Inspection 344634548 OPENED FEB 18, 2020Closed
1656 Sycamore Street, Waterloo, IA 50703 · Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
OSHA has inspected Crystal Distribution 4 times in Iowa since 2016.
The latest one began on Feb 18, 2020 on a referral, in Waterloo.
Those inspections ended with 6 citation items: 6 serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $6,850 and now stand at $3,425, 50% lower after settlements or reviews.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for transportation and warehousing employers since 2015 is $3,555, and Crystal Distribution averages $1,712 (2 cited inspections).
Crystal Distribution also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
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Watch this companyInspection history
Inspection 343909768 OPENED APR 4, 2019Closed
1432 Sycamore Street, Waterloo, IA 50704 · Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 342093622 OPENED FEB 8, 2017Closed
1656 Sycamore Street, Waterloo, IA 50704 · Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Jan 27, 2017: Employee jumps from semi-trailer and fractures foot
At 1:30 p.m. on January 27, 2017, an employee was looking inside of the trailer to determine if it was an inbound or outbound load. The employee was in trailer when it started to pull away from the dock. As the truck was pulling away from the dock, the employee jumped from the trailer approximately 4 feet to the ground. The employee fractured his foot.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks |
Serious | $3,000 | $1,500 | Mar 6, 2017 | Final |
Inspection 341625960 OPENED MAR 15, 2016Closed
1656 Sycamore Street, Waterloo, IA 50704 · Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.119(e)(3)(iii) · Process safety management |
Serious | $875 | $438 | Aug 17, 2016 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2 29 CFR 1910.120(q)(3)(iv) · Hazardous waste operations and emergency response |
Serious | $875 | $438 | Aug 17, 2016 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 3 29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1) · Respiratory protection |
Serious | $525 | $262 | Aug 17, 2016 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 4 29 CFR 1910.151(c) · First aid and eyewash |
Serious | $700 | $350 | Aug 17, 2016 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 5 29 CFR 1910.1001(j)(3)(i) · Asbestos in general industry |
Serious | $875 | $438 | Aug 17, 2016 | Final |
Injury and illness logs
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2022, the Waterloo site logged 7 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 75 workers: 4.3 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 77 days away from work.
| Site and year | Workers | Cases | Days-away cases | Rate | Industry median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Distribution Waterloo · 2022 | 75 | 7 | 3 | 4.3 | 2.6 |
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1910.1001 · Asbestos in general industry
29 CFR 1910.1001(j)(3)(i)
(3) Duties of employers and building and facility owners. (i) Building and facility owners shall determine the presence, location, and quantity of ACM and/or PACM at the work site. Employers and building and facility owners shall exercise due diligence in complying with these requirements to inform employers and employees about the presence and location of ACM and PACM.
29 CFR 1910.119 · Process safety management
29 CFR 1910.119(e)(3)(iii)
(iii) Engineering and administrative controls applicable to the hazards and their interrelationships such as appropriate application of detection methodologies to provide early warning of releases. (Acceptable detection methods might include process monitoring and control instrumentation with alarms, and detection hardware such as hydrocarbon sensors.);
29 CFR 1910.120 · Hazardous waste operations and emergency response
29 CFR 1910.120(q)(3)(iv)
(iv) Employees engaged in emergency response and exposed to hazardous substances presenting an inhalation hazard or potential inhalation hazard shall wear positive pressure self-contained breathing apparatus while engaged in emergency response, until such time that the individual in charge of the ICS determines through the use of air monitoring that a decreased level of respiratory protection will not result in hazardous exposures to employees.
29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection
29 CFR 1910.151 · First aid and eyewash
29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
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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.