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Welfle, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Norwalk, Ohio · Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction · NAICS 237310

1inspections
4citation items
$9,976current penalties
Nov 2, 2016last inspection

Welfle, Inc. has one OSHA inspection on record in Ohio.

OSHA opened it on Nov 2, 2016 on a referral, in Norwalk.

From that inspection OSHA issued 4 citation items: 3 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $9,976 in penalties and the amount has not been reduced.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.178, forklifts and other powered industrial trucks (3 items).

For context, across all construction employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,080. Welfle, Inc. averages $9,976 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

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

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Inspection history

Inspection 341887420 OPENED NOV 2, 2016Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 17 employees at the site · Closed Jan 31, 2017

797 State Route 61 East, Norwalk, OH 44857 · Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$4,988$4,988Dec 21, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$4,988$4,988Dec 21, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.178(q)(7) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$0$0Dec 21, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.178(m)(5)(i) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Other-than-serious$0$0Dec 21, 2016Final

Severe injury reports

Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.

Oct 25, 2016, Norwalk: Amputation · amputations · hand(s), unspecified

On October 25, 2016, an employee sustained an amputation injury after the employee's shirt was caught in a belt and pulley pulling the hand in.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1)

(c) General—(1) Energy control program. The employer shall establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performs any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, start up or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source, and rendered inoperative.

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i)

(l) Operator training. (1) Safe operation. (i) The employer shall ensure that each powered industrial truck operator is competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l).

29 CFR 1910.178(m)(5)(i)

(5)(i) When a powered industrial truck is left unattended, load engaging means shall be fully lowered, controls shall be neutralized, power shall be shut off, and brakes set. Wheels shall be blocked if the truck is parked on an incline.

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