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Champion Elevator Corp.: OSHA inspections and violations

Bronx, New York · Elevator and Moving Stairway Manufacturing · NAICS 333921

1inspections
5citation items
$40,000current penalties
Feb 18, 2021last inspection

OSHA has inspected Champion Elevator Corp. once in New York.

The inspection began on Feb 18, 2021 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Bronx.

That inspection ended with 5 citation items: 5 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $43,890 and now stand at $40,000, 9% lower after settlements or reviews.

Permit-required confined space program comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1926.1204.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Champion Elevator Corp. averages $40,000 (1 cited inspection).

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Champion Elevator Corp.: OSHA citation items per year, 2021 to 2021
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345153654 OPENED FEB 18, 2021Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Complete · Safety · 2 employees at the site · Closed Aug 24, 2022

133 East Clarke Place, Bronx, NY 10452 · Elevator and Moving Stairway Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Feb 18, 2021 (fatal): One employee is killed and another is injured when struck by

At 9:30 a.m. on February 18, 2021, Employee #1 was working in the pit of an elevator shaft while Employee # 2 was working on the 6th floor. The employees were doing upgrades to the elevator. The elevator fell from the top floor and struck Employee #1. Employee #2 was also injured and both employees were hospitalized. Employee #1 died at the hospital.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.552(d) · Material hoists, personnel hoists, and elevators
 Serious$8,778$20,000Aug 16, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1926.1203(a) · Confined Spaces in Construction: general requirements
 Serious$8,778$20,000Aug 16, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1926.1203(d) · Confined Spaces in Construction: general requirements
 Serious$8,778$0Aug 16, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 3c
29 CFR 1926.1204(b) · Permit-required confined space program
 Serious$8,778$0Aug 16, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 3d
29 CFR 1926.1204(c) · Permit-required confined space program
 Serious$8,778$0Aug 16, 2021Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.1203 · Confined Spaces in Construction: general requirements

29 CFR 1926.1203(a)

(a) Before it begins work at a worksite, each employer must ensure that a competent person identifies all confined spaces in which one or more of the employees it directs may work, and identifies each space that is a permit space, through consideration and evaluation of the elements of that space, including testing as necessary.

29 CFR 1926.1203(d)

(d) If any employer decides that employees it directs will enter a permit space, that employer must have a written permit space program that complies with § 1926.1204 implemented at the construction site. The written program must be made available prior to and during entry operations for inspection by employees and their authorized representatives.

29 CFR 1926.1204 · Permit-required confined space program

29 CFR 1926.1204(b)

(b) Identify and evaluate the hazards of permit spaces before employees enter them;

29 CFR 1926.552 · Material hoists, personnel hoists, and elevators

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