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Sudsco, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Riviera Beach, Florida · Drycleaning and Laundry Services (except Coin-Operated) · NAICS 812320

1inspections
9citation items
$15,211current penalties
Mar 24, 2017last inspection

Sudsco, Inc. has one OSHA inspection on record in Florida.

OSHA opened it on Mar 24, 2017 on a referral, in Riviera Beach.

From that inspection OSHA issued 9 citation items: 7 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $30,422 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $15,211, down 50%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.134, respiratory protection (4 items).

For context, across all repair and personal services employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $1,200. Sudsco, Inc. averages $15,211 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Sudsco, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2017 to 2017
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 342199247 OPENED MAR 24, 2017Closed

Referral · Partial · Health · 80 employees at the site · Closed Nov 17, 2017

2061 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd, Riviera Beach, FL 33404 · Drycleaning and Laundry Services (except Coin-Operated) · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Mar 19, 2017: Employee receives chemical burn when tank overflows

At 11:30 a.m. on March 19, 2017, an employee was transferring chemicals from a bulk tank to a daily tank. Corrosive chemical E-MAx Alkali (sodium hydroxide with a pH: 13). The tank overflowed and the chemical spilled on the floor causing the employee to fall on top of the chemical and resulting in chemical burns on his left hip, leg and foot.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.120(q)(1) · Hazardous waste operations and emergency response
 Serious$6,338$3,169Sep 21, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.132(a) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Other-than-serious$6,338$3,169Sep 21, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$5,070$2,535Sep 21, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$0$0Sep 21, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 3c
29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$0$0Sep 21, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 3d
29 CFR 1910.134(k)(1)(i) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$0$0Sep 21, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.151(c) · First aid and eyewash
 Other-than-serious$6,338$3,169Sep 21, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 5a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$6,338$3,169Sep 21, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 5b
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$0$0Sep 21, 2017Final

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.

Mar 19, 2017, Riviera Beach: Hospitalization · chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified · multiple body parts, n.e.c.

An employee was transferring a chemical (alkali) from a bulk tank to a smaller tank. The smaller tank overfilled and chemical spilled onto the floor. The employee slipped and fell on top of the chemicals resulting in chemical burns to the left side of his hip, the back of his leg and his face.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.120 · Hazardous waste operations and emergency response

29 CFR 1910.120(q)(1)

(1) A laminated, dated card or certificate with photo, denoting limitations and level of protection for which the employee is trained should be issued to those students successfully completing a course.

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)

(e) Written hazard communication program. (1) Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1)

(h) Employee information and training. (1) Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and safety data sheets.

29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.151 · First aid and eyewash

Other drycleaning and laundry services (except coin-operated) employers in Florida

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