The OSHA report

By: Chris Thompson//July 26, 2010//

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OSHA reports

• Champion Environmental Services Inc., Gilberts, Ill., must pay a $1,125 fall-protection citation because the period to contest the violation has ended. The company was issued the citation May 12 during a wrecking and demolition job in Milwaukee.

• Siding Brothers Co., Racine, must pay a $2,000 scaffolding citation and a $2,000 scaffolding-training citation because the period to contest the violations has ended. The company was issued the citations May 17 during a siding job at N37 W23880 Broken Hill Circle, Pewaukee.

• Quantum Energy Products Inc., Appleton, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on June 24 to reduce a $750 self-propelled-elevating-work-platform citation to $525, a $1,050 eye-and-face-protection citation to $735 and a $600 electrical-wiring-design-and-protection citation to $420. The company was issued the citations June 14 during a drywall and insulation job in Ledgeview.

• Wayne Nelson Roofing, Stoughton, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on June 25 to reduce a $600 fall-protection citation to $420 and a $600 fall-protection-training citation to $420. The company was issued the citations June 4 during a roofing job at 950 Taylor Lane, Stoughton.

• Hanco Utilities, Lake Nebagamon, Ill., reached an informal settlement with OSHA on June 29 to reduce a $750 ladders citation to $450 and two specific-excavation-requirements citations, totaling $3,000, to $900. The company was issued the citations June 11 during an excavation job in Ashland.

• Swanson Spray Systems Inc., Beloit, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on June 29 to reduce a $750 hand-and-power-tools citation to $525. The company was issued the citation June 9 during a drywall and insulation job at 845 High Ave., Oshkosh.

• Don Hanson Construction, Owen, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on July 1 to reduce a $600 electrical-safety-related-work-practices citation to $300 and a $600 ladders citation to $300. The company was issued the citations June 11 during a specialty trade job at 507 E. Fifth St., Owen.

• Lichtfeld Plumbing Inc., Madison, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on July 6 to reduce a $1,000 requirements-for-excavation-protective-systems citation to $0 and to pay a $1,000 specific-excavation-requirements citation. The company and OSHA also agreed to dismiss a $1,000 requirements-for-excavation-protective-systems citation and a $1,000 specific-excavation-requirements citation. The company was issued the citations June 15 during a plumbing, heating and air conditioning job at 6401 Copps Ave., Monona.

• Peckham Landscaping & Excavation LLC, Windsor, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on July 6 to reduce a $1,000 requirements-for-excavation-protective-systems citation to $0 and to pay a $1,000 specific-excavation-requirements citation. The company and OSHA also agreed to dismiss a $1,000 requirements-for-excavation-protective-systems citation and a $1,000 specific-excavation-requirements citation. The company was issued the citations June 15 during a water- and sewer-line job at 6401 Copps Ave., Monona.

• Tincher Realty Inc., Whitewater, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on July 7 to reduce a $1,050 eye-and-face-protection citation to $630, a $1,500 fall-protection citation to $900 and a $1,500 fall-protection-training citation to $900. The company was issued the citations June 14 during a roofing job at 502 Ventura Lane, Whitewater.

• Cedar Creek Carpentry Inc., West Bend, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on July 7 to reduce a $1,500 rough-terrain-forklift-trucks citation to $400, a $750 powered-industrial-trucks citation to $400, a $750 scaffolding citation to $400, a $750 fall-protection citation to $400, a $750 fall-protection-training citation to $0 and a $600 ladders citation to $400. The company was issued the citations June 17 during a single-family housing job at 2540 N. Calhoun Road, Brookfield.

PREVIOUS OSHA REPORTS FROM THE DAILY REPORTER

The OSHA report from July 16, 2010

The OSHA report from July 9, 2010

The OSHA report from July 2, 2010

The OSHA report from June 25, 2010

The OSHA report from June 18, 2010

The OSHA report from June 11, 2010

The OSHA report from June 4, 2010

The OSHA report from May 28, 2010

The OSHA report from May 21, 2010

The OSHA report from May 14, 2010

The OSHA report from May 7, 2010