OSHA has inspected SH Distributing Inc. 2 times in Ohio since 2020.
The latest one began on Mar 2, 2021 after a complaint, in Burbank.
Those inspections ended with 6 citation items: 3 serious and 3 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $10,796 and now stand at $4,000, 63% lower after settlements or reviews.
Overhead and gantry cranes comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1910.179.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and SH Distributing Inc. averages $2,000 (2 cited inspections).
SH Distributing Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
Ohio · latest 90 days of OSHA records
275employers cited
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From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Burbank site logged 9 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 63 workers: 13.4 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 5.2 for its industry. Those cases cost 4 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
SH Distributing
Burbank · 2025
63
9
1
13.4
5.2
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(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(h)(1)
(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 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2)
(2) The employer shall verify that the required workplace hazard assessment has been performed through a written certification that identifies the workplace evaluated; the person certifying that the evaluation has been performed; the date(s) of the hazard assessment; and, which identifies the document as a certification of hazard assessment.
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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.