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Ace Hardware: OSHA inspections and violations

Tell City, Indiana · Hardware Stores · NAICS 444130

5inspections
18citation items
$1,830current penalties
Feb 18, 2015last inspection

OSHA has inspected Ace Hardware 5 times in Indiana since 1980.

The latest one began on Feb 18, 2015 on a referral, in Indianapolis.

Those inspections ended with 18 citation items: 12 serious and 6 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $2,390 and now stand at $1,830, 23% lower after settlements or reviews.

Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts comes up most often in these citations: 4 items under 1910.219.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for retail employers since 2015 is $1,750, and Ace Hardware averages $1,040 (1 cited inspection).

Ace Hardware: OSHA citation items per year, 1980 to 2015
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 317862951 OPENED FEB 18, 2015Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 14 employees at the site · Closed Jan 11, 2016

602 Twin Aire Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46203 · Hardware Stores · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.303(b)(2) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
 Serious$800$520Aug 12, 2015Closed
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(ivb) · Electrical wiring methods
 Serious$0$0Aug 12, 2015Closed
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iva) · Electrical wiring methods
 Serious$800$520Aug 12, 2015Closed
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(ivd) · Electrical wiring methods
 Serious$0$0Aug 12, 2015Closed

Inspection 317451458 OPENED MAR 21, 2014Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 12 employees at the site · Closed Feb 20, 2015

602 Twin Aire Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46203 · Hardware Stores · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 15357239 OPENED JAN 14, 1985Closed

Planned · No inspection · Safety · 4 employees at the site · Closed Jan 23, 1985

430 Main St, Tell City, IN 47586 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 215194044 OPENED JUL 19, 1982Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 5 employees at the site · Closed Jan 21, 1983

442 Main St, Tell City, IN 47586 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.213(i)(1) · Woodworking machinery
 Serious$80$80Jul 26, 1982Closed
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$60$60Jul 26, 1982Closed
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.219(e)(3)(i) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$0$0Jul 26, 1982Closed
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.303(g)(2)(i) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
 Serious$80$80Jul 26, 1982Closed
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1) · General requirements
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jul 26, 1982Closed
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.37(q)(1) · Exit routes
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jul 26, 1982Closed
Citation 2, item 3
29 CFR 1910.157(c)(1) · Portable fire extinguishers
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jul 26, 1982Closed
Citation 2, item 4
29 CFR 1910.303(f) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jul 26, 1982Closed

Inspection 215355637 OPENED OCT 30, 1980Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 9 employees at the site · Closed Oct 27, 1981

1328 Broadway, Gary, IN 46407 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$120$120Nov 10, 1980Closed
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.219(e)(1)(i) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$0$0Nov 10, 1980Closed
Citation 1, item 2 Serious$240$240Nov 10, 1980Closed
Citation 1, item 3 Serious$210$210Nov 10, 1980Closed
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.24(c) · Fixed industrial stairs
 Other-than-serious$0$0Nov 10, 1980Closed
Citation 2, item 2 Other-than-serious$0$0Nov 10, 1980Closed

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.157 · Portable fire extinguishers

29 CFR 1910.157(c)(1)

(c) General requirements. (1) The employer shall provide portable fire extinguishers and shall mount, locate and identify them so that they are readily accessible to employees without subjecting the employees to possible injury.

29 CFR 1910.213 · Woodworking machinery

29 CFR 1910.213(i)(1)

(i) Bandsaws and band resaws. (1) All portions of the saw blade shall be enclosed or guarded, except for the working portion of the blade between the bottom of the guide rolls and the table. Bandsaw wheels shall be fully encased. The outside periphery of the enclosure shall be solid. The front and back of the band wheels shall be either enclosed by solid material or by wire mesh or perforated metal. Such mesh or perforated metal shall be not less than 0.037 inch (U.S. Gage No. 20), and the openings shall be not greater than three-eighths inch. Solid material used for this purpose shall be of an equivalent strength and firmness. The guard for the portion of the blade between the sliding guide and the upper-saw-wheel guard shall protect the saw blade at the front and outer side. This portion of the guard shall be self-adjusting to raise and lower with the guide. The upper-wheel guard shall

29 CFR 1910.219 · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts

29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1)

(d) Pulleys—(1) Guarding. Pulleys, any parts of which are seven (7) feet or less from the floor or working platform, shall be guarded in accordance with the standards specified in paragraphs (m) and (o) of this section. Pulleys serving as balance wheels (e.g., punch presses) on which the point of contact between belt and pulley is more than six feet six inches (6 ft. 6 in.) from the floor or platform may be guarded with a disk covering the spokes.

29 CFR 1910.22 · General requirements

29 CFR 1910.24 · Fixed industrial stairs

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

29 CFR 1910.309

29 CFR 1910.37 · Exit routes

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