OSHA has inspected Production Support Services 4 times in Virginia since 1998.
The latest one began on Oct 6, 2015 as a planned inspection, in Newport News.
Those inspections ended with 2 citation items: 2 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $6,625 and now stand at $500, 92% lower after settlements or reviews.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for staffing, cleaning and waste services employers since 2015 is $2,201, and Production Support Services averages $0 (1 cited inspection).
1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.
Production Support Services also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Jul 30, 1998 (fatal): Employee killed when forklift overturns
At approximately 10:30 a.m. on July 30, 1998, Employee #1 was using a forklift t o dump a load of spent toner cartridges into a trailer. He was backing up when t he left rear wheel of his vehicle went off the tarmac and onto the shoulder on t he side of the service road. As the forklift began to tip over, Employee #1 jump ed off in the same direction that it was falling. The top left back side of the forklift came down on the base of his head, crushing his skull. Employee #1 was killed.
No citations from this inspection.
Injury and illness logs
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2021, the Newport News site logged 8 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 122 workers: 7.1 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 0.0 for its industry. Those cases cost 4 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Production Support Services
Newport News · 2021
122
8
4
7.1
0.0
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
29 CFR 1910.132(a)
(a) Application. Protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, shall be provided, used, and maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition wherever it is necessary by reason of hazards of processes or environment, chemical hazards, radiological hazards, or mechanical irritants encountered in a manner capable of causing injury or impairment in the function of any part of the body through absorption, inhalation or physical contact.
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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.