OSHA SearchOSHA records by employer

Rick's Restaurant: OSHA inspections and violations

York, Maine · Food Services and Drinking Places · NAICS 722110

1inspections
1citation items
$2,716current penalties
Oct 15, 2018last inspection

Rick's Restaurant has one OSHA inspection on record in Maine.

OSHA opened it on Oct 15, 2018 on a referral, in York.

From that inspection OSHA issued 1 citation item: 1 serious.

OSHA proposed $3,880 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $2,716, down 30%.

For context, across all hotel and restaurant employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $1,350. Rick's Restaurant averages $2,716 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Rick's Restaurant: OSHA citation items per year, 2018 to 2018
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

Want to know if OSHA cites Rick's Restaurant again? Add it to a watchlist and we will email you the morning the citation shows up.

Watch this company

Inspection history

Inspection 343542908 OPENED OCT 15, 2018Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 8 employees at the site · Closed Jun 12, 2019

240 York Street, York, ME 03909 · Food Services and Drinking Places · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Oct 11, 2018: Two employees are burned in kitchen fire

At 10:30 a.m. on October 11, 2018, two employees were working in a kitchen restaurant. While one of the employees lit the pilot of a flattop fryer, a flash fire occurred. Both employees sustained second-degree burns to their face, legs, and hands, which they were hospitalized and received treatment. The incident investigation identified that a portion of the gas line was uncapped, leading to a gas leak.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
OSH Act Section 5(a)(1) · General Duty Clause
Serious$3,880$2,716Nov 30, 2018Final

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.

Oct 11, 2018, York: Hospitalization · heat (thermal) burns, unspecified · nonclassifiable

Two employees were attempting to light flat-top grill pilot lights with long butane lighters when a burst of flame from the grill burned the employees. They were both hospitalized.

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

OSH Act Section 5 · General Duty Clause

OSH Act Section 5(a)(1)

Each employer shall furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees.

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.