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Dunkin' Donuts: OSHA inspections and violations

Kent, Ohio · Limited-Service Restaurants · NAICS 722513

4inspections
8citation items
$2,500current penalties
Apr 19, 2023last inspection

OSHA has inspected Dunkin' Donuts 4 times in Ohio since 1976.

The latest one began on Apr 19, 2023 after a complaint, in Poland.

Those inspections ended with 8 citation items: 1 serious and 7 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $3,572 and now stand at $2,500, 30% lower after settlements or reviews.

Hazard communication comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.1200.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for hotel and restaurant employers since 2015 is $1,350, and Dunkin' Donuts averages $2,500 (1 cited inspection).

Dunkin' Donuts: OSHA citation items per year, 1976 to 2023
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 346643133 OPENED APR 19, 2023Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 20 employees at the site · Closed Jun 1, 2023

1305 Boardman Poland Road, Poland, OH 44514 · Limited-Service Restaurants · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.151(c) · First aid and eyewash
Serious$3,572$2,500May 9, 2023Final

Inspection 108826116 OPENED NOV 17, 1992Closed

Complaint · Complete · Health · 15 employees at the site · Closed Feb 2, 1993

4805 Mahoning Avenue, Austintown, OH 44515 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1903.2(a)(1) · Posting of notice; availability of the Act, regulations and applicable standards
Other-than-serious$0$0Nov 23, 1992Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0Nov 23, 1992Closed
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0Nov 23, 1992Closed

Inspection 101324697 OPENED FEB 1, 1988Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 10 employees at the site · Closed Apr 21, 1988

9385 Colerain Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45239 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1903.2(a)(1) · Posting of notice; availability of the Act, regulations and applicable standards
Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 18, 1988Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1) · General requirements
Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 18, 1988Closed
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.303(a) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 18, 1988Closed

Inspection 214828998 OPENED JAN 9, 1976Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 15 employees at the site · Closed Feb 11, 1976

1285 West Main St, Kent, OH 44240 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.37(q)(1) · Exit routes
Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 14, 1976Closed

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1903.2 · Posting of notice; availability of the Act, regulations and applicable standards

29 CFR 1903.2(a)(1)

(a)(1) Each employer shall post and keep posted a notice or notices, to be furnished by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, informing employees of the protections and obligations provided for in the Act, and that for assistance and information, including copies of the Act and of specific safety and health standards, employees should contact the employer or the nearest office of the Department of Labor. Such notice or notices shall be posted by the employer in each establishment in a conspicuous place or places where notices to employees are customarily posted. Each employer shall take steps to insure that such notices are not altered, defaced, or covered by other material.

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(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 1910.151 · First aid and eyewash

29 CFR 1910.22 · General requirements

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.37 · Exit routes

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