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Sears: OSHA inspections and violations

Centerville, Ohio · General Merchandise Stores · NAICS 452111

3inspections
20citation items
$5,680current penalties
Apr 25, 2016last inspection

Since 1975, OSHA inspectors have visited Sears in Ohio 3 times.

The most recent inspection opened on Apr 25, 2016 on a referral, in Dublin.

In all, OSHA issued 20 citation items: 2 serious and 18 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $6,085; today they stand at $5,680, 7% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.309 (), 3 times.

Among retail employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $2,130 penalty. Sears averages $4,675 across 1 cited inspection.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Sears: OSHA citation items per year, 1975 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341423267 OPENED APR 25, 2016Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 76 employees at the site · Closed Aug 26, 2016

5053 Tuttle Crossing Blvd, Dublin, OH 43016 · General Merchandise Stores · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.178(q)(7) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
Serious$4,675$4,675Jul 27, 2016Final

Inspection 121905665 OPENED APR 9, 1998Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 130 employees at the site · Closed Jun 9, 1998

771 South 30th Street, Heath, OH 43056 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.176(b) · Material storage and aisles
Serious$1,350$945Apr 14, 1998Closed
Citation 2, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 14, 1998Closed
Citation 2, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 14, 1998Closed

Inspection 14546477 OPENED FEB 24, 1975Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 600 employees at the site · Closed Aug 12, 1975

400 Dayton Mall, Centerville, OH 45459 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1 Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 11, 1975Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.37(q)(5) · Exit routes
Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 11, 1975Closed
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.157(a)(5) · Portable fire extinguishers
Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 11, 1975Closed
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.22(d)(1) · General requirements
Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 11, 1975Closed
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii) · Machine guarding
Other-than-serious$60$60Mar 11, 1975Contested
Citation 1, item 6
29 CFR 1910.157(a)(2) · Portable fire extinguishers
Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 11, 1975Closed
Citation 1, item 7
29 CFR 1910.219(e)(1) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 11, 1975Closed
Citation 1, item 8 Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 11, 1975Closed
Citation 1, item 9
29 CFR 1910.25(d)(1)(x) · Portable wood ladders
Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 11, 1975Closed
Citation 1, item 10
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(5) · Machine guarding
Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 11, 1975Closed
Citation 1, item 11
29 CFR 1910.176(c) · Material storage and aisles
Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 11, 1975Closed
Citation 1, item 12
29 CFR 1910.219(e)(3) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 11, 1975Contested
Citation 1, item 13 Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 11, 1975Closed
Citation 1, item 14
29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9) · Grinders and abrasive wheels
Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 11, 1975Closed
Citation 1, item 15
29 CFR 1910.22(a)(2) · General requirements
Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 11, 1975Contested
Citation 1, item 16 Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 11, 1975Closed

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.

Apr 22, 2016, Dublin: Hospitalization · soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury · head and neck

On April 22, 2016, an employee was removing a grill from a trailer that was on a powered industrial vehicle (PIV). The employee's head/neck became caught between the PIV and the trailer, causing head/neck injuries that required hospitalization.

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(e)(1)

(e) Written hazard communication program. (1) Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:

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 1910.141 · Sanitation

29 CFR 1910.157 · Portable fire extinguishers

29 CFR 1910.157(a)(2)

(a) Scope and application. The requirements of this section apply to the placement, use, maintenance, and testing of portable fire extinguishers provided for the use of employees. Paragraph (d) of this section does not apply to extinguishers provided for employee use on the outside of workplace buildings or structures. Where extinguishers are provided but are not intended for employee use and the employer has an emergency action plan and a fire prevention plan that meet the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.38 and 29 CFR 1910.39 respectively, then only the requirements of paragraphs (e) and (f) of this section apply.

29 CFR 1910.176 · Material storage and aisles

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.215 · Grinders and abrasive wheels

29 CFR 1910.219 · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts

29 CFR 1910.22 · General requirements

29 CFR 1910.25 · Portable wood ladders

29 CFR 1910.309

29 CFR 1910.37 · Exit routes

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