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Tools Plus: OSHA inspections and violations

Waterbury, Connecticut · Hardware Stores · NAICS 444130

1inspections
4citation items
$3,000current penalties
Jun 6, 2016last inspection

OSHA has inspected Tools Plus once in Connecticut.

The inspection began on Jun 6, 2016 after a complaint, in Waterbury.

That inspection ended with 4 citation items: 4 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $5,600 and now stand at $3,000, 46% lower after settlements or reviews.

Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.178.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for retail employers since 2015 is $1,750, and Tools Plus averages $3,000 (1 cited inspection).

Tools Plus: OSHA citation items per year, 2016 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341524155 OPENED JUN 6, 2016Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 4 employees at the site · Closed May 30, 2017

153 Meadow Street, Waterbury, CT 06716 · Hardware Stores · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.36(d)(1) · Exit route design
 Serious$2,800$1,500Jun 20, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3) · Exit routes
 Serious$0$0Jun 20, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$2,800$1,500Jun 20, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(6) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$0$0Jun 20, 2016Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii)

(iii) An evaluation of each powered industrial truck operator's performance shall be conducted at least once every three years.

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(6)

(6) Certification. The employer shall certify that each operator has been trained and evaluated as required by this paragraph (l). The certification shall include the name of the operator, the date of the training, the date of the evaluation, and the identity of the person(s) performing the training or evaluation.

29 CFR 1910.36 · Exit route design

29 CFR 1910.36(d)(1)

(d) An exit door must be unlocked. (1) Employees must be able to open an exit route door from the inside at all times without keys, tools, or special knowledge. A device such as a panic bar that locks only from the outside is permitted on exit discharge doors.

29 CFR 1910.37 · Exit routes

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