BIRMINGHAM, AL —
OSHA Inspection: EDWARDS EQUIPMENT SALES, INC.
Complaint inspection · Health discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a complaint health inspection of EDWARDS EQUIPMENT SALES, INC. in 321 CITATION COURT WEST, BIRMINGHAM, AL 35211 (NAICS 332999). OSHA activity number 342616463.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- EDWARDS EQUIPMENT SALES, INC.
- Site address
- 321 CITATION COURT WEST
- City
- BIRMINGHAM
- State
- AL
- ZIP
- 35211
- Mailing
- 321 CITATION COURT WEST, BIRMINGHAM, AL 35211
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Complaint (B)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Health
- 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
- 332999
- Employees
- 33
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
6 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.252 B02 III
- Issued
- Oct 13, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $3,232 · Current $1,939 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.252(b)(2)(iii): Workers or other persons adjacent to the welding areas were not protected from the rays by noncombustible or flameproof screens or shields or required to wear appropriate goggles. (a) On or about September 6, 2017 - Adjacent to welding area, employees, hanging components onto conveyor, were permitted to work near and around welding operations without being protected from arc welding rays.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $1939.2
- — Z (S) $3232
1910.134 C02 I
- Issued
- Oct 13, 2017
- Abate by
- Oct 23, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i): The employer did not provide respirator users with information contained in Appendix D to this section when the employer determined that any voluntary respirator use was permissible: (a) On or about September 6, 2017 - Fabrication, Appendix D was not provided for employees voluntarily permitted to use NIOSH N95 particulate respirators while engaged in welding activities.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $0
- — Z (O) $0
1910.134 E01
- Issued
- Oct 13, 2017
- Abate by
- Oct 25, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1): The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee was fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace: a) On or about September 6, 2017 - Facility, medical evaluations were not provided to employees required by the employer to wear 3M half-face respirators when engaged in powder coating.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $0
- — Z (O) $0
1910.134 F01
- Issued
- Oct 13, 2017
- Abate by
- Oct 25, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1): The employer did not ensure that employee(s) required to use a tight-fitting facepiece respirator passed the appropriate qualitative fit test (QLFT) or quantitative fit test (QNFT): a) On or about September 6, 2017 - Facility, fit tests were not provided to employees required by the employer to wear 3M half-face respirators when engaged in powder coating.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $0
- — Z (O) $0
1910.1026 D01
- Issued
- Oct 13, 2017
- Abate by
- Dec 1, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
0689
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1026(d)(1): The employer with a workplace or work operation covered by this standard did not determine the 8-hour time-weighted average exposure for each employee exposed to chromium (VI): (a) On or about September 6, 2017 - Fabrication, initial monitoring had not been conducted for employees engaged in welding of metal components. Full shift sampling was performed during one shift on September 13, 2017. The sampling results were below the OSHA Permissible Exposure Limits. The employer may use these sampling results to meet the initial monitoring requirement for Hexavalent Chromium or perform additional monitoring.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $0
- — Z (O) $0
1910.1026 I04 I
- Issued
- Oct 13, 2017
- Abate by
- Nov 8, 2017
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
0689
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1026(i)(4)(i): Employees were allowed to consume food or beverages at a worksite where chromium (VI) was present; however, the employer did not ensure that the eating and drinking areas were maintained as free as practicable of chromium (VI): a) On or about September 6, 2017 - Breakroom, the presence of chromium(VI) was detected on a breakroom table.
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 342616463.
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