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Big 8 Store #69: OSHA inspections and violations

El Paso, Texas · Supermarkets and Other Grocery Retailers (except Convenience Retailers) · NAICS 445110

1inspections
1citation items
$7,000current penalties
Jan 17, 2017last inspection

Big 8 Store #69 has one OSHA inspection on record in Texas.

OSHA opened it on Jan 17, 2017 on a referral, in El Paso.

From that inspection OSHA issued 1 citation item: 1 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $12,675 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $7,000, down 45%.

For context, across all retail employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $1,750. Big 8 Store #69 averages $7,000 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Big 8 Store #69: OSHA citation items per year, 2017 to 2017
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 342029584 OPENED JAN 17, 2017Closed

Referral · Partial · Health · 44 employees at the site · Closed Jun 8, 2018

9817 Dyer Street, El Paso, TX 79924 · Supermarkets and Other Grocery Retailers (except Convenience Retailers) · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Jan 17, 2017: Employee amputates fingers on unguarded band saw blade

At 8:30 a.m. on January 17, 2017, Employee #1 was using a Hobart band saw to cut a piece of frozen meat. The guard on the Hobart band saw was not being used or was not adjusted to the meat height. The meat moved out of location and the employee passed her finger through the band saw. Employee #1 amputated a section of the pinky and the ring finger at an angle and cut into, but did not amputate the middle finger of the right hand. The employee was hospitalized and treated for her injuries.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.213(i)(1) · Woodworking machinery
 Other-than-serious$12,675$7,000Mar 2, 2017Final

Severe injury reports

Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.

Jan 17, 2017, El Paso: Hospitalization, amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified

An employee was cutting frozen meat with a band saw. The meat moved and the employee's fingers contacted the saw blade resulting in a partial amputation of two fingers on the right hand. The saw was not guarded at the time.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.213 · Woodworking machinery

29 CFR 1910.213(i)(1)

(i) Bandsaws and band resaws. (1) All portions of the saw blade shall be enclosed or guarded, except for the working portion of the blade between the bottom of the guide rolls and the table. Bandsaw wheels shall be fully encased. The outside periphery of the enclosure shall be solid. The front and back of the band wheels shall be either enclosed by solid material or by wire mesh or perforated metal. Such mesh or perforated metal shall be not less than 0.037 inch (U.S. Gage No. 20), and the openings shall be not greater than three-eighths inch. Solid material used for this purpose shall be of an equivalent strength and firmness. The guard for the portion of the blade between the sliding guide and the upper-saw-wheel guard shall protect the saw blade at the front and outer side. This portion of the guard shall be self-adjusting to raise and lower with the guide. The upper-wheel guard shall

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