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United Cocoa Processor: OSHA inspections and violations

Newark, Delaware · Industrial Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers · NAICS 423830

1inspections
6citation items
$37,302current penalties
Jun 5, 2020last inspection

OSHA has inspected United Cocoa Processor once in Delaware.

The inspection began on Jun 5, 2020, in Newark.

That inspection ended with 6 citation items: 3 serious and 3 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $53,785 and now stand at $37,302, 31% lower after settlements or reviews.

Walking-working surfaces comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.22.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for wholesale employers since 2015 is $3,427, and United Cocoa Processor averages $37,302 (1 cited inspection).

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

United Cocoa Processor: OSHA citation items per year, 2020 to 2020
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 344775531 OPENED JUN 5, 2020Closed

Other · Partial · Safety · 114 employees at the site · Closed Aug 15, 2022

701 Pencader Drive #f, Newark, DE 19702 · Industrial Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.22(a)(2) · Walking-working surfaces
 Other-than-serious$12,145$0Dec 1, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.22(c) · Walking-working surfaces
 Other-than-serious$8,675$8,675Dec 1, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.36(g)(4) · Exit route design
 Serious$12,145$12,145Dec 1, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.157(c)(1) · Portable fire extinguishers
 Other-than-serious$8,675$4,338Dec 1, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 5a
29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$12,145$12,145Dec 1, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 5b
29 CFR 1910.219(e)(1)(i) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$0$0Dec 1, 2020Final

Severe injury reports

Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.

Jun 1, 2020, Newark: Hospitalization, amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.

An employee was walking from one cocoa processing machine to another when she slipped on a grated platform. The pulley belt on a husker machine amputated three fingers on her right hand.

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 1910.219 · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts

29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1)

(d) Pulleys—(1) Guarding. Pulleys, any parts of which are seven (7) feet or less from the floor or working platform, shall be guarded in accordance with the standards specified in paragraphs (m) and (o) of this section. Pulleys serving as balance wheels (e.g., punch presses) on which the point of contact between belt and pulley is more than six feet six inches (6 ft. 6 in.) from the floor or platform may be guarded with a disk covering the spokes.

29 CFR 1910.219(e)(1)(i)

(e) Belt, rope, and chain drives—(1) Horizontal belts and ropes. (i) Where both runs of horizontal belts are seven (7) feet or less from the floor level, the guard shall extend to at least fifteen (15) inches above the belt or to a standard height except that where both runs of a horizontal belt are 42 inches or less from the floor, the belt shall be fully enclosed in accordance with paragraphs (m) and (o) of this section.

29 CFR 1910.22 · Walking-working surfaces

29 CFR 1910.36 · Exit route design

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