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The Impossible Dream: OSHA inspections and violations

Watertown, New York · All Other Miscellaneous Store Retailers (except Tobacco Stores) · NAICS 453998

3inspections
6citation items
$3,789current penalties
Aug 28, 2019last inspection

The Impossible Dream has 3 OSHA inspections on record in New York, the first in 1979.

OSHA's last visit started on Aug 28, 2019 after a complaint, in Watertown.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 6 citation items: 3 serious and 3 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $12,882 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $3,789, down 71%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.37, exit routes (2 items).

For context, across all retail employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $2,128. The Impossible Dream averages $3,789 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

The Impossible Dream: OSHA citation items per year, 1979 to 2019
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

New York · latest 90 days of OSHA records

356employers cited

2 of them in the same industry

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Inspection history

Inspection 344263603 OPENED AUG 28, 2019Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 15 employees at the site · Closed Jan 25, 2021

247 Factory Street, Watertown, NY 13601 · All Other Miscellaneous Store Retailers (except Tobacco Stores) · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3) · Exit routes
 Serious$5,304$3,789Oct 7, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.157(c)(1) · Portable fire extinguishers
 Serious$3,789$0Oct 7, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
 Serious$3,789$0Oct 7, 2019Final

Inspection 12053609 OPENED SEP 12, 1979Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 11 employees at the site · Closed Nov 23, 1979

6 Public Square & 111 Washingt, Watertown, NY 13601 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.24(h) · Fixed industrial stairs
 Other-than-serious$0$0Sep 18, 1979Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.37(q)(1) · Exit routes
 Other-than-serious$0$0Sep 18, 1979Closed
Citation 1, item 3 Other-than-serious$0$0Sep 18, 1979Closed

Inspection 12058558 OPENED SEP 5, 1979Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 41 employees at the site · Closed Mar 10, 1984

6 Public Square And 111 Washi, Watertown, NY 13601 · 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 1910.157 · Portable fire extinguishers

29 CFR 1910.157(c)(1)

(c) General requirements. (1) The employer shall provide portable fire extinguishers and shall mount, locate and identify them so that they are readily accessible to employees without subjecting the employees to possible injury.

29 CFR 1910.24 · Fixed industrial stairs

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1)

(1) Space about electric equipment. Sufficient access and working space shall be provided and maintained about all electric equipment to permit ready and safe operation and maintenance of such equipment.

29 CFR 1910.309

29 CFR 1910.37 · Exit routes

29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3)

(3) Exit routes must be free and unobstructed. No materials or equipment may be placed, either permanently or temporarily, within the exit route. The exit access must not go through a room that can be locked, such as a bathroom, to reach an exit or exit discharge, nor may it lead into a dead-end corridor. Stairs or a ramp must be provided where the exit route is not substantially level.

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