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Midre Contracting Corp.: OSHA inspections and violations

New York, New York · Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors · NAICS 238220

2inspections
9citation items
$26,517current penalties
May 22, 2021last inspection

OSHA has inspected Midre Contracting Corp. 2 times in New York since 2016.

The latest one began on May 22, 2021 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Long Island City.

Those inspections ended with 9 citation items: 8 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $37,632 and now stand at $26,517, 30% lower after settlements or reviews.

Respiratory protection comes up most often in these citations: 4 items under 1910.134.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,080, and Midre Contracting Corp. averages $13,258 (2 cited inspections).

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Midre Contracting Corp.: OSHA citation items per year, 2016 to 2021
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345322655 OPENED MAY 22, 2021Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Complete · Safety · 14 employees at the site · Closed Jan 10, 2023

45-18 Court Square, Long Island City, NY 11101 · Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on May 22, 2021 (fatal): Employee falls and is killed

At 8:30 a.m. on May 22, 2021, an employee and coworker walked the sixth floor mechanical shaft to access an extension ladder. The coworker heard something fall and found the employee had fallen approximately fifty feet down the mechanical shaft, received multiple fractures due to blunt force trauma and was killed.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2) · Construction safety training
 Serious$9,557$6,690Nov 22, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1926.503(c)(3) · Fall protection training in construction
 Serious$0$0Nov 22, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$5,461$3,822Nov 22, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$0$0Nov 22, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 2c
29 CFR 1910.134(k)(3) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$0$0Nov 22, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.416(b)(2) · Electrical safety in construction
 Serious$9,557$6,690Nov 22, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1) · Fall protection in construction
 Serious$9,557$6,690Nov 22, 2021Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2) · Respiratory protection
 Other-than-serious$0$0Nov 22, 2021Final

Inspection 341223261 OPENED JAN 27, 2016Closed

Unprogrammed other · Complete · Safety · 9 employees at the site · Closed May 3, 2016

190 Bowery St, New York, NY 10002 · Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.405(a)(2)(ii)(i) · Job-site wiring
 Serious$3,500$2,625Mar 31, 2016Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)

(1) The test instrument must have an effective audio-warning device, or a visual-warning device in the form of a screen tracing, that indicates when the test subject fails to hold his or her breath during the test. The test must be terminated and restarted from the beginning when the test subject fails to hold his or her breath during the test. The test subject then may be refitted and retested.

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1)

(1) General. The employer shall provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee is fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace. The employer may discontinue an employee's medical evaluations when the employee is no longer required to use a respirator.

29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2)

(2) Deep breathing. In a normal standing position, the subject shall breathe slowly and deeply, taking caution so as not to hyperventilate.

29 CFR 1926.21 · Construction safety training

29 CFR 1926.405 · Job-site wiring

29 CFR 1926.416 · Electrical safety in construction

29 CFR 1926.501 · Fall protection in construction

29 CFR 1926.503 · Fall protection training in construction

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