Inspection 345122543 OPENED JAN 29, 2021Closed
16 Forest Parkway, Forest Park, GA 30297 · Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
OSHA has inspected Southeast Processing Ltd. 3 times in Georgia since 2017.
The latest one began on Jan 29, 2021 as part of a related case, in Forest Park.
Those inspections ended with 2 citation items: 1 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $19,013 and now stand at $3,803, 80% 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 $3,427, and Southeast Processing Ltd. averages $3,803 (1 cited inspection).
1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.
Southeast Processing Ltd. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
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Inspection 344615554 OPENED FEB 7, 2020Closed
16 Forest Parkway, Forest Park, GA 30297 · Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 342218708 OPENED APR 2, 2017Closed
16 Forrest Parkway, Forest Park, GA 30297 · Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Mar 31, 2017 (fatal): Employee is killed when forklift falls off dock crushing him
At approximately 7:02 a.m. on March 31, 2017, Employee #1 was operating a forklift. He was traveling down the dock and tried to enter a refrigerated trailer. The trailer pulled away and the forklift drove off the dock and flipped on its side. The forklift turned over pinning Employee #1 between the trailer and frame of the forklift, killing him.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.178(m)(7) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks |
Other-than-serious | $12,675 | $0 | Sep 29, 2017 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2 29 CFR 1910.178(p)(1) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks |
Serious | $6,338 | $3,803 | Sep 29, 2017 | Final |
Injury and illness logs
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2023, the Forest Park site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 77 workers: 1.2 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.0 for its industry.
| Site and year | Workers | Cases | Days-away cases | Rate | Industry median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southeast Processing, Ltd. Forest Park · 2023 | 77 | 1 | 0 | 1.2 | 3.0 |
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
29 CFR 1910.178(m)(7)
(7) Brakes shall be set and wheel blocks shall be in place to prevent movement of trucks, trailers, or railroad cars while loading or unloading. Fixed jacks may be necessary to support a semitrailer during loading or unloading when the trailer is not coupled to a tractor. The flooring of trucks, trailers, and railroad cars shall be checked for breaks and weakness before they are driven onto.
29 CFR 1910.178(p)(1)
(p) Operation of the truck. (1) If at any time a powered industrial truck is found to be in need of repair, defective, or in any way unsafe, the truck shall be taken out of service until it has been restored to safe operating condition.
Other fresh fruit and vegetable merchant wholesalers employers in Georgia
- The H. T. Hackney Co. Lake City · 6 citations · $19,664
- Royal Food Service Co., LLC Atlanta · 2 citations · $1,620
- Conexus Food Solutions Tucker · 2 citations · $4,965
- Arko Veal Company, Inc. Forest Park · 3 citations · $6,879
- Davis Ice Cream Georgia, LLC Lagrange · 2 citations · $3,218
- Diaz Foods Chicago, Inc. Atlanta · 8 citations · $7,899
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.