Select Brands, Inc. has one OSHA inspection on record in Kansas.
OSHA opened it on Apr 6, 2017 on a referral, in Lenexa.
From that inspection OSHA issued 3 citation items: 2 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
OSHA proposed $7,388 in penalties and the amount has not been reduced.
For context, across all wholesale employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,425. Select Brands, Inc. averages $7,388 over 1 cited inspection in that time.
Select Brands, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
Kansas · latest 90 days of OSHA records
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Incident on Mar 27, 2017: Employee crashes pallet jack and crushes foot
At 9:30 a.m. on March 27, 2017, an employee was learning to drive a motorized pallet jack. The employee smashed their foot while operating the pallet jack. No other specifics regarding the accident were included in the initial report. report.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2018, the Lenexa site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 35 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 0.0 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Select Brands, Inc.
Lenexa · 2018
35
0
0
0.0
0.0
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.
A temporary employee was in an open area being instructed on how to operate a walkie/rider pallet jack. He was attempting to turn the equipment around and drive in a straight line down the main aisle when he ran into pallets that are kept on the endcap of each aisle. His right foot extended over the edge of the standing platform before impact and was injured in the collision, requiring surgery and hospitalization.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(2) Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA.
(g) Training and education. (1) Where the employer has provided portable fire extinguishers for employee use in the workplace, the employer shall also provide an educational program to familiarize employees with the general principles of fire extinguisher use and the hazards involved with incipient stage fire fighting.
(a) Application. An employer must have an emergency action plan whenever an OSHA standard in this part requires one. The requirements in this section apply to each such emergency action plan.
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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.
