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Fairfield Insulation LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Darien, Connecticut · Drywall and Insulation Contractors · NAICS 238310

2inspections
5citation items
$20,000current penalties
Aug 31, 2017last inspection

Fairfield Insulation LLC has 2 OSHA inspections on record in Connecticut, the first in 1979.

OSHA's last visit started on Aug 31, 2017 on a referral, in Greenwich.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 5 citation items: 5 serious.

OSHA proposed $30,783 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $20,000, down 35%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1926.451, scaffolds, general requirements (3 items).

For context, across all construction employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,080. Fairfield Insulation LLC averages $20,000 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

Fairfield Insulation LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 1979 to 2017
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 342609773 OPENED AUG 31, 2017Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 25 employees at the site · Closed Jul 9, 2018

834 North Street, Greenwich, CT 06831 · Drywall and Insulation Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Aug 31, 2017: Employee sustains fractured hip in foot fall from scaffold

At 2:21 p.m. on August 31, 2017, Employee #1 was standing on a 15 foot mobile tubular frame scaffold, spraying foam insulation onto the ceiling. A coworker tried to reposition the scaffold, causing it to fall over. Employee #1 fell to the concrete floor below and sustained a hip fracture. He was hospitalized for his injury.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.451(f)(5) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$9,054$6,300Dec 21, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$7,243$4,400Dec 21, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$9,054$6,300Dec 21, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 4a
29 CFR 1926.454(a) · Scaffold training
 Serious$5,432$3,000Dec 21, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 4b
29 CFR 1926.454(b) · Scaffold training
 Serious$0$0Dec 21, 2017Final

Inspection 10421444 OPENED JAN 3, 1979Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 2 employees at the site · Closed Mar 10, 1984

19 Old King Highway South, Darien, CT 06820 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.451 · Scaffolds, general requirements

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(5)

(5) Scaffolds shall not be moved horizontally while employees are on them, unless they have been designed by a registered professional engineer specifically for such movement or, for mobile scaffolds, where the provisions of § 1926.452(w) are followed.

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7)

(7) Scaffolds shall be erected, moved, dismantled, or altered only under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration. Such activities shall be performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii)

(vii) For all scaffolds not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, each employee shall be protected by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section.

29 CFR 1926.454 · Scaffold training

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