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Quantum Insulation Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

Jacksonville, North Carolina · Roofing, Siding, and Insulation Material Merchant Wholesalers · NAICS 423330

1inspections
1citation items
$1,388current penalties
Oct 28, 2020last inspection

OSHA inspectors have visited Quantum Insulation Inc in North Carolina one time.

It opened on Oct 28, 2020 on a referral, in Jacksonville.

In all, OSHA issued 1 citation item: 1 serious.

The proposed penalties came to $2,313; today they stand at $1,388, 40% less.

Among wholesale employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,425 penalty. Quantum Insulation Inc averages $1,388 across 1 cited inspection.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Quantum Insulation Inc: OSHA citation items per year, 2020 to 2020
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345006068 OPENED OCT 28, 2020Closed

Referral · Complete · Safety · 12 employees at the site · Closed Mar 16, 2021

Child Development Center, Jacksonville, NC 28540 · Roofing, Siding, and Insulation Material Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Oct 28, 2020: Employee fractures back in fall when extension ladder falls

At 10:00 a.m. on October 28, 2020, an employee working for a roofing and insulation contractor was climbing an extension ladder. The ladder kicked out from underneath the employee and he fell backwards off the ladder to the concrete floor. The employee fractured his back and was hospitalized.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(15) · Ladders in construction
Serious$2,313$1,388Jan 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.

Oct 28, 2020, Jacksonville: Hospitalization · soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury · back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified

An employee was climbing an extension ladder and fell to the concrete floor resulting in a back injury.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.1053 · Ladders in construction

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(15)

(15) Ladders shall be inspected by a competent person for visible defects on a periodic basis and after any occurrence that could affect their safe use.

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