OSHA has inspected Bottling Group, LLC 4 times in Colorado since 2003.
The latest one began on Dec 21, 2022 as a planned inspection, in Denver.
Those inspections ended with 7 citation items: 1 serious and 6 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $32,145 and now stand at $26,700, 17% lower after settlements or reviews.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,873, and Bottling Group, LLC averages $12,500 (2 cited inspections).
Bottling Group, LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
Colorado · latest 90 days of OSHA records
136employers cited
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Incident on Jul 30, 2020: Employee is struck by pallet jack and fractures ankle
At 8:30 p.m. on July 30,2020, an employee was unloading food from a rack on the pallet jack to a cooler with a coworker. The coworker wanted to move the rack on the pallet jack closer to the coolers and released the handle of the pallet jack to stop the jack as he walked beside the jack. The jack was not stopping fast enough so he reached out to stop the jack. His hand struck the handle and caused it to jerk to the side and strike the employee, who was caught between the rack and jack forks against a cooler. The employee sustained a fracture on the right ankle and was admitted and treated at the hospital.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2024, the Denver site logged 65 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 453 workers: 13.5 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.8 for its industry. Those cases cost 544 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Denver Co Pecos
Denver · 2024
453
65
10
13.5
3.8
Denver Co
Denver · 2024
336
21
8
5.7
3.8
Denver Co (Pecos)
Denver · 2023
330
61
6
12.3
3.8
Denver Co
Denver · 2023
264
19
3
5.1
3.8
Denver (Pecos) Co
Denver · 2022
407
79
7
15.9
3.8
Mountain Reg Off (Denver Co)
Denver · 2019
113
0
0
0.0
4.6
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.
An employee was transferring food into a cooler from a rack that was on a pallet jack. The employee was moving the pallet jack so the rack would be closer to the cooler. While getting off the pallet jack, the employee became caught between the pallet jack and the cooler. His right ankle was fractured.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(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:
(c) Where the eyes or body of any person may be exposed to injurious corrosive materials, suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body shall be provided within the work area for immediate emergency use.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.
