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Downing Masonry: OSHA inspections and violations

Providence, Rhode Island · Masonry Contractors · NAICS 238140

1inspections
7citation items
$2,400current penalties
May 6, 2015last inspection

OSHA has inspected Downing Masonry once in Rhode Island.

The inspection began on May 6, 2015 on a referral, in Providence.

That inspection ended with 7 citation items: 6 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $6,400 and now stand at $2,400, 62% lower after settlements or reviews.

Hazard communication comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.1200.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,080, and Downing Masonry averages $2,400 (1 cited inspection).

Downing Masonry: OSHA citation items per year, 2015 to 2015
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 340613439 OPENED MAY 6, 2015Closed

Referral · Partial · Health · Local government · 4 employees at the site · Closed Sep 12, 2018

334 Westminster St., Providence, RI 02902 · Masonry Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$2,000$1,000Aug 17, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8) · Hazard communication
 Serious$0$0Aug 17, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1926.95(a) · Criteria for personal protective equipment
 Serious$2,000$1,000Aug 17, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1926.100(a) · Hard hats in construction
 Serious$0$0Aug 17, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 3c
29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1) · Eye and face protection in construction
 Serious$0$0Aug 17, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 3d
29 CFR 1926.50(g) · Medical services and first aid
 Serious$2,000$0Aug 17, 2015Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1) · Proving cited hazards were fixed
 Other-than-serious$400$400Dec 9, 2015Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1903.19 · Proving cited hazards were fixed

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1)

(c) Abatement certification. (1) Within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, the employer must certify to OSHA (the Agency) that each cited violation has been abated, except as provided in paragraph (c)(2) of this section.

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)

(e) Written hazard communication program. (1) Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8)

(8) The employer shall maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and shall ensure that they are readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they are in their work area(s). (Electronic access and other alternatives to maintaining paper copies of the safety data sheets are permitted as long as no barriers to immediate employee access in each workplace are created by such options.)

29 CFR 1926.100 · Hard hats in construction

29 CFR 1926.102 · Eye and face protection in construction

29 CFR 1926.50 · Medical services and first aid

29 CFR 1926.95 · Criteria for personal protective equipment

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