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Taco Bell: OSHA inspections and violations

Denver, Colorado · Limited-Service Restaurants · NAICS 722513

5inspections
14citation items
$10,672current penalties
Mar 13, 2020last inspection

OSHA has inspected Taco Bell 5 times in Colorado since 1978.

The latest one began on Mar 13, 2020 to follow up on an earlier case, in Windsor; the case is still open.

Those inspections ended with 14 citation items: 7 serious, 3 repeat and 4 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $13,484 and now stand at $10,672, 21% lower after settlements or reviews.

Hazard communication comes up most often in these citations: 7 items under 1910.1200.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for hotel and restaurant employers since 2015 is $1,350, and Taco Bell averages $4,934 (1 cited inspection).

Taco Bell: OSHA citation items per year, 1978 to 2020
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 344694708 OPENED MAR 13, 2020Open

Follow-up · Partial · Health · 20 employees at the site · Open

101 12th St, Windsor, CO 80550 · Limited-Service Restaurants · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
 Repeat$4,626$4,626Aug 4, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
 Repeat$0$0Aug 4, 2020Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Repeat$308$308Aug 4, 2020Final

Inspection 116181827 OPENED JUL 14, 1994Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 40 employees at the site · Closed Jul 20, 1994

1265 S. Colorado Blvd., Denver, CO 80222 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 110534500 OPENED MAY 26, 1994Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 26 employees at the site · Closed Oct 21, 1994

5260 Wadsworth Bypass, Arvada, CO 80002 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.132(a) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Serious$3,150$2,362Jun 17, 1994Closed
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.151(c) · First aid and eyewash
 Serious$0$0Jun 17, 1994Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.101(b) · Compressed gases (general requirements)
 Serious$1,350$1,012Jun 17, 1994Closed
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$3,150$2,362Jun 17, 1994Closed
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5)(ii) · Hazard communication
 Serious$0$0Jun 17, 1994Closed
Citation 1, item 3c
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8) · Hazard communication
 Serious$0$0Jun 17, 1994Closed
Citation 1, item 3d
29 CFR 1910.1200(h) · Hazard communication
 Serious$0$0Jun 17, 1994Closed
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1) · General requirements
 Other-than-serious$900$0Jun 17, 1994Closed
Citation 2, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.37(k)(2) · Exit routes
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 17, 1994Closed
Citation 2, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.38(a)(1) · Emergency action plans
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 17, 1994Closed

Inspection 18158121 OPENED JUN 28, 1993Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 42 employees at the site · Closed Aug 31, 1993

1265 S. Colorado Blvd., Denver, CO 80222 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.1200(h) · Hazard communication
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jul 30, 1993Closed

Inspection 217835800 OPENED AUG 3, 1978Closed

Complaint · Complete · Health · 25 employees at the site · Closed Mar 10, 1984

3895 Wadsworth, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.101 · Compressed gases (general requirements)

29 CFR 1910.101(b)

(b) Compressed gases. The in-plant handling, storage, and utilization of all compressed gases in cylinders, portable tanks, rail tankcars, or motor vehicle cargo tanks shall be in accordance with Compressed Gas Association Pamphlet P-1-1965, which is incorporated by reference as specified in § 1910.6.

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(f)(5)(ii)

(ii) The label for bulk shipments of hazardous chemicals must be on the immediate container, transmitted with the shipping papers or the bills of lading, or, with the agreement of the receiving entity, transmitted by technological or electronic means so that it is immediately available to workers in printed form on the receiving end of shipment.

29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.151 · First aid and eyewash

29 CFR 1910.22 · General requirements

29 CFR 1910.37 · Exit routes

29 CFR 1910.38 · Emergency action plans

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