DANBURY, CT ·
OSHA Inspection: TEODULO SALGUERO
Fatality or catastrophe inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a fatality or catastrophe safety inspection of TEODULO SALGUERO in 16 MOUNTAINVILLE RD., DANBURY, CT 06810 (NAICS 561730). OSHA activity number 343054854.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- TEODULO SALGUERO
- Site address
- 16 MOUNTAINVILLE RD.
- City
- DANBURY
- State
- CT
- ZIP
- 06810
- Mailing
- 9 ELM ST., PAWLING, NY 12564
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
- 561730
- Employees
- 1
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
3 citations on file for this inspection.
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- Aug 28, 2018
- Penalty
- Initial $3,880 · Current $3,880
General-duty citation text
OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees, in that an employee was exposed to serious struck-by/crushing hazards and/or death from falling tree limbs/trunk sections/branches. Worksite: A tree felling safe zone/area preferably 1.5 times the height of the tree was not established and maintained around the 45 feet high oak/maple tree actively being removed by a worker positioned working elevated in the tree cutting tree branches, limbs and center tree trunk sections with a chain saw and lowering them to the ground using a ground worker and a rope. On or about March 26, 2018, the ground worker while holding the rope on the ground was elevated approximately 12 feet above the ground after a large center tree trunk section was cut from the tree causing the trunk section to suddenly fall, striking the worker on the head as the worker was being elevated and then causing the worker to fall to the ground and the trunk section to land on the worker's head.
Recent events (1)
- · Z (S) $3880
1910.132 D01
- Issued
- Aug 28, 2018
- Penalty
- Initial $2,217 · Current $2,217
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1): The employer did not assess the workplace to determine if hazards are present, or are likely to be present, which necessitate the use of personal protective equipment (PPE). Worksite: The employer did not assess the workplace to determine if hazards were present or likely to be present which necessitated the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) such as but not limited to head, eye and hearing protection.
Recent events (1)
- · Z (S) $2217
1910.132 F01
- Issued
- Aug 28, 2018
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.132(f)(1): The employer did not provide training to each employee who was required by this section to use personal protective equipment. Worksite: The employer did not ensure that the employee was trained on the use of personal protective equipment such as but not limited to head, eye and hearing protection.
Recent events (1)
- · 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). OSHA publishes its own view of this case as inspection number 343054854.
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