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Don Swartz: OSHA inspections and violations

Bethel, Ohio · Other Personal and Household Goods Repair and Maintenance · NAICS 811490

1inspections
3citation items
$2,000current penalties
Jul 12, 2024last inspection

Don Swartz has one OSHA inspection on record in Ohio.

OSHA opened it on Jul 12, 2024 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Bethel.

From that inspection OSHA issued 3 citation items: 3 serious.

OSHA proposed $9,678 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $2,000, down 79%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.1200, hazard communication (2 items).

For context, across all repair and personal services employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $1,200. Don Swartz averages $2,000 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Don Swartz: OSHA citation items per year, 2024 to 2024
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 347616757 OPENED JUL 12, 2024Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Health · 2 employees at the site · Closed Feb 20, 2025

404 South Main Street, Bethel, OH 45106 · Other Personal and Household Goods Repair and Maintenance · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Jul 11, 2024 (fatal): Employee is found dead from carbon monoxide while repairing

At 4:30 p.m. on July 11, 2024, Employee #1 was repairing a gasoline-powered lawn mower engine indoors, with the windows and doors closed. After working on the engine, the employee was found dead in the work area due to carbon monoxide.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.1000(a)(2) · Air contaminants
 Serious$4,839$2,000Oct 24, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$4,839$0Oct 24, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$0$0Oct 24, 2024Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1000 · Air contaminants

29 CFR 1910.1000(a)(2)

(2) Other substances—8-hour Time Weighted Averages. An employee's exposure to any substance in Table Z-1, the exposure limit of which is not preceded by a “C”, shall not exceed the 8-hour Time Weighted Average given for that substance in any 8-hour work shift of a 40-hour work week.

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)

(e) Written hazard communication program. (1) Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:

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.

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