OSHA has inspected Syracuse Rustproofing, Inc. 2 times in New York since 2016.
The latest one began on Jan 23, 2019 after a complaint, in Cicero.
Those inspections ended with 5 citation items: 4 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $11,002 and now stand at $7,575, 31% lower after settlements or reviews.
Respiratory protection comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.134.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for repair and personal services employers since 2015 is $1,200, and Syracuse Rustproofing, Inc. averages $3,788 (2 cited inspections).
Syracuse Rustproofing, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
The Wage and Hour Division has 3 cases on it since 2015, with $49,500 in back wages owed to workers.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
New York · latest 90 days of OSHA records
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From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2024, the Syracuse site logged 6 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 47 workers: 22.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.1 for its industry. Those cases cost 10 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Syracuse Rustproofing Inc.
Syracuse · 2024
47
6
3
22.0
3.1
Wage and hour cases
Cases by the Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division since 2015: unpaid minimum wage or overtime, child labor, family leave and more.
Period reviewed
Violations
Workers owed
Back wages
Penalties
Apr 30, 2015 to Apr 29, 2017
Cicero
7
5
$8,339
$0
Apr 30, 2015 to Apr 29, 2017
Syracuse
29
28
$34,156
$0
Apr 30, 2015 to Apr 29, 2017
Syracuse
5
4
$7,005
$0
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(6) Sources of ignition—(i) General. Adequate precautions shall be taken to prevent the ignition of flammable vapors. Sources of ignition include but are not limited to open flames; lightning; smoking; cutting and welding; hot surfaces; frictional heat; static, electrical, and mechanical sparks; spontaneous ignition, including heat-producing chemical reactions; and radiant heat.
29 CFR 1910.106(e)(6)(ii)
(ii) Grounding. Category 1 or 2 flammable liquids, or Category 3 flammable liquids with a flashpoint below 100 °F (37.8 °C), shall not be dispensed into containers unless the nozzle and container are electrically interconnected. Where the metallic floorplate on which the container stands while filling is electrically connected to the fill stem or where the fill stem is bonded to the container during filling operations by means of a bond wire, the provisions of this section shall be deemed to have been complied with.
(i) An employer may provide respirators at the request of employees or permit employees to use their own respirators, if the employer determines that such respirator use will not in itself create a hazard. If the employer determines that any voluntary respirator use is permissible, the employer shall provide the respirator users with the information contained in appendix D to this section (“Information for Employees Using Respirators When Not Required Under the Standard”); and
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.
