Inspection 344995840 OPENED OCT 27, 2020Closed
3200 Fruitland, Vernon, CA 90058 · Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
OSHA has inspected R Planet Earth 2 times in California since 2020.
The latest one began on Oct 27, 2020 after a complaint, in Vernon.
Those inspections ended with 2 citation items: 1 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $18,450 and now stand at $18,000, 2% lower after settlements or reviews.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for wholesale employers since 2015 is $3,425, and R Planet Earth averages $18,000 (1 cited inspection).
California · latest 90 days of OSHA records
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4 of them in the same industry
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Inspection 344700885 OPENED MAR 17, 2020Closed
5300 S Boyle Ave, Vernon, CA 90058 · Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Mar 11, 2020: Employee's fingertips are crushed when caught in extrusion
At 4:00 a.m. on March 11, 2020, an employee was feeding material into the extrusion machine, when he noticed a piece of plastic had become lodged between two rolls of the machine. The employee attempted to remove the debris from the unguarded rolls of machine. The employee's fingertips were drawn into the unguarded rolls of the machine and were crushed. The employee was hospitalized.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 3203(A)(4) |
Other-than-serious | $450 | $0 | May 22, 2020 | Final |
| Citation 2, item 1 29 CFR 4187(A) |
Serious | $18,000 | $18,000 | May 22, 2020 | Final |
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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