Ferrellgas Inc. has 5 OSHA inspections on record in California, the first in 1995.
OSHA's last visit started on Apr 3, 2015 after an accident, in Palo Alto.
Across those inspections OSHA issued 9 citation items: 2 serious and 7 other-than-serious.
OSHA proposed $32,860 in penalties and the amount has not been reduced.
For context, across all retail employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $2,130. Ferrellgas Inc. averages $225 over 1 cited inspection in that time.
Incident on Sep 9, 1995: Employee dies of burns sustained in refueling fire
At approximately 11:43 a.m. on September 9, 1995, Employee #1 of Ferrell Gas, Fo ntana, CA, was filling his tanker truck with propane while simultaneously fillin g his motor fuel tank from a bulk tank. A fire occurred during the refueling, an d Employee #1 sustained burns over 48 percent of his body. He died on September 17, 1995, after being hospitalized for eight days.
No citations from this inspection.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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