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Morro, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Palmyra, Pennsylvania · Solid Waste Collection · NAICS 562111

1inspections
6citation items
$9,400current penalties
Feb 19, 2016last inspection

OSHA has inspected Morro, Inc. once in Pennsylvania.

The inspection began on Feb 19, 2016 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Palmyra.

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

Penalties were first proposed at $11,400 and now stand at $9,400, 18% lower after settlements or reviews.

Portable fire extinguishers comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.157.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for staffing, cleaning and waste services employers since 2015 is $2,201, and Morro, Inc. averages $9,400 (1 cited inspection).

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Morro, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2016 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341265221 OPENED FEB 19, 2016Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 18 employees at the site · Closed Jan 17, 2017

1116 Eby Road, Palmyra, PA 17078 · Solid Waste Collection · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Feb 18, 2016 (fatal): Employee is run over and killed by garbage truck

At approximately 5:45 a.m. on February 18, 2016, Employee #1 was throwing garbage into the back of a rear load trash truck when he was run over and killed.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
OSH Act Section 5(a)(1) · General Duty Clause
 Serious$7,000$7,000Jul 27, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.145(c)(3) · Specifications for accident prevention signs and tags
 Serious$2,000$2,000Jul 27, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1904.1(a)(2) · Partial exemption for employers with 10 or fewer employees
 Other-than-serious$400$400Jul 27, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1904.39(a)(1) · Reporting deaths and severe injuries
 Other-than-serious$2,000$0Jul 27, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 3
29 CFR 1910.157(e)(2) · Portable fire extinguishers
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jul 27, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 4
29 CFR 1910.157(g)(1) · Portable fire extinguishers
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jul 27, 2016Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1904.1 · Partial exemption for employers with 10 or fewer employees

29 CFR 1904.1(a)(2)

(2) If your company had more than ten (10) employees at any time during the last calendar year, you must keep OSHA injury and illness records unless your establishment is classified as a partially exempt industry under § 1904.2.

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 1910.145 · Specifications for accident prevention signs and tags

29 CFR 1910.145(c)(3)

(3) Safety instruction signs. Safety instruction signs shall be used where there is a need for general instructions and suggestions relative to safety measures.

29 CFR 1910.157 · Portable fire extinguishers

OSH Act Section 5 · General Duty Clause

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