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Comstock High School: OSHA inspections and violations

Kalamazoo, Michigan · Elementary and Secondary Schools · NAICS 611110

1inspections
3citation items
$625current penalties
Sep 28, 2015last inspection

Comstock High School has one OSHA inspection on record in Michigan.

OSHA opened it on Sep 28, 2015 after a complaint, in Kalamazoo.

From that inspection OSHA issued 3 citation items: 2 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $1,250 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $625, down 50%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.1001, asbestos in general industry (2 items).

For context, across all education employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $0. Comstock High School averages $625 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

Comstock High School: OSHA citation items per year, 2015 to 2015
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 340949148 OPENED SEP 28, 2015Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · Local government · 40 employees at the site · Closed Dec 23, 2015

2107 N 26th St, Kalamazoo, MI 49048 · Elementary and Secondary Schools · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.1001(j)(3)(iii) · Asbestos in general industry
 Serious$1,250$625Nov 10, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.1001(j)(7)(iv) · Asbestos in general industry
 Serious$0$0Nov 10, 2015Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(1) · Permit-required confined spaces
 Other-than-serious$0$0Nov 10, 2015Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1001 · Asbestos in general industry

29 CFR 1910.1001(j)(3)(iii)

(iii) Building and facility owners shall inform employers of employees, and employers shall inform employees who will perform housekeeping activities in areas which contain ACM and/or PACM of the presence and location of ACM and/or PACM in such areas which may be contacted during such activities.

29 CFR 1910.1001(j)(7)(iv)

(iv) The employer shall also provide, at no cost to employees who perform housekeeping operations in an area which contains ACM or PACM, an asbestos awareness training course, which shall at a minimum contain the following elements: health effects of asbestos, locations of ACM and PACM in the building/facility, recognition of ACM and PACM damage and deterioration, requirements in this standard relating to housekeeping, and proper response to fiber release episodes, to all employees who perform housekeeping work in areas where ACM and/or PACM is present. Each such employee shall be so trained at least once a year.

29 CFR 1910.146 · Permit-required confined spaces

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(1)

(c) General requirements. (1) The employer shall evaluate the workplace to determine if any spaces are permit- required confined spaces.

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