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Smitty's Towing: OSHA inspections and violations

Santa Maria, California · Couriers and Express Delivery Services · NAICS 492110

1inspections
5citation items
$3,200current penalties
Aug 3, 2015last inspection

Smitty's Towing has one OSHA inspection on record in California.

OSHA opened it on Aug 3, 2015 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Santa Maria.

From that inspection OSHA issued 5 citation items: 1 serious and 4 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $15,945 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $3,200, down 80%.

For context, across all transportation and warehousing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,560. Smitty's Towing averages $3,200 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Smitty's Towing: OSHA citation items per year, 2015 to 2015
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 340822683 OPENED AUG 3, 2015Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 40 employees at the site · Closed Sep 28, 2018

1250 W. Betteravia Rd., Santa Maria, CA 93454 · Couriers and Express Delivery Services · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Jul 31, 2015 (fatal): Employee is crushed between winch cable and flatbed and is k

At 2:00 a.m. on July 31, 2105, an employee was unloading a vehicle from the over the cab platform. The employee was fatally crushed between the winch cable and the flatbed when the free wheel was activated and the Honda Accord rolled off the top platform on to the drive way.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1 Other-than-serious$275$0Jan 30, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 3203(A)
 Other-than-serious$410$300Jan 30, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 3395(I)
 Other-than-serious$410$300Jan 30, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 3210(B)
 Serious$4,950$1,800Jan 30, 2016Final
Citation 3, item 1
29 CFR 3395(H)(1)
 Other-than-serious$9,900$800Jan 30, 2016Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 4300.29

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