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Smith Distributing Co: OSHA inspections and violations

Bad Axe, Michigan · Beer and Ale Merchant Wholesalers · NAICS 424810

1inspections
7citation items
$800current penalties
Apr 26, 2017last inspection

Smith Distributing Co has one OSHA inspection on record in Michigan.

OSHA opened it on Apr 26, 2017 as a planned inspection, in Bad Axe.

From that inspection OSHA issued 7 citation items: 4 serious and 3 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $1,600 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $800, down 50%.

For context, across all wholesale employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,425. Smith Distributing Co averages $800 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

Smith Distributing Co: OSHA citation items per year, 2017 to 2017
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 342279031 OPENED APR 26, 2017Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 17 employees at the site · Closed May 26, 2017

1195 E Huron Ave., Bad Axe, MI 48413 · Beer and Ale Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 408.12154(1)
 Serious$400$200May 3, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 408.15815(1)
 Serious$500$250May 3, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 408.15815(2)
 Serious$0$0May 3, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$400$200May 3, 2017Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 408.13811(B)
 Other-than-serious$0$0May 3, 2017Final
Citation 2, item 2a
29 CFR 408.22132(2)(F)
 Other-than-serious$300$150May 3, 2017Final
Citation 2, item 2b
29 CFR 408.22129(1)
 Other-than-serious$0$0May 3, 2017Final

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:

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