OSHA has inspected Simco Logistics, Inc. 4 times in New Jersey since 2012.
The latest one began on May 19, 2021 as a planned inspection, in Moorestown.
Those inspections ended with 5 citation items: 3 serious and 2 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $12,052 and now stand at $6,424, 47% lower after settlements or reviews.
Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.178.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for wholesale employers since 2015 is $3,425, and Simco Logistics, Inc. averages $2,150 (2 cited inspections).
Simco Logistics, 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.
New Jersey · latest 90 days of OSHA records
260employers 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 2021, the Swedesboro site logged 17 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 103 workers: 31.6 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 4.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 547 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Swedesboro site
Swedesboro · 2021
103
17
8
31.6
4.6
Moorestown site
Moorestown · 2020
79
2
2
2.7
4.6
Absecon
Egg Harbor Township · 2020
20
0
0
0.0
4.6
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.
Aug 22, 2015, Swedesboro: Hospitalization · fractures · skull
An employee was unloading product from a box trailer. The driver pulled away from the dock and the employee fell out of the back of the truck to the ground, suffering a concussion and fractured skull.
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.
(a) General requirements. (1) The employer shall ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation.
(c) Where the eyes or body of any person may be exposed to injurious corrosive materials, suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body shall be provided within the work area for immediate emergency use.
29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
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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.
