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Abb Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Gilcrest, Colorado · Power, Distribution, and Specialty Transformer Manufacturing · NAICS 335311

1inspections
10citation items
$34,099current penalties
Jul 29, 2019last inspection

Abb Inc. has one OSHA inspection on record in Colorado.

OSHA opened it on Jul 29, 2019 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Gilcrest.

From that inspection OSHA issued 10 citation items: 5 serious and 5 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $34,099 in penalties and the amount has not been reduced.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.146, permit-required confined spaces (8 items).

For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,600. Abb Inc. averages $34,099 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Abb Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2019 to 2019
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 344187521 OPENED JUL 29, 2019Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Health · 3 employees at the site · Closed Apr 23, 2020

15001 County Road 46, Gilcrest, CO 80623 · Power, Distribution, and Specialty Transformer Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Jul 25, 2019 (fatal): Three employees are caught in flammable liquid flare up, one

At 12:45 a.m. on July 25, 2019, three employees were removing hardware from a transformer and it had flammable gas stored within. Employee #1 opened an inspection port and attempted to remove a nut inside the transformer with the use of an impact wrench. Employee #1 was killed and Employee #2 and Employee #3 was hospitalized with burns when the gas ignited and flared up.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(9)(i) · Permit-required confined spaces
 Other-than-serious$9,472$9,472Jan 6, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.146(d)(2) · Permit-required confined spaces
 Serious$0$0Jan 6, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.146(d)(5)(i) · Permit-required confined spaces
 Serious$0$0Jan 6, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.146(d)(3)(iv) · Permit-required confined spaces
 Serious$9,472$9,472Jan 6, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.146(e)(1) · Permit-required confined spaces
 Serious$0$0Jan 6, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.146(g)(2)(iii) · Permit-required confined spaces
 Other-than-serious$5,683$5,683Jan 6, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.146(h)(1) · Permit-required confined spaces
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 6, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 3c
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3)(iii) · Hazard communication
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 6, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.307(c) · Hazardous (classified) locations
 Serious$9,472$9,472Jan 6, 2020Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.146(d)(14) · Permit-required confined spaces
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 6, 2020Final

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3)(iii)

(iii) The measures employees can take to protect themselves from these hazards, including specific procedures the employer has implemented to protect employees from exposure to hazardous chemicals, such as appropriate work practices, emergency procedures, and personal protective equipment to be used; and,

29 CFR 1910.146 · Permit-required confined spaces

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(9)(i)

(i) Obtain any available information regarding permit space hazards and entry operations from the host employer;

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(14)

(14) Review the permit space program, using the canceled permits retained under paragraph (e)(6) of this section within 1 year after each entry and revise the program as necessary, to ensure that employees participating in entry operations are protected from permit space hazards.

29 CFR 1910.307 · Hazardous (classified) locations

Other power, distribution, and specialty transformer manufacturing employers in Colorado

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