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Aramark: OSHA inspections and violations

Richmond, Virginia · Food Service Contractors · NAICS 722310

5inspections
4citation items
$11,300current penalties
Sep 8, 2022last inspection

OSHA has inspected Aramark 5 times in Virginia since 2004.

The latest one began on Sep 8, 2022 after an accident, in Stuart.

Those inspections ended with 4 citation items: 2 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $23,900 and now stand at $11,300, 53% lower after settlements or reviews.

Lockout/tagout comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.147.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for hotel and restaurant employers since 2015 is $1,350, and Aramark averages $5,650 (2 cited inspections).

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Aramark also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Aramark: OSHA citation items per year, 2004 to 2022
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 346202849 OPENED SEP 8, 2022Closed

Accident · Partial · Safety · 14 employees at the site · Closed Oct 19, 2022

105 Landmark Dr, Stuart, VA 24171 · Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2) · Reporting deaths and severe injuries
Other-than-serious$5,000$5,000Sep 16, 2022Final

Inspection 343291597 OPENED JUL 11, 2018Closed

Referral · Partial · Health · 25 employees at the site · Closed Aug 14, 2018

355 W Cary St., Richmond, VA 23284 · Food Services and Drinking Places · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Jul 11, 2018 (fatal): Employee dies from cardiac arrest

On July 11, 2018, it was reported that Employee #1 was working at his desk on July 6, 2018. The employee went into cardiac arrest and died.

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 340215284 OPENED JAN 28, 2015Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 702 employees at the site · Closed Oct 14, 2015

525 Mccormick Road Observatory Hill Dining Hall, Charlottesville, VA 22903 · Food Service Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 16VAC25-60-120
Other-than-serious$6,300$0Jun 16, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 4a
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$6,300$6,300Jun 16, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 4b
29 CFR 1910.147(d)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$6,300$0Jun 16, 2015Final

Inspection 316677517 OPENED AUG 22, 2012Closed

Unprogrammed related · Partial · Safety · 40 employees at the site · Closed Aug 29, 2012

Mcv Campus, Main Hos. Basement, 1201 E. Marshall, Richmond, VA 23298 · Food Service Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 308481878 OPENED DEC 21, 2004Closed

Unprogrammed related · Partial · Health · 2 employees at the site · Closed Jan 7, 2005

1584 Wesleyan Dr., Norfolk, VA 23505 · Facilities Support Services · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2024, the Richmond site logged 9 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 517 workers: 36.6 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 0.0 for its industry. Those cases cost 10 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
500082200 Virginia Commonwealth Univ.
Richmond · 2024
517 9336.60.0
500108100 Old Dominion Univ. Odu
Norfolk · 2024
195 2115.90.0
500286400 Univ. of Virginia Observatory
Charlottesville · 2024
76 1018.00.0
500287800 Univ. of Virginia Runk Dining Hall
Charlottesville · 2024
69 000.00.0
500286500 Univ. of Virginia Newcomb Hall
Charlottesville · 2024
66 1120.60.0
000005450 Odu Retail
Norfolk · 2024
227 43112.40.0
000018785 Capital One WC Catering
Richmond · 2024
44 50156.00.0
500287600 Univ. of Virginia Catering
Charlottesville · 2024
85 3294.30.0

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1904.39 · Reporting deaths and severe injuries

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2)

(2) Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA.

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 1910.147(d)(4)(i)

(4) Lockout or tagout device application. (i) Lockout or tagout devices shall be affixed to each energy isolating device by authorized employees.

Other food service contractors employers in Virginia

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