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Bertram Drilling, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Verona, Wisconsin · Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction · NAICS 237110

2inspections
5citation items
$7,000current penalties
Mar 19, 2015last inspection

OSHA has inspected Bertram Drilling, Inc. 2 times in Wisconsin since 2015.

The latest one began on Mar 19, 2015 on a referral, in Verona.

Those inspections ended with 5 citation items: 5 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $10,000 and now stand at $7,000, 30% lower after settlements or reviews.

Respiratory protection comes up most often in these citations: 4 items under 1910.134.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,080, and Bertram Drilling, Inc. averages $7,000 (1 cited inspection).

It reported 2 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.

Bertram Drilling, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2015 to 2015
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 340474063 OPENED MAR 19, 2015Closed

Referral · Partial · Health · 25 employees at the site · Closed Jul 16, 2015

802 Northernlights Road, Verona, WI 53593 · Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$2,000$1,400May 28, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$2,000$1,400May 28, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$2,000$1,400May 28, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$2,000$1,400May 28, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1926.52(d)(1) · Occupational noise exposure
 Serious$2,000$1,400May 28, 2015Final

Inspection 340458116 OPENED MAR 10, 2015Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 25 employees at the site · Closed Sep 8, 2015

802 Northernlights Road, Verona, WI 53593 · Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Severe injury reports

Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 2 reports on file.

Apr 23, 2015, Verona: Hospitalization, amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.

An employee's finger was crushed by a piece of falling casing material. As a result, his finger was later amputated at the first knuckle.

Mar 2, 2015, Verona: Amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)

An employee was working on a pipe with a breakout wrench when it slipped and severed his left ring fingertip.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)

(1) The test instrument must have an effective audio-warning device, or a visual-warning device in the form of a screen tracing, that indicates when the test subject fails to hold his or her breath during the test. The test must be terminated and restarted from the beginning when the test subject fails to hold his or her breath during the test. The test subject then may be refitted and retested.

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii)

(iii) The employer shall identify and evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace; this evaluation shall include a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to respiratory hazard(s) and an identification of the contaminant's chemical state and physical form. Where the employer cannot identify or reasonably estimate the employee exposure, the employer shall consider the atmosphere to be IDLH.

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1)

(1) General. The employer shall provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee is fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace. The employer may discontinue an employee's medical evaluations when the employee is no longer required to use a respirator.

29 CFR 1926.52 · Occupational noise exposure

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