LINCOLN, NE —
OSHA Inspection: MIDWEST STEEL WORKS, INC.
Planned inspection · Health discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a planned health inspection of MIDWEST STEEL WORKS, INC. in 749 N STREET, LINCOLN, NE 68501 (NAICS 332312). OSHA activity number 343632766.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- MIDWEST STEEL WORKS, INC.
- Site address
- 749 N STREET
- City
- LINCOLN
- State
- NE
- ZIP
- 68501
- Mailing
- 749 "N" STREET, LINCOLN, NE 68501
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Planned (H)
- Scope
- Complete (A)
- 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
- 332312
- Employees
- 105
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
3 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.134 F02
- Issued
- Mar 15, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $5,796 · Current $3,000 Reduced
2037
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2): Employee(s) using a tight-fitting facepiece respirator were not annually fit tested: Midwest Steel Works, Inc. - 749 N St. - Lincoln, Nebraska - Employer is failing to ensure that an employee wearing an employer mandated tight-fitting half mask respirator was annually fit tested. A spray painting employee had not been fit tested for his half mask respirator since 2015. This hazard was last observed on or about January 25, 2019.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $3000
- — Z (S) $5796
1910.1052 D01 II B
- Issued
- Mar 15, 2019
- Abate by
- May 1, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $5,796 · Current $8,000
1730
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1052(d)(1)(ii)(B): The employer did not determine each employee's exposure by taking personal breathing zone air samples which indicate the highest likely 15-minute exposures during such operations for at least one employee in each job classification in the work area during every work shift, and the employee sampled is expected to have the highest methylene chloride exposure. Midwest Steel Works, Inc. - 749 N St. - Lincoln, Nebraska - The employer is failing to determine welding/fabricator employees' highest short term exposures (15 minute) to methylene chloride. Employees spray methylene chloride based anti-spatter during some welding operations. This violation was last observed on or about January 25, 2019.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $8000
- — Z (S) $5796
1910.1052 L01
- Issued
- Mar 15, 2019
- Abate by
- May 1, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $5,796 · Current $0 Reduced
1730
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1052(l)(1): The employer did not provide information and training for each affected employee prior to or at the time of initial assignment to a job involving potential exposure to methylene chloride: Midwest Steel Works, Inc. - 749 N St. - Lincoln, Nebraska - The employer is failing to provide hazard training and standard information to employees potentially exposed to methylene chloride. Employees spray methylene chloride based anti-spatter during some welding operations. This violation was last observed on or about January 25, 2019.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $5796
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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 343632766.
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