MILWAUKEE, WI —
OSHA Inspection: INSULATION INDUSTRIES, INC.
Referral inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a referral safety inspection of INSULATION INDUSTRIES, INC. in 330 GLENVIEW AVENUE, MILWAUKEE, WI 53213 (NAICS 238310). OSHA activity number 342475357.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- INSULATION INDUSTRIES, INC.
- Site address
- 330 GLENVIEW AVENUE
- City
- MILWAUKEE
- State
- WI
- ZIP
- 53213
- Mailing
- W332 DELEFIELD ROAD, OCONOMOWOC, WI 53066
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
- 238310
- Employees
- 84
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
5 citations on file for this inspection.
1926.451 F07
- Issued
- Dec 13, 2017
- Abate by
- Dec 26, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $5,387 · Current $5,387
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person. (a) Employees were insulating the inside of the gymnasium HVAC system from a job made work platform and the platform was not erected by a competent person.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $5387
- — Z (S) $5387
1926.20 B02
- Issued
- Dec 13, 2017
- Abate by
- Dec 26, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $5,387 · Current $7,000
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): Such programs shall provide for frequent and regular inspections of the job sites, materials, and equipment to be made by competent persons designated by the employers. (a) Employees were insulating the inside of the gymnasium HVAC system from a job made work platform and were not protected from falling to the lower level. This exposed employees to a fall hazard of approximately 21 feet.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $7000
- — Z (S) $5387
1926.454 A
- Issued
- Dec 13, 2017
- Abate by
- Dec 26, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $5,387 · 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 and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards. (a) Employees were insulating the inside of the gymnasium HVAC system from a job made work platform had not been trained on the hazards associated with scaffold work.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $5387
1926.501 B06
- Issued
- Dec 13, 2017
- Abate by
- Dec 26, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $5,387 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(6): Each employee on ramps, runways, and other walkways was not protected from falling 6 feet (1.8 m) or more to lower levels by guardrail systems: (a) While insulating the inside of the gymnasium HVAC system employees were working from a catwalk and the employer did not ensure they were protected from falling to the lower level. This exposed employees to a fall hazard of approximately 21 feet.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $5387
1926.451 E01
- Issued
- Dec 13, 2017
- Abate by
- Dec 26, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from other scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used. (a) While insulating the inside of the gymnasium HVAC system employees were accessing a job made platform from the catwalk by climbing the bracing.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $0
- — Z (O) $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 342475357.
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