WCR, Inc. has 4 OSHA inspections on record in California, the first in 1994.
OSHA's last visit started on Oct 1, 2015 as part of a related case, in Fresno.
Across those inspections OSHA issued 8 citation items: 1 serious and 7 other-than-serious.
OSHA proposed $24,645 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $16,310, down 34%.
For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,600. WCR, Inc. averages $3,150 over 1 cited inspection in that time.
Inspection 306361387 OPENED FEB 23, 2006Closed
Accident · Partial · Health · 18 employees at the site · Closed Dec 26, 2008
4636 E Drummond Ave, Fresno, CA 93727 · Power Boiler and Heat Exchanger Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Oct 6, 2005: Employee is burned in flammable vapor explosion
On October 6, 2005, Employee #1 was involved in the demolition of a fifty-five g allon closed end steel drum, using an oxy-acetylene cutting torch. Acetone is us ed in the company's principal business of rebuilding heat exchangers. The employ er's unwritten demolition procedures were described as follows: remove all bungs , triple rinse barrels with water, affix a label denoting rinsing procedures are completed, and store drum in a designated area. The final procedure was to chec k for bung removal and labeling prior to using the torch to cut out the top and bottom ends and make a cut along the long axis of the drum. Employee #1 was obse rved commencing to cut a drum without bungs removed and without any physical evi dence of the subject drum being cleaned of flammable vapor/liquid. The flammable vapor was ignited by his oxy-acetylene cutting torch. He sustained burns from t he explosion and was hospitalized for treatment.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
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| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 5166 B01 |
Serious | $18,900 | $12,600 | Jul 26, 2006 | Final |
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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