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Azco, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Salem, Massachusetts · Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors · NAICS 238220

1inspections
2citation items
$5,000current penalties
Aug 28, 2017last inspection

OSHA has inspected Azco, Inc. once in Massachusetts.

The inspection began on Aug 28, 2017, in Salem.

That inspection ended with 2 citation items: 2 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $13,038 and now stand at $5,000, 62% lower after settlements or reviews.

Job-site wiring comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1926.405.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,080, and Azco, Inc. averages $5,000 (1 cited inspection).

Azco, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Azco, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2017 to 2017
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 342609518 OPENED AUG 28, 2017Closed

Unprogrammed other · Complete · Safety · 2,599 employees at the site · Closed Jan 17, 2018

25 Derby Street, Salem, MA 01970 · Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.405(a)(2)(ii)(c) · Job-site wiring
Other-than-serious$4,889$2,500Dec 12, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.405(a)(2)(ii)(i) · Job-site wiring
Other-than-serious$8,149$2,500Dec 12, 2017Final

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2017, the Salem site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 198 workers: 0.4 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.0 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
AZCO INC. - Salem Harbor Power Plant
Salem · 2017
198 100.41.0

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.405 · Job-site wiring

29 CFR 1926.405(a)(2)(ii)(c)

(C) Receptacles shall be of the grounding type. Unless installed in a complete metallic raceway, each branch circuit shall contain a separate equipment grounding conductor, and all receptacles shall be electrically connected to the grounding conductor. Receptacles for uses other than temporary lighting shall not be installed on branch circuits which supply temporary lighting. Receptacles shall not be connected to the same ungrounded conductor of multiwire circuits which supply temporary lighting.

29 CFR 1926.405(a)(2)(ii)(i)

(iii) Guarding. For temporary wiring over 600 volts, nominal, fencing, barriers, or other effective means shall be provided to prevent access of other than authorized and qualified personnel.

Other plumbing, heating, and air-conditioning contractors employers in Massachusetts

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