WESTLAKE, LA ·
OSHA Inspection: PERFORMANCE CONTRACTORS, INC.
Fatality or catastrophe inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a fatality or catastrophe safety inspection of PERFORMANCE CONTRACTORS, INC. in 3535 HOUSTON RIVER ROAD, WESTLAKE, LA 70669 (NAICS 237120). OSHA activity number 342237013.
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Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- PERFORMANCE CONTRACTORS, INC.
- Site address
- 3535 HOUSTON RIVER ROAD
- City
- WESTLAKE
- State
- LA
- ZIP
- 70669
- Mailing
- 9901 PECUE LANE, BATON ROUGE, LA 70810
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Fatality or catastrophe (M)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Non-union (B)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 237120
- Employees
- 1300
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
1 citation on file for this inspection.
1926.451 B01 I
- Issued
- Sep 19, 2017
- Abate by
- Sep 29, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $12,675 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1)(i): Each platform unit (e.g., scaffold plank, fabricated plank, fabricated deck, or fabricated platform) was not installed so that the space between adjacent units and the space between the platform and the uprights were no more than 1 inch (2.5 cm) wide, except where the employer can demonstrate that a wider space is necessary. On or about 04/05/2017, at 3535 Houston River Road, Westlake, LA, employees were working from an elevated scaffold platform that was not fully planked (scaffold floor opening) while conducting prep work on a pipe to be welded at a height of approximately 60 feet above a lower level.
Recent events (3)
- · F (S) $0
- · C (S) $12675
- · Z (S) $12675
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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 342237013.
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