OSHA has inspected Starrco Co. Inc. 7 times in Missouri since 1982.
The latest one began on Oct 21, 2020 as a planned inspection, in Maryland Heights.
Those inspections ended with 47 citation items: 41 serious and 6 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $43,681 and now stand at $29,077, 33% lower after settlements or reviews.
Spray painting and finishing comes up most often in these citations: 9 items under 1910.107.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Starrco Co. Inc. averages $6,936 (2 cited inspections).
Starrco Co. Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
Missouri · latest 90 days of OSHA records
121employers 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 2017, the Maryland Heights site logged 4 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 38 workers: 10.3 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 49 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Starrco Company Inc.
Maryland Heights · 2017
38
4
3
10.3
3.6
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1903.2 · Posting of notice; availability of the Act, regulations and applicable standards
29 CFR 1903.2(a)(1)
(a)(1) Each employer shall post and keep posted a notice or notices, to be furnished by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, informing employees of the protections and obligations provided for in the Act, and that for assistance and information, including copies of the Act and of specific safety and health standards, employees should contact the employer or the nearest office of the Department of Labor. Such notice or notices shall be posted by the employer in each establishment in a conspicuous place or places where notices to employees are customarily posted. Each employer shall take steps to insure that such notices are not altered, defaced, or covered by other material.
(ii) Fire resistance. Storage cabinets shall be designed and constructed to limit the internal temperature to not more than 325 °F. when subjected to a 10-minute fire test using the standard time-temperature curve as set forth in Standard Methods of Fire Tests of Building Construction and Materials, NFPA 251-1969, which is incorporated by reference as specified in § 1910.6. All joints and seams shall remain tight and the door shall remain securely closed during the fire test. Cabinets shall be labeled in conspicuous lettering, “Flammable—Keep Fire Away.”
29 CFR 1910.106(d)(3)(iia)
(ii) Fire resistance. Storage cabinets shall be designed and constructed to limit the internal temperature to not more than 325 °F. when subjected to a 10-minute fire test using the standard time-temperature curve as set forth in Standard Methods of Fire Tests of Building Construction and Materials, NFPA 251-1969, which is incorporated by reference as specified in § 1910.6. All joints and seams shall remain tight and the door shall remain securely closed during the fire test. Cabinets shall be labeled in conspicuous lettering, “Flammable—Keep Fire Away.”
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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.
