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Rivanna Solid Waste Authority: OSHA inspections and violations

Charlottesville, Virginia · Materials Recovery Facilities · NAICS 562920

2inspections
17citation items
$0current penalties
Oct 16, 2017last inspection

Rivanna Solid Waste Authority has 2 OSHA inspections on record in Virginia, the first in 2003.

OSHA's last visit started on Oct 16, 2017 as a planned inspection, in Charlottesville.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 17 citation items: 16 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

OSHA did not attach a penalty to any of these citations.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.303, electrical equipment, general requirements (3 items).

For context, across all staffing, cleaning and waste services employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $2,201. Rivanna Solid Waste Authority averages $0 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Rivanna Solid Waste Authority also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Rivanna Solid Waste Authority: OSHA citation items per year, 2003 to 2017
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 342758828 OPENED OCT 16, 2017Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · Local government · 101 employees at the site · Closed Jun 21, 2018

695 Moores Creek Road, Charlottesville, VA 22902 · Sewage Treatment Facilities · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(1) · Permit-required confined spaces
Serious$0$0Mar 22, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(2) · Permit-required confined spaces
Serious$0$0Mar 22, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.146(g)(1) · Permit-required confined spaces
Serious$0$0Mar 22, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(a) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$0$0Mar 22, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 4a
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
Serious$0$0Mar 22, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 4b
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(iii) · Machine guarding
Serious$0$0Mar 22, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.303(e)(1)(ii) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
Serious$0$0Mar 22, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 6
29 CFR 1910.303(f)(2) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
Serious$0$0Mar 22, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 7
29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1)(ii) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
Serious$0$0Mar 22, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 8
29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(ii) · Electrical wiring methods
Serious$0$0Mar 22, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 9
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8) · Hazard communication
Serious$0$0Mar 22, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.23(b)(10) · Ladders in general industry
Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 22, 2018Final

Inspection 306297086 OPENED APR 10, 2003Closed

Accident · Partial · Safety · Local government · 12 employees at the site · Closed Sep 16, 2003

4576 Dick Woods Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903 · Materials Recovery Facilities · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Apr 10, 2003 (fatal): Employee killed in tank explosion

Employee #1 was cutting an old underground storage tank with an oxygen and acety lene cutting torch. The tank exploded sending parts flying, striking Employee #1 in the head, and burning his entire body. Employee #1 died at the scene.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.151(b) · First aid and eyewash
Serious$0$0Aug 1, 2003Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.252(a)(2)(xiiic) · Welding fire safety
Serious$0$0Aug 1, 2003Closed
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1)(ii) · Hazard communication
Serious$0$0Aug 1, 2003Closed
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.252(a)(2)(vic) · Welding fire safety
Serious$0$0Aug 1, 2003Closed
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.252(a)(3)(i) · Welding fire safety
Serious$0$0Aug 1, 2003Closed

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2025, the Charlottesville site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 20 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.8 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Ivy Solid Waste and Recycling Center
Charlottesville · 2025
20 000.03.8
Ivy Materials Utilization Center
Charlottesville · 2023
20 3014.43.8

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(g)(8)

(8) The employer shall maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and shall ensure that they are readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they are in their work area(s). (Electronic access and other alternatives to maintaining paper copies of the safety data sheets are permitted as long as no barriers to immediate employee access in each workplace are created by such options.)

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1)(ii)

(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 1910.146 · Permit-required confined spaces

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(1)

(c) General requirements. (1) The employer shall evaluate the workplace to determine if any spaces are permit- required confined spaces.

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.151 · First aid and eyewash

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.23 · Ladders in general industry

29 CFR 1910.252 · Welding fire safety

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

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