OSHA has inspected Environmental Processing Systems, Inc. 2 times in Florida since 2019.
The latest one began on Mar 13, 2020 on a referral, in Hialeah Gardens.
Those inspections ended with 2 citation items: 2 serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $10,796 and now stand at $7,557, 30% lower after settlements or reviews.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for professional services employers since 2015 is $1,821, and Environmental Processing Systems, Inc. averages $7,557 (1 cited inspection).
1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.
Environmental Processing Systems, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Inspection 344694229 OPENED MAR 13, 2020Closed
Referral · Partial · Safety · 16 employees at the site · Closed Sep 4, 2020
14530 Nw 112th Ave., Hialeah Gardens, FL 33018 · Solid Waste Collection · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Mar 6, 2020: Maintenance employee falls as conveyor belt starts moving an
At 7:40 a.m. on March 6, 2020, an employee was working for a solid waste collection firm. He was a machine operator. He was standing on a conveyor belt as he performed maintenance work. The conveyor was connected to a recycling machine. A coworker turned on the machine, and the conveyor belt started moving. The employee lost his balance and fell. He fell 13 feet (4.0 meters) to ground level. He landed on his head and right hand. He received injuries to his right hand. He was hospitalized.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 |
Serious | $5,398 | $3,778 | Jun 3, 2020 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2 |
Serious | $5,398 | $3,778 | Jun 3, 2020 | Final |
Inspection 344524111 OPENED DEC 19, 2019Closed
Fatality or catastrophe · Complete · Safety · 26 employees at the site · Closed Jun 18, 2020
14530 Nw 112 Ave, Hialeah Gardens, FL 33018 · Landscape Architectural Services · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Dec 19, 2019 (fatal): Employee is killed when crushed between excavator tracks and
At 9:30 a.m. on December 19, 2019, an employee was walking alongside an excavator when he was struck by the excavator's tracks and was crushed between it and the bottom of the operator's compartment, killing him.
No citations from this inspection.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2019, the Hialeah Gardens site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 24 workers: 3.7 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.2 for its industry.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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.
