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Solomon Transformers, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin · Power, Distribution, and Specialty Transformer Manufacturing · NAICS 335311

1inspections
4citation items
$13,000current penalties
Dec 7, 2016last inspection

OSHA inspectors have visited Solomon Transformers, LLC in Wisconsin one time.

It opened on Dec 7, 2016 after a complaint, in Prairie Du Chien.

In all, OSHA issued 4 citation items: 1 serious and 3 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $42,551; today they stand at $13,000, 69% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.252 (welding fire safety), 2 times.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,600 penalty. Solomon Transformers, LLC averages $13,000 across 1 cited inspection.

Solomon Transformers, LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2016 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341956902 OPENED DEC 7, 2016Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 19 employees at the site · Closed May 23, 2019

1961 Vena Court, Prairie Du Chien, WI 53821 · Power, Distribution, and Specialty Transformer Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Other-than-serious$7,967$2,000Mar 22, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1) · Respiratory protection
 Other-than-serious$9,959$4,000Mar 22, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.252(b)(2)(iii) · Welding fire safety
 Other-than-serious$11,950$2,000Mar 22, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 6
29 CFR 1910.252(c)(1)(iv) · Welding fire safety
 Serious$12,675$5,000Mar 22, 2017Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2)

(2) The employer shall verify that the required workplace hazard assessment has been performed through a written certification that identifies the workplace evaluated; the person certifying that the evaluation has been performed; the date(s) of the hazard assessment; and, which identifies the document as a certification of hazard assessment.

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

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 1910.252 · Welding fire safety

29 CFR 1910.252(b)(2)(iii)

(iii) Protection from arc welding rays. Where the work permits, the welder should be enclosed in an individual booth painted with a finish of low reflectivity such as zinc oxide (an important factor for absorbing ultraviolet radiations) and lamp black, or shall be enclosed with noncombustible screens similarly painted. Booths and screens shall permit circulation of air at floor level. Workers or other persons adjacent to the welding areas shall be protected from the rays by noncombustible or flameproof screens or shields or shall be required to wear appropriate goggles.

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