London, Ohio · General Warehousing and Storage · NAICS 493110
4inspections
2citation items
$10,000current penalties
Feb 22, 2019last inspection
OSHA has inspected Staples, Inc. 4 times in Ohio since 2001.
The latest one began on Feb 22, 2019 on a referral, in London.
Those inspections ended with 2 citation items: 2 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $66,300 and now stand at $10,000, 85% lower after settlements or reviews.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for transportation and warehousing employers since 2015 is $3,555, and Staples, Inc. averages $10,000 (1 cited inspection).
Staples, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 2 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Feb 14, 2019: Employee amputates finger when caught by conveyor's chain an
At 4:30 p.m. on February 14, 2019, an employee was operating a conveyor by its foot pedal when he noticed that it was not operating properly. The employee reached under the conveyor to see if there were some debris that was causing the malfunction and caught his right hand's index finger with the chain and sprocket. The employee amputated his finger and was hospitalized.
29 CFR 1904.2(a) · Partial exemption for establishments in certain industries
Other-than-serious
$0
$0
Jul 16, 2001
Closed
Injury and illness logs
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the London site logged 3 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 480 workers: 1.1 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 5 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
FC: London
London · 2025
480
3
1
1.1
2.6
Staples London FC
London · 2021
410
14
11
3.8
2.6
London #4684
London · 2017
410
6
2
1.5
2.6
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 2 reports on file.
Mar 10, 2023, London: Hospitalization · fractures · heel(s)
An employee was wrapping a pallet to be shipped. As he was walking around the pallet with a roll of shrink wrap, a forklift ran over his right heel and broke it.
Feb 14, 2019, London: Amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)
An employee contacted an open gear at the gear box under a conveyor belt and amputated the right index fingertip.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1904.2 · Partial exemption for establishments in certain industries
(a) Machine guarding—(1) Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks. Examples of guarding methods are—barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices, electronic safety devices, etc.
Other general warehousing and storage employers in Ohio
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