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BFS, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Lihue, Hawaii · Hardware Stores · NAICS 444130

7inspections
34citation items
$17,063current penalties
Apr 1, 2025last inspection

OSHA has inspected BFS, Inc. 7 times in Hawaii since 1983.

The latest one began on Apr 1, 2025 as a planned inspection, in Lihue.

Those inspections ended with 34 citation items: 8 serious and 26 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $26,890 and now stand at $17,063, 37% lower after settlements or reviews.

Electrical wiring methods comes up most often in these citations: 6 items under 1910.305.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for retail employers since 2015 is $1,750, and BFS, Inc. averages $12,663 (1 cited inspection).

BFS, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

BFS, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 1983 to 2025
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 348151564 OPENED APR 1, 2025Closed

Planned · Complete · Health · 22 employees at the site · Closed Jun 30, 2025

4100 Rice Street, Lihue, HI 96766 · Hardware Stores · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6) · Hazard communication
Serious$9,045$6,332May 23, 2025Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8) · Hazard communication
Serious$9,045$6,332May 23, 2025Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.303(b)(2) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
Other-than-serious$0$0May 23, 2025Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.303(b)(7)(i) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
Other-than-serious$0$0May 23, 2025Final

Inspection 306256405 OPENED FEB 19, 2003Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 19 employees at the site · Closed Apr 21, 2003

67-1149 Mamalahoa Hwy, Kamuela, HI 96743 · Hardware Stores · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.178(a)(6) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 18, 2003Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.253(b)(2)(ii) · Gas welding and cutting
Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 18, 2003Closed
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iiib) · Electrical wiring methods
Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 18, 2003Closed
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iiic) · Electrical wiring methods
Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 18, 2003Closed

Inspection 305305120 OPENED NOV 6, 2002Closed

Referral · Partial · Health · 13 employees at the site · Closed Jan 9, 2003

1105 Kuhio Hwy, Kapaa, HI 96746 · Hardware Stores · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 600002 B02 AI
Serious$500$250Dec 3, 2002Closed

Inspection 305303851 OPENED OCT 17, 2002Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 26 employees at the site · Closed Jan 13, 2003

660 Kilauea Ave, Hilo, HI 96720 · Hardware Stores · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.36(b)(4) · Exit route design
Serious$1,800$900Nov 7, 2002Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.23(c)(1) · Guarding floor and wall openings and holes
Serious$1,800$900Nov 7, 2002Closed
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.304(f)(4) · Grounding and circuit protection
Serious$1,800$900Nov 7, 2002Closed
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.306(j)(5) · Specific purpose equipment and installations
Serious$1,800$900Nov 7, 2002Closed
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 600002 B01 A
Other-than-serious$0$0Nov 7, 2002Closed
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
Other-than-serious$0$0Nov 7, 2002Closed
Citation 2, item 3
29 CFR 1910.37(q)(1) · Exit routes
Other-than-serious$0$0Nov 7, 2002Closed
Citation 2, item 4
29 CFR 1910.38(a)(1) · Emergency action plans
Other-than-serious$0$0Nov 7, 2002Closed
Citation 2, item 5
29 CFR 1910.22(d)(1) · General requirements
Other-than-serious$0$0Nov 7, 2002Closed
Citation 2, item 6
29 CFR 1910.176(c) · Material storage and aisles
Other-than-serious$0$0Nov 7, 2002Closed
Citation 2, item 7
29 CFR 1910.304(e)(1)(iv) · Grounding and circuit protection
Other-than-serious$0$0Nov 7, 2002Closed
Citation 2, item 8a
29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iiia) · Electrical wiring methods
Other-than-serious$0$0Nov 7, 2002Closed
Citation 2, item 8b
29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iiib) · Electrical wiring methods
Other-than-serious$0$0Nov 7, 2002Closed
Citation 2, item 9a
29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iiic) · Electrical wiring methods
Other-than-serious$0$0Nov 7, 2002Closed
Citation 2, item 9b
29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iiid) · Electrical wiring methods
Other-than-serious$0$0Nov 7, 2002Closed
Citation 2, item 10a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0Nov 7, 2002Closed
Citation 2, item 10b
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0Nov 7, 2002Closed
Citation 2, item 10c
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0Nov 7, 2002Closed

Inspection 305304750 OPENED OCT 17, 2002Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 13 employees at the site · Closed Nov 21, 2002

1105 Kuhio Hwy, Kapaa, HI 96746 · Hardware Stores · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.178(q)(7) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
Serious$1,100$550Nov 6, 2002Closed

Inspection 305303786 OPENED OCT 3, 2002Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 37 employees at the site · Closed Nov 1, 2002

4100 Rice St, Lihue, HI 96766 · 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$0Oct 22, 2002Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.157(g)(1) · Portable fire extinguishers
Other-than-serious$0$0Oct 22, 2002Closed
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.165(b)(4) · Employee alarm systems
Other-than-serious$0$0Oct 22, 2002Closed
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.38(a)(2)(iii) · Emergency action plans
Other-than-serious$0$0Oct 22, 2002Closed
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.304(e)(1)(iv) · Grounding and circuit protection
Other-than-serious$0$0Oct 22, 2002Closed

Inspection 218083392 OPENED JAN 26, 1983Closed

Planned · Complete · Health · 9 employees at the site · Closed Jan 31, 1983

7192 Kalanianaole Highway, Honolulu, HI 96825 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 710002 B5
Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 28, 1983Closed

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 Lihue site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 26 workers: 4.6 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 4.5 for its industry. Those cases cost 4 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Lihue Ace Hardware Crafts
Lihue · 2024
26 114.64.5
Kamuela Ace Hardware Crafts
Kamuela · 2024
22 000.04.5
Mapunapuna BFC
Honolulu · 2024
17 107.33.2
Market City BF Crafts
Honolulu · 2024
13 000.03.2
Hilo BF Crafts
Hilo · 2024
13 119.93.2
Lihue Ace Hardware and Crafts
Lihue · 2019
29 114.34.5
Kamuela Ace Hardware and Crafts
Kamuela · 2019
26 000.04.5
Lihue Ace Hardware & Crafts
Lihue · 2016
26 219.84.5

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 1910.1200(f)(6)

(6) Workplace labeling. Except as provided in paragraphs (f)(7) and (f)(8) of this section, the employer shall ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace is labeled, tagged or marked with either:

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8)

(8) The employer shall maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and shall ensure that they are readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they are in their work area(s). (Electronic access and other alternatives to maintaining paper copies of the safety data sheets are permitted as long as no barriers to immediate employee access in each workplace are created by such options.)

29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.157 · Portable fire extinguishers

29 CFR 1910.165 · Employee alarm systems

29 CFR 1910.176 · Material storage and aisles

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.22 · General requirements

29 CFR 1910.23 · Guarding floor and wall openings and holes

29 CFR 1910.253 · Gas welding and cutting

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.304 · Grounding and circuit protection

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

29 CFR 1910.306 · Specific purpose equipment and installations

29 CFR 1910.36 · Exit route design

29 CFR 1910.37 · Exit routes

29 CFR 1910.38 · Emergency action plans

Other hardware stores employers in Hawaii

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