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Pyramid Pallets: OSHA inspections and violations

Hurricane, West Virginia · Wood Container and Pallet Manufacturing · NAICS 321920

2inspections
9citation items
$7,000current penalties
Jan 6, 2016last inspection

OSHA has inspected Pyramid Pallets 2 times in West Virginia since 2015.

The latest one began on Jan 6, 2016 to follow up on an earlier case, in Hurricane.

Those inspections ended with 9 citation items: 7 serious, 1 repeat and 1 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $7,000 and still stand at $7,000.

Exit routes comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.37.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Pyramid Pallets averages $3,500 (2 cited inspections).

Pyramid Pallets: OSHA citation items per year, 2015 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341158590 OPENED JAN 6, 2016Closed

Follow-up · Partial · Safety · 4 employees at the site · Closed Apr 5, 2016

2419 Us Route 60, Hurricane, WV 25526 · Wood Container and Pallet Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.37(b)(2) · Exit routes
Repeat$200$200Feb 1, 2016Final

Inspection 340576719 OPENED APR 22, 2015Closed

Complaint · Complete · Safety · 4 employees at the site · Closed Jul 27, 2016

2419 Us Route 60, Hurricane, WV 25526 · Wood Container and Pallet Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.133(a)(3) · Eye and face protection
Serious$1,200$1,200Jul 22, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
Serious$1,200$1,200Jul 22, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.303(b)(1)(ii) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
Serious$1,200$1,200Jul 22, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 4a
29 CFR 1910.303(g)(2)(i) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
Serious$2,000$2,000Jul 22, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 4b
29 CFR 1910.305(d)(2) · Electrical wiring methods
Serious$0$0Jul 22, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 5a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$1,200$1,200Jul 22, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 5b
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$0$0Jul 22, 2015Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.37(b)(2) · Exit routes
Other-than-serious$0$0Jul 22, 2015Final

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(h)(1)

(h) Employee information and training. (1) Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and safety data sheets.

29 CFR 1910.133 · Eye and face protection

29 CFR 1910.133(a)(3)

(3) The employer shall ensure that each affected employee who wears prescription lenses while engaged in operations that involve eye hazards wears eye protection that incorporates the prescription in its design, or wears eye protection that can be worn over the prescription lenses without disturbing the proper position of the prescription lenses or the protective lenses.

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

29 CFR 1910.37 · Exit routes

Other wood container and pallet manufacturing employers in West Virginia

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