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Precision Blasting, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania · All Other Specialty Trade Contractors · NAICS 238990

1inspections
2citation items
$13,500current penalties
Oct 2, 2020last inspection

OSHA has inspected Precision Blasting, Inc. once in Pennsylvania.

The inspection began on Oct 2, 2020 on a referral, in Harrisburg.

That inspection ended with 2 citation items: 2 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $19,114 and now stand at $13,500, 29% lower after settlements or reviews.

Explosives and blasting agents comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.109.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,080, and Precision Blasting, Inc. averages $13,500 (1 cited inspection).

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Precision Blasting, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2020 to 2020
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 344954219 OPENED OCT 2, 2020Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 35 employees at the site · Closed May 27, 2021

1670 South 19th Street, Harrisburg, PA 17104 · All Other Specialty Trade Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Sep 29, 2020: Employee amputates leg during explosive blasting

At 2:47 p.m. on September 29, 2020, an employee was preparing explosive blasting. The employee suffered an amputation below the left knee during explosive blasting and was hospitalized.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.109(e)(1)(iv) · Explosives and blasting agents
 Serious$9,557$13,500Mar 11, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.109(e)(5) · Explosives and blasting agents
 Serious$9,557$0Mar 11, 2021Final

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.

Sep 29, 2020, Harrisburg: Hospitalization, amputation · amputations · lower leg(s)

A contractor employee sustained a possible amputation of the left leg below the knee during explosive blasting.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.109 · Explosives and blasting agents

29 CFR 1910.109(e)(1)(iv)

(iv) Persons authorized to prepare explosive charges or conduct blasting operations shall use every reasonable precaution, including but not limited to warning signals, flags, barricades, or woven wire mats to insure the safety of the general public and workmen.

29 CFR 1910.109(e)(5)

(5) Warning required. Before a blast is fired, the employer shall require that a loud warning signal be given by the person in charge, who has made certain that all surplus explosives are in a safe place, all persons and vehicles are at a safe distance or under sufficient cover, and that an adequate warning has been given.

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