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Sherwin-Williams: OSHA inspections and violations

Springfield, Missouri · Paint and Coating Manufacturing · NAICS 325510

1inspections
1citation items
$12,471current penalties
Mar 29, 2016last inspection

OSHA has inspected Sherwin-Williams once in Missouri.

The inspection began on Mar 29, 2016 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Springfield.

That inspection ended with 1 citation item: 1 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $7,000 and still stand at $12,471.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Sherwin-Williams averages $12,471 (1 cited inspection).

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Sherwin-Williams: OSHA citation items per year, 2016 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341460467 OPENED MAR 29, 2016Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 6 employees at the site · Closed Feb 28, 2017

535 E. Saint Louis Street, Springfield, MO 65806 · Paint and Coating Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Mar 24, 2016 (fatal): Employee is killed in fall from elevated work platform

At 12:30 p.m. on March 24, 2016, an employee was unloading 5 gallon paint buckets from a basket that was boomed up to the fifth level balcony via a JCB rough terrain forklift. The employee fell 50 feet and struck his head on the ground when the elevated work platform he was working on became unstable and rotated.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1) · Fall protection in construction
Serious$7,000$12,471Jun 9, 2016Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.501 · Fall protection in construction

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1)

(b)(1) Unprotected sides and edges. Each employee on a walking/working surface (horizontal and vertical surface) with an unprotected side or edge which is 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level shall be protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems.

Other paint and coating manufacturing employers in Missouri

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