OSHA has inspected PGM Packing, Inc. 2 times in Arizona since 2017.
The latest one began on Feb 5, 2019 after an accident, in Yuma.
Those inspections ended with 2 citation items: 2 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $900 and still stand at $900.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for farming, fishing and forestry employers since 2015 is $1,440, and PGM Packing, Inc. averages $450 (2 cited inspections).
PGM Packing, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
The Wage and Hour Division has 6 cases on it since 2015, with $88,467 in back wages owed to workers.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
Arizona · latest 90 days of OSHA records
91employers cited
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From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2021, the Yuma site logged 14 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 1,303 workers: 9.6 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.9 for its industry. Those cases cost 7 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
PGM Packing Inc
Yuma · 2021
1,303
14
1
9.6
2.9
Wage and hour cases
Cases by the Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division since 2015: unpaid minimum wage or overtime, child labor, family leave and more.
Period reviewed
Violations
Workers owed
Back wages
Penalties
Dec 1, 2022 to Mar 18, 2023
YUMA
28
23
$1,256
$10,760
Dec 19, 2021 to Feb 27, 2022
Yuma
115
113
$13,127
$4,745
Jan 17, 2021 to Feb 17, 2021
Yuma
36
29
$9,338
$10,058
Dec 1, 2019 to Nov 30, 2020
Yuma
263
163
$57,326
$1,251
Nov 1, 2017 to Jan 30, 2018
Yuma
6
0
$0
$2,707
Nov 1, 2017 to Jan 30, 2018
Yuma
78
72
$7,420
$5,619
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(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.
(iv) The details of the hazard communication program developed by the employer, including an explanation of the labels received on shipped containers and the workplace labeling system used by their employer; the safety data sheet, including the order of information and how employees can obtain and use the appropriate hazard information.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.