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Distinctive Surfaces LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Columbus, Ohio · Cut Stone and Stone Product Manufacturing · NAICS 327991

3inspections
8citation items
$7,545current penalties
Feb 15, 2024last inspection

OSHA has inspected Distinctive Surfaces LLC 3 times in Ohio since 2011.

The latest one began on Feb 15, 2024 after a complaint, in Columbus; the case is still open.

Those inspections ended with 8 citation items: 4 serious and 4 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $8,745 and now stand at $7,545, 14% lower after settlements or reviews.

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 manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Distinctive Surfaces LLC averages $5,745 (1 cited inspection).

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Distinctive Surfaces LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2011 to 2024
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 347279606 OPENED FEB 15, 2024Open

Complaint · Partial · Health · 100 employees at the site · Open

1010 Freeway Drive North, Building 6, Columbus, OH 43229 · Other Warehousing and Storage · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(2)(ii) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$4,839$4,839May 13, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(6) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$0$0May 13, 2024Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Other-than-serious$0$0May 13, 2024Final
Citation 3, item 1
29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1) · Proving cited hazards were fixed
 Other-than-serious$906$906Jul 23, 2024Final

Inspection 344072327 OPENED JUN 11, 2019Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 18 employees at the site · Closed Sep 25, 2019

5158 Sinclair Rd., Columbus, OH 43229 · Cut Stone and Stone Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 330926205 OPENED JUL 19, 2011Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 22 employees at the site · Closed Sep 22, 2011

5158 Sinclair Rd., Columbus, OH 43229 · Cut Stone and Stone Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$3,000$1,800Jul 28, 2011Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$0$0Jul 28, 2011Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jul 28, 2011Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i) · Respiratory protection
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jul 28, 2011Final

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.

May 26, 2020, Columbus: Hospitalization · fractures · leg(s), unspecified

An employee was pulling a cart between buildings. The cart got stuck, then fell over onto the employee's right leg and broke it.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1903.19 · Proving cited hazards were fixed

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1)

(c) Abatement certification. (1) Within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, the employer must certify to OSHA (the Agency) that each cited violation has been abated, except as provided in paragraph (c)(2) of this section.

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1)

(g) Safety data sheets. (1) Chemical manufacturers and importers shall obtain or develop a safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical they produce or import. Employers shall have a safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they use.

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1)

(h) Employee information and training. (1) Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and safety data sheets.

29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

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