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Congo Corp: OSHA inspections and violations

Newell, West Virginia · Inland Water Freight Transportation · NAICS 483211

1inspections
1citation items
$2,898current penalties
Jan 24, 2019last inspection

Congo Corp has one OSHA inspection on record in West Virginia.

OSHA opened it on Jan 24, 2019 on a referral, in Newell.

From that inspection OSHA issued 1 citation item: 1 serious.

OSHA proposed $2,898 in penalties and the amount has not been reduced.

For context, across all transportation and warehousing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $2,408. Congo Corp averages $2,898 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Congo Corp: OSHA citation items per year, 2019 to 2019
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343737250 OPENED JAN 24, 2019Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 3 employees at the site · Closed Jul 31, 2019

Kennedy Marina, Newell, WV 26050 · Inland Water Freight Transportation · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Jan 14, 2019: Employee fractures hand when caught between hoist line and h

At 10:00 a.m. on January 14, 2019, an employee was connecting hoist cables to hatch lids on a barge. The employee caught his hand between a hoist cable and a hatch lid fracturing his hand and requiring hospitalization.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
OSH Act Section 5(a)(1) · General Duty Clause
Serious$2,898$2,898May 30, 2019Final

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 14, 2019, Newell: Hospitalization · fractures · hand(s), unspecified

An employee was attaching a cable to a D-ring when the cable tightened, catching and fracturing his right hand between the cable and D-ring.

The rules behind these citations

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

OSH Act Section 5 · General Duty Clause

OSH Act Section 5(a)(1)

Each employer shall furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees.

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