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Hurst Recycling: OSHA inspections and violations

Hartford, Alabama · Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers · NAICS 423930

2inspections
15citation items
$7,300current penalties
May 24, 2016last inspection

Hurst Recycling has 2 OSHA inspections on record in Alabama, the first in 2013.

OSHA's last visit started on May 24, 2016 after a complaint, in Hartford.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 15 citation items: 12 serious and 3 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $12,700 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $7,300, down 43%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.1200, hazard communication (6 items).

For context, across all wholesale employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,425. Hurst Recycling averages $3,300 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

Hurst Recycling: OSHA citation items per year, 2013 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341510147 OPENED MAY 24, 2016Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 3 employees at the site · Closed Apr 19, 2017

102 North 4th Ave, Hartford, AL 36344 · Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
OSH Act Section 5(a)(1) · General Duty Clause
Serious$2,000$1,100Jun 3, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1) · General requirements
Serious$1,200$660Jun 3, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.253(b)(2)(ii) · Gas welding and cutting
Serious$1,600$880Jun 3, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 4a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i) · Hazard communication
Serious$1,200$660Jun 3, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 4b
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$0$0Jun 3, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 4c
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3)(iv) · Hazard communication
Serious$0$0Jun 3, 2016Final

Inspection 339021826 OPENED APR 24, 2013Closed

Planned · Complete · Health · 4 employees at the site · Closed Mar 14, 2014

102 North 4th Ave., Hartford, AL 36344 · Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.253(b)(4)(iii) · Gas welding and cutting
Serious$1,700$1,000Jun 24, 2013Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.253(b)(2)(ii) · Gas welding and cutting
Serious$0$0Jun 24, 2013Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.253(e)(3)(ii)(c)(3) · Gas welding and cutting
Serious$1,700$1,000Jun 24, 2013Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1)(i) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
Serious$1,700$1,000Jun 24, 2013Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.305(d)(2) · Electrical wiring methods
Serious$0$0Jun 24, 2013Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.305(j)(1)(i) · Electrical wiring methods
Serious$1,600$1,000Jun 24, 2013Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 24, 2013Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 24, 2013Final
Citation 2, item 3
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 24, 2013Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)

(e) Written hazard communication program. (1) Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i)

(i) A list of the hazardous chemicals known to be present using a product identifier that is referenced on the appropriate safety data sheet (the list may be compiled for the workplace as a whole or for individual work areas); and,

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8)

(8) The employer shall maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and shall ensure that they are readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they are in their work area(s). (Electronic access and other alternatives to maintaining paper copies of the safety data sheets are permitted as long as no barriers to immediate employee access in each workplace are created by such options.)

29 CFR 1910.22 · General requirements

29 CFR 1910.253 · Gas welding and cutting

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

OSH Act Section 5 · General Duty Clause

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