Anniston, Alabama · General Line Grocery Merchant Wholesalers · NAICS 424410
6inspections
8citation items
$11,506current penalties
Nov 30, 2018last inspection
Since 1999, OSHA inspectors have visited Supervalu Inc. in Alabama 6 times.
The most recent inspection opened on Nov 30, 2018 on a referral, in Anniston.
In all, OSHA issued 8 citation items: 2 serious and 6 other-than-serious.
The penalties, $11,506 in total, stand where OSHA first set them.
The rule cited most here is 1910.184 (slings), 3 times.
Among wholesale employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,425 penalty. Supervalu Inc. averages $5,800 across 1 cited inspection.
Supervalu 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 Nov 23, 2018: Employee is struck by forklift and fractures both legs
At 8:00 a.m. on November 23, 2018, an employee was working on a forklift when it moved forward and pinned him against the cabinet located in the maintenance shop. The employee fractured both legs and was hospitalized.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2018, the Anniston site logged 4 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 162 workers: 2.6 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 4.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 180 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Supervalu Distribution Center - Anniston 36211
Anniston · 2018
162
4
1
2.6
4.6
Advantage Logistics - Anniston
Anniston · 2018
73
1
0
1.4
4.6
Suprevalu Distribution Center - Anniston 36211
Anniston · 2016
92
1
0
1.1
4.6
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.
Nov 23, 2018, Anniston: Hospitalization · fractures · leg(s), unspecified
An employee was conducting maintenance on a forklift when it rolled, pinning the employee to the wall. The employee suffered two broken legs.
An employee was dropping a pallet of product off at a loading dock using a powered pallet jack when he backed up into a rack. His hand was caught between the rack and the pallet jack's handle, fracturing and cutting his left thumb.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(ii) The procedures shall clearly and specifically outline the scope, purpose, authorization, rules, and techniques to be utilized for the control of hazardous energy, and the means to enforce compliance including, but not limited to, the following:
(c) Where the eyes or body of any person may be exposed to injurious corrosive materials, suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body shall be provided within the work area for immediate emergency use.
(iii) Hooks with deformation or cracks. Visual inspection daily; monthly inspection with a certification record which includes the date of inspection, the signature of the person who performed the inspection and the serial number, or other identifier, of the hook inspected. For hooks with cracks or having more than 15 percent in excess of normal throat opening or more than 10° twist from the plane of the unbent hook refer to paragraph (l)(3)(iii)(a) of this section.
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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.
