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Bitterroot Furniture: OSHA inspections and violations

Hamilton, Montana · Furniture Stores · NAICS 442110

1inspections
2citation items
$7,832current penalties
Mar 30, 2022last inspection

OSHA has inspected Bitterroot Furniture once in Montana.

The inspection began on Mar 30, 2022 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Hamilton.

That inspection ended with 2 citation items: 2 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $11,602 and now stand at $7,832, 32% lower after settlements or reviews.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for retail employers since 2015 is $1,750, and Bitterroot Furniture averages $7,832 (1 cited inspection).

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Bitterroot Furniture: OSHA citation items per year, 2022 to 2022
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345867659 OPENED MAR 30, 2022Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 18 employees at the site · Closed May 11, 2023

189 Fox Field Rd, Hamilton, MT 59840 · Furniture Stores · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Mar 28, 2022 (fatal): Employee is killed in fall off lift

At 8:00 p.m. on March 28, 2022, an employee was on an elevated lift, putting away mattresses, when he fell approximately 7-8 feet to the concrete ground. The employee suffered multiple skull fractures and was killed.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.28(b)(1)(i) · Fall protection in general industry
 Serious$5,801$4,931Jul 26, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$5,801$2,900Jul 26, 2022Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i)

(l) Operator training. (1) Safe operation. (i) The employer shall ensure that each powered industrial truck operator is competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l).

29 CFR 1910.28 · Fall protection in general industry

29 CFR 1910.28(b)(1)(i)

(b) Protection from fall hazards—(1) Unprotected sides and edges. (i) Except as provided elsewhere in this section, the employer must ensure that each employee on a walking-working surface with an unprotected side or edge that is 4 feet (1.2 m) or more above a lower level is protected from falling by one or more of the following:

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