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CHS, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Memphis, Tennessee · Marine Cargo Handling · NAICS 488320

4inspections
8citation items
$8,200current penalties
Dec 18, 2015last inspection

OSHA has inspected CHS, Inc. 4 times in Tennessee since 2013.

The latest one began on Dec 18, 2015 to follow up on an earlier case, in Memphis.

Those inspections ended with 8 citation items: 2 serious and 6 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $11,000 and now stand at $8,200, 25% lower after settlements or reviews.

Hazard communication comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.1200.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for transportation and warehousing employers since 2015 is $2,408, and CHS, Inc. averages $2,100 (2 cited inspections).

CHS, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2013 to 2015
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341131498 OPENED DEC 18, 2015Closed

Follow-up · Partial · Safety · 7 employees at the site · Closed Dec 18, 2015

2256 Wharf Street, Memphis, TN 38113 · Marine Cargo Handling · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 340615079 OPENED MAY 7, 2015Closed

Planned · Complete · Health · 10,000 employees at the site · Closed Oct 20, 2015

2256 Wharf Street Po Box 13246, Memphis, TN 38113 · Marine Cargo Handling · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0Sep 14, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0Sep 14, 2015Final

Inspection 340621515 OPENED MAY 7, 2015Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 7 employees at the site · Closed Jul 31, 2015

2256 Wharf Street Po Box 13246, Memphis, TN 38113 · Marine Cargo Handling · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.243(c)(1) · Guarding of portable powered tools
Serious$3,000$1,800Jun 29, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.253(b)(4)(iii) · Gas welding and cutting
Serious$4,000$2,400Jun 29, 2015Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1915.55(a)(1) · Gas welding and cutting
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 29, 2015Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1917.26(d)(3) · First aid and lifesaving facilities
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 29, 2015Final
Citation 2, item 3
29 CFR 1917.95(b)(3) · Other protective measures
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 29, 2015Final

Inspection 317021590 OPENED JAN 31, 2013Closed

Unprogrammed related · Complete · Safety · 7 employees at the site · Closed Apr 17, 2014

2256 Wharf Street, Memphis, TN 38113 · Farm Supplies Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1 Other-than-serious$4,000$4,000Apr 30, 2013Final

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)(i)

(i) A list of the hazardous chemicals known to be present using a product identifier that is referenced on the appropriate safety data sheet (the list may be compiled for the workplace as a whole or for individual work areas); and,

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 1910.243 · Guarding of portable powered tools

29 CFR 1910.243(c)(1)

(c) Portable abrasive wheels—(1) General requirements. Abrasive wheels shall be used only on machine provided with safety guards as defined in paragraph (c) (1) through (4) of this section.

29 CFR 1910.253 · Gas welding and cutting

29 CFR 1915.55 · Gas welding and cutting

29 CFR 1917.26 · First aid and lifesaving facilities

29 CFR 1917.95 · Other protective measures

29 CFR 5030.1050

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