OSHA has inspected Protrans Services 3 times in New York since 2015.
The latest one began on Jun 7, 2019 on a referral, in Fort Edward.
Those inspections ended with 1 citation item: 1 other-than-serious.
None of the citations carried a penalty.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for staffing, cleaning and waste services employers since 2015 is $2,200, and Protrans Services averages $0 (1 cited inspection).
Protrans Services also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Jun 2, 2019: Employee suffers hand crush injury in conveyor
At 3:00 a.m. on June 2, 2019, an employee was sorting paper products from a paper converting machine. The employee caught his hand in the conveyer rollers which were not fully guarded. The employee was hospitalized with a crushed left hand.
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 340831593 OPENED AUG 6, 2015Closed
Referral · Partial · Health · 70 employees at the site · Closed Jan 27, 2016
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2024, the Fort Edward site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 34 workers: 2.8 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 0.0 for its industry. Those cases cost 1 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Protrans Services Inc. - Fort Edward NY
Fort Edward · 2024
34
1
1
2.8
0.0
Protrans Services Inc.
Fort Edward · 2023
90
1
0
1.1
0.0
1 Eddy St FORT EDWARD Light Industrial
Fort Edward · 2022
90
4
2
4.7
2.1
Protrans Services Inc
Fort Edward · 2021
80
0
0
0.0
2.9
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.
Jun 2, 2019, Fort Edward: Hospitalization · soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury · hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified
On June 2, 2019, at approximately 3:00 a.m. an employee was working on the line in the converting department. The employee's duties were to flip packs of towels as they exited the bundler and before they entered the case lift. The employee flipped a pack and noticed it did not flip completely over. As the employee tried to retrieve the pack, his left arm slipped and his left hand was caught in…
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(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.
Other temporary help services employers in New York
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.
