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Heka Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

Westfield, Massachusetts · All Other Miscellaneous Store Retailers (except Tobacco Stores) · NAICS 453998

1inspections
5citation items
$8,438current penalties
Jan 30, 2023last inspection

OSHA has inspected Heka Inc once in Massachusetts.

The inspection began on Jan 30, 2023 after a complaint, in Westfield; the case is still open.

That inspection ended with 5 citation items: 5 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $43,752 and now stand at $8,438, 81% 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 retail employers since 2015 is $2,130, and Heka Inc averages $8,438 (1 cited inspection).

Heka Inc: OSHA citation items per year, 2023 to 2023
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 346467962 OPENED JAN 30, 2023Open

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 40 employees at the site · Open

98 Sergeant Thomas Dion Way, Westfield, MA 01085 · All Other Miscellaneous Store Retailers (except Tobacco Stores) · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.28(b)(1)(i) · Fall protection in general industry
 Serious$10,938$4,688Mar 7, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.178(m)(5)(iii) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$10,938$0Mar 7, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.178(a)(5) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$10,938$3,750Mar 7, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(2)(ii) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$10,938$0Mar 7, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 2c
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(6) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$0$0Mar 7, 2023Final

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(a)(5)

(5) If the truck is equipped with front-end attachments other than factory installed attachments, the user shall request that the truck be marked to identify the attachments and show the approximate weight of the truck and attachment combination at maximum elevation with load laterally centered.

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(2)(ii)

(ii) Training shall consist of a combination of formal instruction (e.g., lecture, discussion, interactive computer learning, video tape, written material), practical training (demonstrations performed by the trainer and practical exercises performed by the trainee), and evaluation of the operator's performance in the workplace.

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.

29 CFR 1910.28 · Fall protection in general industry

Other all other miscellaneous store retailers (except tobacco stores) employers in Massachusetts

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