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Bedford County Solid Waste: OSHA inspections and violations

Bedford, Virginia · Other General Government Support · NAICS 921190

2inspections
5citation items
$0current penalties
Oct 9, 2025last inspection

OSHA has inspected Bedford County Solid Waste 2 times in Virginia since 2019.

The latest one began on Oct 9, 2025, in Bedford; the case is still open.

Those inspections ended with 5 citation items: 2 serious and 3 other-than-serious.

None of the citations carried a penalty.

Grinders and abrasive wheels comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.215.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for public administration employers since 2015 is $0, and Bedford County Solid Waste averages $0 (2 cited inspections).

Bedford County Solid Waste: OSHA citation items per year, 2019 to 2025
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 348548397 OPENED OCT 9, 2025Open

Programmed other · Complete · Safety · Local government · 21 employees at the site · Open

1060 Recycle Rd, Bedford, VA 24523 · Other General Government Support · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.215(a)(4) · Grinders and abrasive wheels
 Serious$0$0Dec 11, 2025Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9) · Grinders and abrasive wheels
 Serious$0$0Dec 11, 2025Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Other-than-serious$0$0Dec 11, 2025Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.157(c)(1) · Portable fire extinguishers
 Other-than-serious$0$0Dec 11, 2025Final

Inspection 344231097 OPENED AUG 5, 2019Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · Local government · 12 employees at the site · Closed Oct 7, 2019

1060 Recycle Rd, Bedford, VA 24523 · Other General Government Support · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.157(e)(3) · Portable fire extinguishers
 Other-than-serious$0$0Sep 20, 2019Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i)

(6) Periodic inspection. (i) The employer shall conduct a periodic inspection of the energy control procedure at least annually to ensure that the procedure and the requirements of this standard are being followed.

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 1910.157(e)(3)

(3) The employer shall assure that portable fire extinguishers are subjected to an annual maintenance check. Stored pressure extinguishers do not require an internal examination. The employer shall record the annual maintenance date and retain this record for one year after the last entry or the life of the shell, whichever is less. The record shall be available to the Assistant Secretary upon request.

29 CFR 1910.215 · Grinders and abrasive wheels

Other other general government support employers in Virginia

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