OSHA has inspected Priority Ford once in Virginia.
The inspection began on Apr 14, 2016 as a planned inspection, in Norfolk.
That inspection ended with 5 citation items: 4 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $2,475 and now stand at $1,732, 30% lower after settlements or reviews.
Respiratory protection comes up most often in these citations: 4 items under 1910.134.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for retail employers since 2015 is $1,750, and Priority Ford averages $1,732 (1 cited inspection).
Priority Ford also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
Virginia · latest 90 days of OSHA records
253employers 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 2022, the Norfolk site logged 4 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 121 workers: 3.4 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.7 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Priority Ford
Norfolk · 2022
121
4
0
3.4
2.7
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(1) The test instrument must have an effective audio-warning device, or a visual-warning device in the form of a screen tracing, that indicates when the test subject fails to hold his or her breath during the test. The test must be terminated and restarted from the beginning when the test subject fails to hold his or her breath during the test. The test subject then may be refitted and retested.
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1)
(1) General. The employer shall provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee is fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace. The employer may discontinue an employee's medical evaluations when the employee is no longer required to use a respirator.
29 CFR 1910.134(g)(1)(i)(a)
(A) Facial hair that comes between the sealing surface of the facepiece and the face or that interferes with valve function; or
29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
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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.
