OSHA has inspected Cabela's Inc. 2 times in Connecticut since 2018.
The latest one began on Dec 27, 2018 on a referral, in East Hartford.
Those inspections ended with 2 citation items: 2 serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $7,246 and still stand at $7,246.
Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.178.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for retail employers since 2015 is $2,130, and Cabela's Inc. averages $7,246 (1 cited inspection).
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Inspection 343692570 OPENED DEC 27, 2018Closed
Referral · Partial · Safety · 301 employees at the site · Closed Mar 15, 2019
186 Brewer Street, East Hartford, CT 06118 · Sporting Goods Stores · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Dec 12, 2018: Employee fractures legs when pinned by fork truck
At 10:00 a.m. on December 12, 2018, Employee#1 was standing on a flatbed truck, guiding the operator of a fork truck. The fork truck operator accidently hit the gas pedal and pinned the employee between the back of the fork truck and the frame of the flatbed truck. Employee #1 sustained two broken legs and was hospitalized.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|
| Citation 1, item 1a |
Serious | $7,246 | $7,246 | Feb 15, 2019 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 1b |
Serious | $0 | $0 | Feb 15, 2019 | Final |
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.
Dec 12, 2018, East Hartford: Hospitalization · fractures · ankle(s)
On December 12, 2018, the injured employee was directing the operator of a forklift as it was being loaded onto the bed of a truck when the forklift ran over the employee's leg. The employee sustained a fractured ankle requiring surgery.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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.
