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Universal Processing, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

East Brunswick, New Jersey · Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers · NAICS 423930

1inspections
12citation items
$68,259current penalties
Dec 8, 2016last inspection

OSHA inspectors have visited Universal Processing, LLC in New Jersey one time.

It opened on Dec 8, 2016 after a fatality or catastrophe, in East Brunswick.

In all, OSHA issued 12 citation items: 11 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $93,240; today they stand at $68,259, 27% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.147 (lockout/tagout), 3 times.

Among wholesale employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,427 penalty. Universal Processing, LLC averages $68,259 across 1 cited inspection.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Universal Processing, LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2016 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341960128 OPENED DEC 8, 2016Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Complete · Safety · 38 employees at the site · Closed Nov 30, 2020

21 Edgeboro Rd., East Brunswick, NJ 08816 · Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Dec 8, 2016 (fatal): Employee is crushed and killed by box bailing machine

At 10:30 a.m. on December 12, 2016, an employee was clearing a jam of cardboard in a compactor. The machine activated when the employee was clearing the jam. The employee was crushed and killed.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.37(b)(2) · Exit routes
Serious$8,873$3,993Jun 7, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(1) · Permit-required confined spaces
Serious$8,873$8,873Jun 7, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$12,675$12,675Jun 7, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$12,675$12,675Jun 7, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(5)(i) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$12,675$12,675Jun 7, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 6
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(2)(ii) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
Serious$5,070$2,789Jun 7, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 7
29 CFR 1910.252(a)(2)(iii)(b) · Welding fire safety
Serious$7,605$3,422Jun 7, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 8
29 CFR 1910.253(b)(4)(i) · Gas welding and cutting
Serious$8,873$3,993Jun 7, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 9
29 CFR 1910.253(e)(6)(ii) · Gas welding and cutting
Serious$7,605$3,422Jun 7, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 10a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$7,605$3,422Jun 7, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 10c
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$0$0Jun 7, 2017Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.157(c)(1) · Portable fire extinguishers
Other-than-serious$711$320Jun 7, 2017Final

The rules behind these citations

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

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(h)(1)

(h) Employee information and training. (1) Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and safety data sheets.

29 CFR 1910.146 · Permit-required confined spaces

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(1)

(c) General requirements. (1) The employer shall evaluate the workplace to determine if any spaces are permit- required confined spaces.

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.157 · Portable fire extinguishers

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.252 · Welding fire safety

29 CFR 1910.253 · Gas welding and cutting

29 CFR 1910.37 · Exit routes

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