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Instant Technologies, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Portsmouth, Virginia · Medical, Dental, and Hospital Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers · NAICS 423450

1inspections
3citation items
$5,008current penalties
Sep 5, 2024last inspection

Instant Technologies, Inc. has one OSHA inspection on record in Virginia.

OSHA opened it on Sep 5, 2024 as part of a related case, in Portsmouth.

From that inspection OSHA issued 3 citation items: 1 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $7,155 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $5,008, down 30%.

For context, across all wholesale employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,425. Instant Technologies, Inc. averages $5,008 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

Instant Technologies, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2024 to 2024
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 347736613 OPENED SEP 5, 2024Closed

Unprogrammed related · Partial · Health · 80 employees at the site · Closed Mar 27, 2025

1320 Port Centre Parkway, Suite 102, Portsmouth, VA 23704 · Medical, Dental, and Hospital Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 16VAC25-60-120
 Serious$7,155$5,008Feb 20, 2025Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.157(g)(1) · Portable fire extinguishers
 Other-than-serious$0$0Feb 20, 2025Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.178(g)(2) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Other-than-serious$0$0Feb 20, 2025Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.157 · Portable fire extinguishers

29 CFR 1910.157(g)(1)

(g) Training and education. (1) Where the employer has provided portable fire extinguishers for employee use in the workplace, the employer shall also provide an educational program to familiarize employees with the general principles of fire extinguisher use and the hazards involved with incipient stage fire fighting.

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.178(g)(2)

(2) Facilities shall be provided for flushing and neutralizing spilled electrolyte, for fire protection, for protecting charging apparatus from damage by trucks, and for adequate ventilation for dispersal of fumes from gassing batteries.

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