OSHA has inspected Unique Carpets Ltd once in California.
The inspection began on Sep 10, 2021 after an accident, in Riverside.
That inspection ended with 1 citation item: 1 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $5,000 and still stand at $5,000.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for wholesale employers since 2015 is $3,425, and Unique Carpets Ltd averages $5,000 (1 cited inspection).
Unique Carpets Ltd also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Sep 1, 2021: Employee breaks tailbone, fractures neck in fall down steps
At 10:40 a.m. on September 1, 2021, an employee working for a carpet supplier was descending a mobile stair tower while carrying a box of carpet samples. The employee lost his balance and fell to the concrete floor below. Coworker #1, the employee's immediate supervisor and plant manager, and Coworker #2, the customer service supervisor, were both onsite at time. The employee was hospitalized to treat a broken tailbone and fractured neck from impact with the steps and the floor.
Citation and rule
Type
Proposed
Current
Issued
Status
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 342(A)
Other-than-serious
$5,000
$5,000
Sep 23, 2021
Final
Injury and illness logs
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2022, the Riverside site logged 4 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 44 workers: 10.8 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.9 for its industry. Those cases cost 16 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Unique Carpets, Ltd.
Riverside · 2022
44
4
1
10.8
1.9
Riverside, CA
Riverside · 2019
42
0
0
0.0
1.9
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
Other home furnishing merchant wholesalers employers in California
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.
