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Ruddy's Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

Visalia, California · Household Appliance Stores · NAICS 443141

1inspections
2citation items
$700current penalties
Dec 13, 2019last inspection

Ruddy's Inc has one OSHA inspection on record in California.

OSHA opened it on Dec 13, 2019 after an accident, in Visalia.

From that inspection OSHA issued 2 citation items: 2 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $700 in penalties and the amount has not been reduced.

For context, across all retail employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $1,750. Ruddy's Inc averages $700 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

Ruddy's Inc: OSHA citation items per year, 2019 to 2019
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 344526520 OPENED DEC 13, 2019Closed

Accident · Partial · Health · 5 employees at the site · Closed Aug 10, 2020

2637 E. Laura Ct, Visalia, CA 93292 · Household Appliance Stores · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Nov 30, 2019: Employee suffers stroke after moving appliance

At 8:00 a.m. on November 30, 2019, an employee was moving an appliance. The employee felt a cramp in his legs. He went home, and the cramps continued and got worse. He later felt weakness and had numbness in his left arm, leg and face. He went to a pharmacy to get medicines and was advised to see a doctor. He went to Kaweah Delta on December 2, 2019 and was discharged on December 5, 2019, diagnosed with a stroke. There was no evidence of a work-related injury or heat illness per DOSH Medical Unit.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 3203(A)(4)
 Other-than-serious$350$350Jun 12, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 3395(I)
 Other-than-serious$350$350Jun 12, 2020Final

The rules behind these citations

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

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