OSHA has inspected Melaleuca, Inc. 6 times in Idaho since 1999.
The latest one began on Jan 28, 2020 on a referral, in Idaho Falls.
Those inspections ended with 18 citation items: 10 serious and 8 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $17,997 and now stand at $16,547, 8% lower after settlements or reviews.
Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks comes up most often in these citations: 6 items under 1910.178.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Melaleuca, Inc. averages $14,747 (1 cited inspection).
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Inspection 344591656 OPENED JAN 28, 2020Closed
Referral · Partial · Safety · 190 employees at the site · Closed Jun 4, 2020
4777 W. 65th Street, Idaho Falls, ID 83402 · Medicinal and Botanical Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Jan 17, 2020: Employee's right foot is crushed between two pits
At 10:15 p.m. on January 17, 2020, an employee was attempting to park a reach forklift beside a rental forklift, when he let off the deadpan foot pedal, allowing the forklift to coast towards the parked rental forklift. The employee's right foot came off the edge of the forklift platform and was caught between the reach truck and the rental truck. The employee was hospitalized to treat broken bones and tendon tears in the foot, ankle, and toes.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 |
Serious | $8,193 | $8,193 | Mar 27, 2020 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2a |
Serious | $6,554 | $6,554 | Mar 27, 2020 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2b |
Serious | $0 | $0 | Mar 27, 2020 | Final |
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.
Jan 17, 2020, Idaho Falls: Hospitalization · soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury · foot (feet), unspecified
An employee was operating a forklift when the employee's foot was pinned and injured between two forklifts.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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