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DSC Logistics: OSHA inspections and violations

Toledo, Ohio · General Warehousing and Storage · NAICS 493110

1inspections
4citation items
$19,323current penalties
Dec 5, 2019last inspection

OSHA has inspected DSC Logistics once in Ohio.

The inspection began on Dec 5, 2019 after a complaint, in Toledo.

That inspection ended with 4 citation items: 3 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $32,204 and now stand at $19,323, 40% lower after settlements or reviews.

Bloodborne pathogens comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.1030.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for transportation and warehousing employers since 2015 is $3,555, and DSC Logistics averages $19,323 (1 cited inspection).

DSC Logistics also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

DSC Logistics: OSHA citation items per year, 2019 to 2019
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 344491287 OPENED DEC 5, 2019Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 100 employees at the site · Closed Jul 14, 2020

1260 W. Laskey, Toledo, OH 43612 · General Warehousing and Storage · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Dec 5, 2019: Employee is struck by forklift and breaks foot

At 8:20 a.m. on November 15, 2019 a male, 43-year old employee was operating a Hyundai stand-up forklift and could not avoid a second forklift that had stopped in front of him. The employee ran into the stopped forklift, and the forks of the second forklift came into his cab and struck his foot. The employee suffered a severe laceration and fracture of his left foot, which required medical attention. The employee was hospitalized for four days and underwent numerous surgeries.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.178(n)(1) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$13,260$7,957Jan 14, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.1030(c)(1)(i) · Bloodborne pathogens
 Serious$9,472$5,683Jan 14, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.1030(f)(1)(i) · Bloodborne pathogens
 Serious$0$0Jan 14, 2020Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2) · Reporting deaths and severe injuries
 Other-than-serious$9,472$5,683Jan 14, 2020Final

Injury and illness logs

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

In 2020, the Toledo site logged 2 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 195 workers: 1.4 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 4 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Toledo site
Toledo · 2020
195 211.42.6

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1904.39 · Reporting deaths and severe injuries

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2)

(2) Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA.

29 CFR 1910.1030 · Bloodborne pathogens

29 CFR 1910.1030(c)(1)(i)

(c) Exposure control—(1) Exposure Control Plan. (i) Each employer having an employee(s) with occupational exposure as defined by paragraph (b) of this section shall establish a written Exposure Control Plan designed to eliminate or minimize employee exposure.

29 CFR 1910.1030(f)(1)(i)

(f) Hepatitis B vaccination and post-exposure evaluation and follow-up—(1) General. (i) The employer shall make available the hepatitis B vaccine and vaccination series to all employees who have occupational exposure, and post-exposure evaluation and follow-up to all employees who have had an exposure incident.

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

Other general warehousing and storage employers in Ohio

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.