NEW YORK, NY ·
OSHA Inspection: NORDEST SERVICES LLC
Fatality or catastrophe inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a fatality or catastrophe safety inspection of NORDEST SERVICES LLC in 341 9TH AVENUE, NEW YORK, NY 10199 (NAICS 238910). OSHA activity number 344750807.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- NORDEST SERVICES LLC
- Site address
- 341 9TH AVENUE
- City
- NEW YORK
- State
- NY
- ZIP
- 10199
- Mailing
- 60-31 60TH PLACE, MASPETH, NY 11378
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
- 238910
- Employees
- 12
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
2 citations on file for this inspection.
1926.21 B02
- Issued
- Nov 10, 2020
- Abate by
- Nov 23, 2020
- Penalty
- Initial $13,494 · Current $10,000 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2):The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe condition(s) and the regulation(s) applicable to his work environment to control or eliminate any hazard(s) or other exposure to illness or injury: Location: 341 9th Avenue, New York, NY 10199 On or about: May 13, 2020 (a) Employees were not trained in the recognition and avoidance of struck by hazards while performing fire extinguisher recharge procedures.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $10000
- · Z (S) $13494
1926.150 C01 VIII
- Issued
- Nov 10, 2020
- Abate by
- Nov 23, 2020
- Penalty
- Initial $13,494 · Current $10,000 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.150(c)(1)(viii): Portable fire extinguishers were not inspected periodically and maintained in accordance with maintenance and use of portable fire extinguishers, N.F.P.A. No. 10A-1970: Location: 341 9th Avenue, New York, NY 10199 On or about: May 13, 2020 Badger WP-61 Water Stored Pressure Fire Extinguishers were not inspected and maintained in accordance with N.F.P.A. No. 10A-1970. Employees were recharging the fire extinguishers when one ruptured, resulting in the death of one employee and the hospitalization of another: (a) Employees were instructed by the employer to recharge the fire extinguishers by using the extinguisher gauge as an indicator of charge pressure, instead of regulating the pressure at the source per the recharge instructions on the fire extinguisher nameplate. This is not in accordance with the requirements of N.F.P.A. No. 10A - 1970, Paragraph 3410 which states that the recharging instructions on the nameplate of the fire extinguisher must be used. (b) Employees were instructed by the employer to pressurize the fire extinguishers with oxygen, rather than air or nitrogen as specified on the fire extinguisher nameplate. This is not in accordance with the requirements of N.F.P.A. No 10A - 1970, Paragraph 3430 which states that only those recharging materials specified on the extinguisher nameplate be used.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $10000
- · Z (S) $13494
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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 344750807.
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