OSHA has inspected Republic Services Environment, Inc 3 times in Missouri since 2015.
The latest one began on Jan 22, 2025 on a referral, in Hazelwood.
Those inspections ended with 3 citation items: 2 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $27,954 and now stand at $22,794, 18% lower after settlements or reviews.
Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.178.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for staffing, cleaning and waste services employers since 2015 is $2,201, and Republic Services Environment, Inc averages $11,397 (2 cited inspections).
It reported 2 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 2 reports on file.
Dec 30, 2024, Hazelwood: Hospitalization · avulsions, enucleations without bone loss · forearm(s)
An employee was operating a forklift to move a bale when her hand became caught between the forklift and a semi-trailer. The employee sustained a torn ligament and a degloving injury to her right forearm.
Dec 23, 2023, Hazelwood: Hospitalization · fractures · ankle(s)
An employee was walking back to her workstation. A forklift reversed a short distance, then completed a U-turn and struck her, running over her lower extremities. She was hospitalized with a broken ankle.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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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.