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DS Smith: OSHA inspections and violations

Winchester, Virginia · Corrugated and Solid Fiber Box Manufacturing · NAICS 322211

1inspections
2citation items
$13,047current penalties
Sep 20, 2019last inspection

DS Smith has one OSHA inspection on record in Virginia.

OSHA opened it on Sep 20, 2019 as a planned inspection, in Winchester.

From that inspection OSHA issued 2 citation items: 1 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $26,094 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $13,047, down 50%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.147, lockout/tagout (2 items).

For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $4,500. DS Smith averages $13,047 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

DS Smith also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

DS Smith: OSHA citation items per year, 2019 to 2019
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 344323514 OPENED SEP 20, 2019Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 45 employees at the site · Closed Jan 3, 2020

100 Development Lane, Winchester, VA 22602 · Corrugated and Solid Fiber Box Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1) · Lockout/tagout
Other-than-serious$13,047$13,047Nov 25, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$13,047$0Nov 25, 2019Final

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2023, the Winchester site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 50 workers: 2.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.1 for its industry. Those cases cost 7 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
NAPP Winchester - 004
Winchester · 2023
50 112.02.1

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1)

(c) General—(1) Energy control program. The employer shall establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performs any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, start up or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source, and rendered inoperative.

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)

(7) Training and communication. (i) The employer shall provide training to ensure that the purpose and function of the energy control program are understood by employees and that the knowledge and skills required for the safe application, usage, and removal of the energy controls are acquired by employees. The training shall include the following:

Other corrugated and solid fiber box manufacturing employers in Virginia

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