OSHA has inspected Advantus Corporation 2 times in Florida since 2011.
The latest one began on Dec 13, 2023 as a planned inspection, in Jacksonville.
Those inspections ended with 5 citation items: 3 serious and 2 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $10,998 and now stand at $6,268, 43% lower after settlements or reviews.
Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.178.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Advantus Corporation averages $2,468 (1 cited inspection).
Advantus Corporation also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
The Wage and Hour Division has 1 case on it since 2015, with $0 in back wages owed to workers.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
Florida · latest 90 days of OSHA records
338employers cited
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From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2023, the Jacksonville site logged 7 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 57 workers: 11.9 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.3 for its industry. Those cases cost 30 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Advantus Corp - 12th Street
Jacksonville · 2023
57
7
2
11.9
2.3
Advantus Corp - Petersburg
Jacksonville · 2022
26
2
0
7.3
2.3
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Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.
Mar 29, 2016, Jacksonville: Amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)
Employees were measuring the receiving dock bay door area for a replacement dock plate. The dock plate springs opened quickly and the dock plate caught the injured employee's fingers in a pinch point between the dock plate and the dock bay door surface resulting in the amputation of the right middle and index fingertips.
Wage and hour cases
Cases by the Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division since 2015: unpaid minimum wage or overtime, child labor, family leave and more.
Period reviewed
Violations
Workers owed
Back wages
Penalties
Dec 19, 2022 to Dec 18, 2024
JACKSONVILLE
1
0
$0
$0
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(c) Where the eyes or body of any person may be exposed to injurious corrosive materials, suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body shall be provided within the work area for immediate emergency use.
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(l)(4)(iii)
(iii) An evaluation of each powered industrial truck operator's performance shall be conducted at least once every three years.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.