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Metta Construction: OSHA inspections and violations

Pawcatuck, Connecticut · Framing Contractors · NAICS 238130

1inspections
2citation items
$6,251current penalties
Jan 3, 2019last inspection

Metta Construction has one OSHA inspection on record in Connecticut.

OSHA opened it on Jan 3, 2019 on a referral, in Pawcatuck.

From that inspection OSHA issued 2 citation items: 2 serious.

OSHA proposed $6,251 in penalties and the amount has not been reduced.

For context, across all construction employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,078. Metta Construction averages $6,251 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Metta Construction: OSHA citation items per year, 2019 to 2019
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343691762 OPENED JAN 3, 2019Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 8 employees at the site · Closed Nov 14, 2022

86-88 South Broadway Street, Pawcatuck, CT 06379 · Framing Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Jan 2, 2019: Employee is burned when gasoline ignites

At 4:00 p.m. on January 2, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was working at the construction site of a three-story multifamily residential structure. He was refueling a gasoline-powered air compressor when the gasoline made contact with the compressor's hot muffler. The gasoline ignited, and Employee #1 was burned. Emergency services transported the employee to the hospital, where he was admitted and treated for burns to his hands, face, and chest.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2) · Construction safety training
 Serious$3,978$3,978Feb 7, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.152(a)(1) · Flammable liquids
 Serious$2,273$2,273Feb 7, 2019Final

Severe injury reports

Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.

Jan 2, 2019, Pawcatuck: Hospitalization · heat (thermal) burns, unspecified · nonclassifiable

An employee was refueling a gas-powered air compressor. Fuel contacted the hot muffler and ignited. The employee suffered burns to the hands, face and chest.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.152 · Flammable liquids

29 CFR 1926.152(a)(1)

(a) General requirements. (1) Only approved containers and portable tanks shall be used for storage and handling of flammable liquids. Approved safety cans or Department of Transportation approved containers shall be used for the handling and use of flammable liquids in quantities of 5 gallons or less, except that this shall not apply to those flammable liquid materials which are highly viscid (extremely hard to pour), which may be used and handled in original shipping containers. For quantities of one gallon or less, the original container may be used, for storage, use and handling of flammable liquids.

29 CFR 1926.21 · Construction safety training

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2)

(2) The employer shall instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his work environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury.

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