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Petsmart, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Cheektowaga, New York · Pet and Pet Supplies Stores · NAICS 453910

7inspections
15citation items
$13,029current penalties
Sep 25, 2019last inspection

OSHA has inspected Petsmart, Inc. 7 times in New York since 1998.

The latest one began on Sep 25, 2019 to follow up on an earlier case, in Buffalo.

Those inspections ended with 15 citation items: 9 serious and 6 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $14,387 and now stand at $13,029, 9% lower after settlements or reviews.

Hazard communication comes up most often in these citations: 6 items under 1910.1200.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for retail employers since 2015 is $2,130, and Petsmart, Inc. averages $4,808 (2 cited inspections).

Petsmart, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 1998 to 2019
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 344332556 OPENED SEP 25, 2019Closed

Follow-up · Partial · Health · 24 employees at the site · Closed Sep 30, 2019

1734 Walden Road, Buffalo, NY 14225 · Pet and Pet Supplies Stores · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 343523478 OPENED OCT 10, 2018Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 24 employees at the site · Closed Dec 28, 2018

1734 Walden Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14225 · Pet and Pet Supplies Stores · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3) · Exit routes
Serious$5,543$5,543Oct 31, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1)(i) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
Serious$0$0Oct 31, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0Oct 31, 2018Final

Inspection 342315025 OPENED MAY 10, 2017Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 26 employees at the site · Closed Jul 19, 2017

4930 State Highway 30, Amsterdam, NY 12010 · Pet and Pet Supplies Stores · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8) · Hazard communication
Serious$5,432$4,074Jun 6, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$0$0Jun 6, 2017Final

Inspection 310143144 OPENED SEP 21, 2006Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 30 employees at the site · Closed Sep 28, 2006

1520 Forest Ave., Staten Island, NY 10302 · Pet and Pet Supplies Stores · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 308530484 OPENED MAR 2, 2005Closed

Follow-up · Partial · Health · 38 employees at the site · Closed Apr 15, 2005

1734 Walden Avenue, Cheektowaga, NY 14225 · Pet and Pet Supplies Stores · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 1, 2005Closed
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3)(iv) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 1, 2005Closed

Inspection 308280262 OPENED DEC 29, 2004Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 38 employees at the site · Closed Apr 15, 2005

1734 Walden Avenue, Cheektowaga, NY 14225 · Pet and Pet Supplies Stores · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 4, 2005Closed

Inspection 301003174 OPENED AUG 10, 1998Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 47 employees at the site · Closed Sep 11, 1998

1561 Niagara Falls Boulevard, Amherst, NY 14228 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.36(b)(4) · Exit route design
Serious$1,500$1,500Aug 31, 1998Closed
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.36(b)(4) · Exit route design
Serious$0$0Aug 31, 1998Closed
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.37(k)(2) · Exit routes
Serious$0$0Aug 31, 1998Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.305(b)(2) · Electrical wiring methods
Serious$956$956Aug 31, 1998Closed
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iii) · Electrical wiring methods
Serious$956$956Aug 31, 1998Closed
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.37(f)(6) · Exit routes
Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 31, 1998Closed
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1)(iii) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 31, 1998Closed

The rules behind these citations

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

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:

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i)

(i) A list of the hazardous chemicals known to be present using a product identifier that is referenced on the appropriate safety data sheet (the list may be compiled for the workplace as a whole or for individual work areas); and,

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8)

(8) The employer shall maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and shall ensure that they are readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they are in their work area(s). (Electronic access and other alternatives to maintaining paper copies of the safety data sheets are permitted as long as no barriers to immediate employee access in each workplace are created by such options.)

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

29 CFR 1910.36 · Exit route design

29 CFR 1910.37 · Exit routes

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