Grand Auto, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Jan 24, 1996: Salesperson injured when assaulted by customer

At 8:30 a.m. on January 24, 1996, Employee #1 was working as a salesperson at th e front of a Grand Auto retail store when a man and woman entered the building. The man was smoking a cigarette, and Employee #1 informed him that smoking was n ot allowed in the store. The request was ignored, and management was called. Bef ore the store manager arrived, the man assaulted Employee #1 by kicking and hitt ing him with his fists. He sustained a broken jaw, nose, and ribs, and was taken to Brookside Hospital. The man and women fled the store, and their Oldsmobile v ehicle license plate was noted by Grand Auto employees. Police were summoned, an d a check of the number revealed the plates on the car were attributed to a Ford that was last registered in 1986. No arrests were made, and a copy of the polic e report was obtained. This incident was clearly a penal code violation. No cita tions were issued because Grand Auto had an Injury and Illness Prevention Progra m (IIPP) that included employee training for criminal activity.