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Uconn: OSHA inspections and violations

Storrs Mansfield, Connecticut · Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools · NAICS 611310

2inspections
8citation items
$1,728current penalties
Jan 9, 2019last inspection

OSHA has inspected Uconn 2 times in Connecticut since 2016.

The latest one began on Jan 9, 2019 on a referral, in Storrs Mansfield.

Those inspections ended with 8 citation items: 7 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $2,880 and now stand at $1,728, 40% lower after settlements or reviews.

Hazard communication comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1910.1200.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for education employers since 2015 is $0, and Uconn averages $1,728 (1 cited inspection).

Uconn: OSHA citation items per year, 2016 to 2019
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343881736 OPENED JAN 9, 2019Closed

Referral · Partial · Health · State government · 14,653 employees at the site · Closed May 3, 2019

Pbb 503 69 N. Eagleville Road, Storrs Mansfield, CT 06269 · Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Jan 8, 2019: Employee is injured when exposed to unidentified chemical wh

At 8:30 p.m. on January 8, 2019, an employee was cleaning the laboratory and flushed an unidentified chemical down the sink. The initial report did not provide a description of any injuries sustained by the employee; however, he was hospitalized.

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 342009909 OPENED NOV 22, 2016Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · State government · 9,903 employees at the site · Closed Apr 26, 2017

Pbb Vivarium 69 North Eagleville Road, Storrs Mansfield, CT 06269 · Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 31-370(A)
Serious$720$432Feb 16, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1)(i) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
Serious$720$432Feb 16, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2) · Respiratory protection
Serious$720$432Feb 16, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.134(k)(5) · Respiratory protection
Serious$0$0Feb 16, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 4a
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8) · Hazard communication
Serious$720$432Feb 16, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 4b
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$0$0Feb 16, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 4c
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3)(iv) · Hazard communication
Serious$0$0Feb 16, 2017Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1) · Walking-working surfaces
Other-than-serious$0$0Feb 16, 2017Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8)

(8) The employer shall maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and shall ensure that they are readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they are in their work area(s). (Electronic access and other alternatives to maintaining paper copies of the safety data sheets are permitted as long as no barriers to immediate employee access in each workplace are created by such options.)

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1)

(h) Employee information and training. (1) Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and safety data sheets.

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3)(iv)

(iv) The details of the hazard communication program developed by the employer, including an explanation of the labels received on shipped containers and the workplace labeling system used by their employer; the safety data sheet, including the order of information and how employees can obtain and use the appropriate hazard information.

29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.22 · Walking-working surfaces

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