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Storage Solutions, Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

Navarre, Ohio · General Warehousing and Storage · NAICS 493110

1inspections
2citation items
$18,564current penalties
Sep 3, 2019last inspection

Storage Solutions, Inc has one OSHA inspection on record in Ohio.

OSHA opened it on Sep 3, 2019 on a referral, in Navarre.

From that inspection OSHA issued 2 citation items: 2 serious.

OSHA proposed $18,564 in penalties and the amount has not been reduced.

For context, across all transportation and warehousing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,555. Storage Solutions, Inc averages $18,564 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Storage Solutions, Inc: OSHA citation items per year, 2019 to 2019
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 344284633 OPENED SEP 3, 2019Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 63 employees at the site · Closed Dec 26, 2019

4676 Erie Ave, Navarre, OH 44662 · General Warehousing and Storage · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Aug 23, 2019: Employee fractures legs and ribs in fall from unsecured catw

At 6:45 p.m. on August 23, 2019, Employee # 1, the working foreman, was dismantling a multi-level bulk storage rack. The work crew was using power industrial vehicles until Employee # 1 exited the elevated scissors lift. He stepped onto the catwalk of the third tier when the unsecured catwalk fell, where the employee along with the catwalk fell 24 feet to the concrete floor. Other employees called 911 and the fire department responded and provided treatment. Employee # 1 was transported to the emergency room for additional treatment and was hospitalized. He suffered broken/fractured legs and ribs.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.28(b)(1)(i) · Fall protection in general industry
 Serious$9,282$9,282Nov 21, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.30(a)(1) · Training requirements
 Serious$9,282$9,282Nov 21, 2019Final

Severe injury reports

Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.

Aug 23, 2019, Navarre: Hospitalization · fractures · multiple body parts, n.e.c.

While dismantling a catwalk, an employee fell about 20 feet off the catwalk to the ground, breaking the right arm, left leg, and multiple ribs. The employee was not tied off at the time of the incident.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.28 · Fall protection in general industry

29 CFR 1910.28(b)(1)(i)

(b) Protection from fall hazards—(1) Unprotected sides and edges. (i) Except as provided elsewhere in this section, the employer must ensure that each employee on a walking-working surface with an unprotected side or edge that is 4 feet (1.2 m) or more above a lower level is protected from falling by one or more of the following:

29 CFR 1910.30 · Training requirements

29 CFR 1910.30(a)(1)

(a) Fall hazards. (1) Before any employee is exposed to a fall hazard, the employer must provide training for each employee who uses personal fall protection systems or who is required to be trained as specified elsewhere in this subpart. Employers must ensure employees are trained in the requirements of this paragraph on or before May 17, 2017.

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