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Quality Fab Welding: OSHA inspections and violations

Tulare, California · Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance · NAICS 811310

1inspections
6citation items
$12,510current penalties
Nov 15, 2017last inspection

OSHA has inspected Quality Fab Welding once in California.

The inspection began on Nov 15, 2017 after an accident, in Tulare; the case is still open.

That inspection ended with 6 citation items: 1 serious and 5 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $24,395 and now stand at $12,510, 49% lower after settlements or reviews.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for repair and personal services employers since 2015 is $1,200, and Quality Fab Welding averages $12,510 (1 cited inspection).

Quality Fab Welding: OSHA citation items per year, 2017 to 2017
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 342772134 OPENED NOV 15, 2017Open

Accident · Partial · Safety · 4 employees at the site · Open

5387 Kent Ave, Tulare, CA 93275 · Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Oct 27, 2017: Employee slips and falls from a roof structure and fractures

At 7:20 a.m. on October 27, 2017, an employee was sealing small holes on a roof structure that was wet from the morning dew and was not wearing any fall protection. The employee's supervisor told him to get down and, as the employee descended, he slipped and fell onto his stomach before falling approximately 13 feet from the roof. The employee suffered a fracture of the lumbar vertebra and was hospitalized.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 342(A)
Other-than-serious$5,000$1,000Jan 5, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 3203(B)(2)
Other-than-serious$85$85Jan 5, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 3395(I)
Other-than-serious$85$85Jan 5, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 3646(L)
Other-than-serious$325$0Jan 5, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1670(A)
Serious$13,500$10,800Jan 5, 2018Final
Citation 3, item 1
29 CFR 3646(E)
Other-than-serious$5,400$540Jan 5, 2018Final

The rules behind these citations

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

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