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Sousa Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Newport, Rhode Island · Masonry Contractors · NAICS 238140

2inspections
6citation items
$3,000current penalties
Feb 4, 2016last inspection

Sousa Inc. has 2 OSHA inspections on record in Rhode Island, the first in 2016.

OSHA's last visit started on Feb 4, 2016 as a planned inspection, in Newport.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 6 citation items: 6 serious.

OSHA proposed $4,800 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $3,000, down 38%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.134, respiratory protection (4 items).

For context, across all construction employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,080. Sousa Inc. averages $1,500 over 2 cited inspections in that time.

Sousa Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2016 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341226835 OPENED FEB 4, 2016Closed

Planned · Partial · Health · 2 employees at the site · Closed Apr 25, 2016

Tuckerman Avenue, Newport, RI 02840 · Masonry Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$1,600$1,600Mar 28, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$0$0Mar 28, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$0$0Mar 28, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 1d
29 CFR 1910.134(g)(1)(i)(a) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$0$0Mar 28, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 1e
29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2) · Construction safety training
 Serious$1,200$0Mar 28, 2016Final

Inspection 341258119 OPENED FEB 4, 2016Closed

Unprogrammed other · Partial · Safety · 2 employees at the site · Closed Apr 25, 2016

Corner Tuckerman Ave./kane St., Middletown, RI 02842 · Residential Remodelers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.300(b)(1) · Tools—Hand and Power: general requirements
 Serious$2,000$1,400Mar 28, 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)(1)

(1) Normal breathing. In a normal standing position, without talking, the subject shall breathe normally.

29 CFR 1926.21 · Construction safety training

29 CFR 1926.300 · Tools—Hand and Power: general requirements

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