Kane Logistics has one OSHA inspection on record in Pennsylvania.
OSHA opened it on May 6, 2021 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Taylor.
From that inspection OSHA issued 1 citation item: 1 serious.
OSHA proposed $13,653 in penalties and the amount has not been reduced.
For context, across all transportation and warehousing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,555. Kane Logistics averages $27,306 over 1 cited inspection in that time.
1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.
Kane Logistics also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on May 5, 2021 (fatal): Employee is killed when crushed
At 8:45 p.m. on May 5, 2021, an employee was operating an electric pallet jack in a warehouse. While operating the pallet jack in front of the load, the employee ran into a product storage rack crushing him between the pallet jack and the rack. The employee suffered injuries to the head and face and was killed.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2021, the Taylor site logged 14 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 185 workers: 7.2 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 9 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Kane Warehousing, Inc. DC#6
Taylor · 2021
185
14
1
7.2
2.6
Kane Warehousing, Inc. DC#5
Taylor · 2021
90
1
1
1.3
2.6
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.
Dec 26, 2023, Taylor: Hospitalization · fractures · ankle(s)
An employee was exiting a trailer for it to be loaded when their right ankle was pinned between a piece of angle iron that was anchored to the floor and a long pallet being pushed by a powered industrial truck (PIT). The employee sustained an ankle fracture and was hospitalized.
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)(3)(ii)(i)
(iii) The requirements of this section.
Other general warehousing and storage employers in Pennsylvania
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.
