POTTS WELDING AND BOILER REPAIR CO., INC.
1901 OGLETOWN ROAD, NEWARK, DE 19711
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Inspection records
Mar 19, 2020#344701255Mar 19, 2020Referral (C) · Partial scope, Safety#344701255$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #344701255
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 19, 2020
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 19, 2020
- Closed
- Sep 1, 2020
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 112
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 1901 Ogletown Road, Newark, DE 19711
- Industry
- 332996 Fabricated Pipe and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing
Referral Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a referral inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Referral inspections can result from another agency, another OSHA activity, or another source referring a potential hazard to OSHA.
Incident Investigation Summaries
Incident investigation summaries linked to this inspection through OSHA's accident and injury enforcement data. These summaries describe the reported incident. The enforcement outcome for the linked inspection is in the inspection details above.
Employee's leg is broken by bundle of unstable piping
Feb 28, 2003#300673761Feb 28, 2003Planned (H) · Partial scope, Safety#300673761$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #300673761
Dates
- Opened
- Feb 28, 2003
- Closing Conference Date
- Feb 28, 2003
- Closed
- Mar 6, 2003
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 243
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 1901 Ogletown Road, Newark, DE 19711
- Industry
- 332410 Power Boiler and Heat Exchanger Manufacturing
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Nov 15, 1999#300307550Nov 15, 1999Planned (H) · Partial scope, Health#300307550$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #300307550
Dates
- Opened
- Nov 15, 1999
- Closing Conference Date
- Nov 15, 1999
- Closed
- Nov 15, 1999
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 243
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 1901 Ogletown Road, Newark, DE 19711
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Oct 13, 1998#121305171Oct 13, 1998Referral (C) · Partial scope, Safety#121305171$7092 viol.2 violations$709 in penalties
Inspection #121305171
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 13, 1998
- Closing Conference Date
- Oct 22, 1998
- Closed
- Nov 2, 1998
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 250
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 1 serious, 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $709
- Penalties on Record
- $709
- Site Address
- 1901 Ogletown Road, Newark, DE 19711
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Referral Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a referral inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Referral inspections can result from another agency, another OSHA activity, or another source referring a potential hazard to OSHA.
Violations
Violation list (2 of 2 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.178 Powered Industrial Trucks OSHA citation code: 19100178 Q07 | Serious | 1 | 1 | $709 | $709 | Oct 27, 1998 | - | - |
| 02001 | 1910.253 Oxygen-Fuel Gas Welding and Cutting OSHA citation code: 19100253 B02 II | Other | 1 | 4 | $0 | $0 | Oct 27, 1998 | - | - |
Feb 29, 1996#109651299Feb 29, 1996Referral (C) · Complete scope, Safety#109651299$2,1002 viol.2 violations$2,100 in penalties
Inspection #109651299
Dates
- Opened
- Feb 29, 1996
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 14, 1996
- Closed
- Aug 11, 1998
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 15
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 2 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $4,200
- Penalties on Record
- $2,100
- Site Address
- 1901 Ogletown Road, Newark, DE 19711
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Referral Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a referral inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Referral inspections can result from another agency, another OSHA activity, or another source referring a potential hazard to OSHA.
Violations
Violation list (2 of 2 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001A | 1926.502 Fall Protection Systems Criteria and Practices OSHA citation code: 19260502 D02 | Serious | 1 | 2 | $2,100 | $2,100 | May 18, 1996 | - | - |
| 01001B | 1926.502 Fall Protection Systems Criteria and Practices OSHA citation code: 19260502 D21 | Serious | 1 | 1 | $2,100 | $0 | May 2, 1996 | - | - |
Jul 30, 1993#109646174Jul 30, 1993Planned (H) · Complete scope, Health#109646174$8,92518 viol.18 violations$8,925 in penalties
Inspection #109646174
Dates
- Opened
- Jul 30, 1993
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 27, 1993
- Closed
- Nov 17, 1993
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 82
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 18
- Violation Types
- 17 serious, 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $8,925
- Penalties on Record
- $8,925
- Site Address
- 1901 Ogletown Road, Newark, DE 19711
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Violations
Violation list (8 of 18 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001A | 1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 C01 | Serious | 7 | 30 | $1,225 | $1,225 | Nov 10, 1993 | - | - |
| 01001B | 1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 D01 | Serious | 1 | 30 | $0 | $0 | Sep 13, 1993 | - | - |
| 01001C | 1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 G01 | Serious | 1 | 30 | $0 | $0 | Nov 10, 1993 | - | - |
| 01001D | 1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 K01 | Serious | 1 | 30 | $0 | $0 | Nov 10, 1993 | - | - |
| 01002 | 1910.132 Personal Protective Equipment - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100132 A | Serious | 1 | 80 | $700 | $700 | Nov 10, 1993 | - | - |
| 01003 | 1910.147 Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout) OSHA citation code: 19100147 C01 | Serious | 1 | 60 | $875 | $875 | Nov 10, 1993 | - | - |
| 01004 | 1910.157 Portable Fire Extinguishers OSHA citation code: 19100157 G02 | Serious | 1 | 60 | $525 | $525 | Oct 11, 1993 | - | - |
| 01006 | 1910.212 General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding) OSHA citation code: 19100212 A01 | Serious | 1 | 1 | $875 | $875 | Sep 21, 1993 | - | - |
Showing the 8 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 18 total violations documented in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement database. The complete violation list is available at enforcedata.dol.gov.
Penalty amounts may differ from final amounts after settlement or judicial review. How to read these records
About these records
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OSHA's public enforcement data does not publish a "guilty" or "not guilty" field for inspections. The closest outcome fields available are the citation counts, penalty amounts, contest dates, final-order dates, and the inspection close date shown on this page. How to interpret these status fields. How initial and current penalties are recorded.
OSHA may publish multiple citation rows in the same inspection with the same standard and penalty fields. Separate rows can still differ in OSHA metadata such as citation identifier, recorded instance count, exposed workers, or gravity value. Contest and Final Order columns show citation-level dates from OSHA's enforcement record. A dash means OSHA's record does not currently show that activity for the citation.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA incident investigation data (`osha_accident` + `osha_accident_injury`). Linked via `rel_insp_nr` to the inspection activity number (exact government key). Injury, body part, source and event values are OSHA's own codes. OSHA states that these fields are not coded according to the requirements under the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS). Only the values present in the OSHA record are listed; an incident with no value that resolves in OSHA's code table shows "Injury details not recorded". Where a record covers several people, each field lists every value recorded across them.
Understanding These Penalties
The maximum penalty for a serious violation in 2025 is $16,550 per violation. For willful violations, the range is $11,823 to $165,514. The current penalty column shows the latest amount on record in OSHA's database for each citation. When the current penalty differs from the initial penalty, OSHA's records show that the amount changed during the enforcement process, but this page does not determine the specific reason for each change. Penalty amounts are set by OSHA and adjusted annually for inflation.
6 inspections, 1993 to 2020. Each row is one inspection; point at or tap a row for its dates and totals.
Source: DOL OSHA enforcement data (inspections and violations), linked via activity_nr (exact government key).
Penalty changes: Amounts shown reflect what OSHA's enforcement record publishes. The reason for any change is not stated unless OSHA's record explicitly says so.
Short cases: When a case closed soon after it opened, the closed marker is drawn slightly to the right so both markers stay visible. Each row's card shows the exact dates.