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MS Warehousing LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Houston, Texas · General Warehousing and Storage · NAICS 493110

1inspections
2citation items
$9,945current penalties
Apr 30, 2022last inspection

MS Warehousing LLC has one OSHA inspection on record in Texas.

OSHA opened it on Apr 30, 2022 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Houston.

From that inspection OSHA issued 2 citation items: 2 serious.

OSHA proposed $9,945 in penalties and the amount has not been reduced.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.178, forklifts and other powered industrial trucks (2 items).

For context, across all transportation and warehousing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,555. MS Warehousing LLC averages $9,945 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

MS Warehousing LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2022 to 2022
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345931646 OPENED APR 30, 2022Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 16 employees at the site · Closed Sep 26, 2022

2015 Turning Basin Drive Ste. 200, Houston, TX 77029 · General Warehousing and Storage · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Apr 29, 2022 (fatal): Employee is killed when struck by falling material

At 3:43 p.m. on April 29, 2022, Employee #1 had parked his forklift inside a warehouse and was walking in a westerly direction. Another forklift operator was traveling from the south area towards the north area of the warehouse on a Mitsubishi Forklift, Model FG30N, carrying two bundles of plywood. The forklift was being driven forwards. The forklift operator hit the brakes of the forklift, and the bundle of plywood slid off the forks and struck Employee #1. One bundle of plywood consisted of four sets weighing approximately 2,250 pounds. One bundle was approximately three feet in height and two bundles were six feet. The bundles were raised approximately one and a half feet by the forks. The operator was traveling forward with limited view of the area. Employee #1 suffered fatal blunt force trauma to the head and upper body area. Employee #1 was killed.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$4,144$4,144Aug 8, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.178(n)(4) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$5,801$5,801Aug 8, 2022Final

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)(1)(i)

(l) Operator training. (1) Safe operation. (i) The employer shall ensure that each powered industrial truck operator is competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l).

29 CFR 1910.178(n)(4)

(4) The driver shall be required to slow down and sound the horn at cross aisles and other locations where vision is obstructed. If the load being carried obstructs forward view, the driver shall be required to travel with the load trailing.

Other general warehousing and storage employers in Texas

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