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Bernards Ace Hardware: OSHA inspections and violations

Lowell, Michigan · Hardware Stores · NAICS 444130

2inspections
5citation items
$400current penalties
Mar 24, 2017last inspection

OSHA has inspected Bernards Ace Hardware 2 times in Michigan since 2006.

The latest one began on Mar 24, 2017 after a complaint, in Lowell.

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

Penalties were first proposed at $400 and still stand at $400.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for retail employers since 2015 is $1,750, and Bernards Ace Hardware averages $400 (1 cited inspection).

Bernards Ace Hardware: OSHA citation items per year, 2006 to 2017
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 342178654 OPENED MAR 24, 2017Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 18 employees at the site · Closed May 18, 2018

1601 W Main St, Lowell, MI 49331 · Hardware Stores · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$400$400Jun 13, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 408.1014J
Serious$0$0Jun 13, 2017Final

Inspection 308847292 OPENED FEB 24, 2006Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 17 employees at the site · Closed Apr 26, 2006

1601 W Main St, Lowell, MI 49331 · Hardware Stores · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1 Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 16, 2006Closed
Citation 1, item 2 Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 16, 2006Closed
Citation 1, item 3 Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 16, 2006Closed

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)

(e) Written hazard communication program. (1) Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:

29 CFR 4081.3881

29 CFR 4081.632

29 CFR 4081.645

Other hardware stores employers in Michigan

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