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Rip 480, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Aurora, Colorado · Food Services and Drinking Places · NAICS 722211

1inspections
2citation items
$10,646current penalties
May 30, 2017last inspection

OSHA inspectors have visited Rip 480, Inc. in Colorado one time.

It opened on May 30, 2017 on a referral, in Aurora.

In all, OSHA issued 2 citation items: 2 serious.

The proposed penalties came to $17,746; today they stand at $10,646, 40% less.

Among hotel and restaurant employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $1,350 penalty. Rip 480, Inc. averages $10,646 across 1 cited inspection.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Rip 480, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2017 to 2017
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 342391737 OPENED MAY 30, 2017Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 28 employees at the site · Closed Nov 27, 2017

1551 S. Havana St., Aurora, CO 80012 · Food Services and Drinking Places · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on May 28, 2017: Two employees are injured when pressure cooker explodes

At 5:00 p.m. on May 28, 2017, Employee #1, a manager, was training a new worker on how to use a Collectramatic fryer cooker. The new worker did not install the lid of the pressure cooker properly, prior to cooking. The metal plate of the lid was installed on the top of the pressure relief valve instead of in the notch located at the middle part of the valve. The pressure could not be released because the lid was blocking the valve. Employee #1 and another manager tried opening the latch of the lid, including hitting it with a hammer. The lid of the pressure cooker later exploded from the boiling pressure and struck the employee in the head. Employee #1 also sustained second to third degree burns on his upper extremities from the hot cooking oil. Employee #2 also suffered a burn injury to his hand. Employee #1 was hospitalized for his injuries. hospitalized for his injuries.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
OSH Act Section 5(a)(1) · General Duty Clause
 Serious$8,873$5,323Sep 27, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$8,873$5,323Sep 27, 2017Final

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.

May 28, 2017, Aurora: Hospitalization · heat (thermal) burns, unspecified · multiple body parts, n.e.c.

An employee was standing near a pressure cooker at the end of the cooking cycle. The pressure cooker came open and the lid hit the employee in the head. Hot oil then sprayed and burned him on the face and hand.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1)

(c) General—(1) Energy control program. The employer shall establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performs any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, start up or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source, and rendered inoperative.

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.

Other food services and drinking places employers in Colorado

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