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Gils Corp: OSHA inspections and violations

Roosevelt, New York · Beer and Ale Merchant Wholesalers · NAICS 424810

1inspections
5citation items
$12,000current penalties
Oct 4, 2019last inspection

OSHA has inspected Gils Corp once in New York.

The inspection began on Oct 4, 2019 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Roosevelt.

That inspection ended with 5 citation items: 5 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $20,048 and now stand at $12,000, 40% lower after settlements or reviews.

Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks comes up most often in these citations: 4 items under 1910.178.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for wholesale employers since 2015 is $3,425, and Gils Corp averages $12,000 (1 cited inspection).

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Gils Corp: OSHA citation items per year, 2019 to 2019
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 344358668 OPENED OCT 4, 2019Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 12 employees at the site · Closed Nov 8, 2021

345 Babylon Tpke, Roosevelt, NY 11575 · Beer and Ale Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Oct 4, 2019 (fatal): Employee is killed when pinned by forklift

At 9:00 a.m. on October 4, 2019, Employee #1 was operating a forklift. The employee observed a pallet jack inside of a trailer of a truck that was moving while the truck was parking. He jumped out of the forklift to stop the pallet from falling out of the trailer. The forklift was not fully stopped and rolled forward. The employee became pinned between the truck and the forklift, and was killed.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$5,398$4,000Apr 1, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.178(m)(5)(iii) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$5,398$4,000Apr 1, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.178(q)(1) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$3,084$1,500Apr 1, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.178(q)(7) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$3,084$1,500Apr 1, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.303(f)(2) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
 Serious$3,084$1,000Apr 1, 2020Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i)

(l) Operator training. (1) Safe operation. (i) The employer shall ensure that each powered industrial truck operator is competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l).

29 CFR 1910.178(m)(5)(iii)

(iii) When the operator of an industrial truck is dismounted and within 25 ft. of the truck still in his view, the load engaging means shall be fully lowered, controls neutralized, and the brakes set to prevent movement.

29 CFR 1910.178(q)(1)

(q) Maintenance of industrial trucks. (1) Any power-operated industrial truck not in safe operating condition shall be removed from service. All repairs shall be made by authorized personnel.

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

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