OSHA has inspected Easy Reach, Inc once in Mississippi.
The inspection began on Aug 12, 2015 after a complaint, in Hattiesburg.
That inspection ended with 6 citation items: 1 serious and 5 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $8,400 and now stand at $4,600, 45% lower after settlements or reviews.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Easy Reach, Inc averages $4,600 (1 cited inspection).
Easy Reach, Inc also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
Mississippi · latest 90 days of OSHA records
16employers cited
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From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2017, the Hattiesburg site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 30 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.5 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Easy Reach, Inc.
Hattiesburg · 2017
30
0
0
0.0
2.5
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(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 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1)
(d) Hazard assessment and equipment selection. (1) The employer shall assess the workplace to determine if hazards are present, or are likely to be present, which necessitate the use of personal protective equipment (PPE). If such hazards are present, or likely to be present, the employer shall:
29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(6)
(6) Certification. The employer shall certify that each operator has been trained and evaluated as required by this paragraph (l). The certification shall include the name of the operator, the date of the training, the date of the evaluation, and the identity of the person(s) performing the training or evaluation.
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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.
