PA: A thirty-eight (38) foot rebar tower erected to form a concrete column was not adequately supported to prevent collapse when one of the guy wires securing it in place was removed, causing the rebar tower to collapse, exposing employees to a potential injury, on or about March 17, 2016. OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE: 29 CFR 1926.501(a)(2): The employer did not determine if the walking/working surfaces on which its employees were working had the strength and structural integrity to support employees safely: (a) Sunbury Generation Plant, Shamokin Dam, PA: A thirty-eight (38) foot rebar tower erected to form a concrete column did not have the structural integrity to support an employee working from the face of the rebar when one of the guy wires securing it in place was removed, causing the rebar tower to collapse, exposing the employee to a potential injury, on or about March 17, 2016. ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $1500
- · Z (S) $2000
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). OSHA publishes its own view of this case as inspection number 341337673.
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