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MBTW: OSHA inspections and violations

Ottawa, Kansas · Solid Waste Collection · NAICS 562111

1inspections
6citation items
$7,474current penalties
Nov 20, 2018last inspection

OSHA has inspected MBTW once in Kansas.

The inspection began on Nov 20, 2018 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Ottawa.

That inspection ended with 6 citation items: 4 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $15,346 and now stand at $7,474, 51% lower after settlements or reviews.

Hazard communication comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1910.1200.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for staffing, cleaning and waste services employers since 2015 is $2,200, and MBTW averages $7,474 (1 cited inspection).

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

MBTW: OSHA citation items per year, 2018 to 2018
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343614467 OPENED NOV 20, 2018Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Complete · Safety · 8 employees at the site · Closed May 20, 2019

2126 South Elm, Ottawa, KS 66067 · Solid Waste Collection · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Nov 6, 2018 (fatal): Employee is killed in fall from moving solid waste truck

At 5:50 a.m. on November 6, 2018, an employee was working as a pitcher as part of a two-man crew that worked with a driver of the solid waste collection truck. The employee fell from the back of the collection vehicle while it was traveling the collection route. The employee struck the pavement of the roadway sustaining a head trauma. The employee was killed.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$2,842$1,563Apr 17, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8) · Hazard communication
 Serious$2,842$1,563Apr 17, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$2,842$1,563Apr 17, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 4
OSH Act Section 5(a)(1) · General Duty Clause
 Serious$3,978$2,785Apr 17, 2019Final
Citation 2, item 1a
29 CFR 1904.39(a)(1) · Reporting deaths and severe injuries
 Other-than-serious$2,842$0Apr 17, 2019Final
Citation 2, item 1b
29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2) · Reporting deaths and severe injuries
 Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 17, 2019Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1904.39 · Reporting deaths and severe injuries

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(1)

(a) Basic requirement. (1) Within eight (8) hours after the death of any employee as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the fatality to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), U.S. Department of Labor.

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2)

(2) Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA.

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:

OSH Act Section 5 · General Duty Clause

Other solid waste collection employers in Kansas

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