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Van Pelt Corp.: OSHA inspections and violations

Farmington, New York · Metal Service Centers and Other Metal Merchant Wholesalers · NAICS 423510

1inspections
6citation items
$20,891current penalties
Apr 21, 2021last inspection

Van Pelt Corp. has one OSHA inspection on record in New York.

OSHA opened it on Apr 21, 2021 on a referral, in Farmington.

From that inspection OSHA issued 6 citation items: 3 serious and 3 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $29,844 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $20,891, down 30%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.184, slings (2 items).

For context, across all wholesale employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,425. Van Pelt Corp. averages $20,891 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Van Pelt Corp.: OSHA citation items per year, 2021 to 2021
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345261952 OPENED APR 21, 2021Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 9 employees at the site · Closed Nov 22, 2021

5636 Co Rd 41, Farmington, NY 14425 · Metal Service Centers and Other Metal Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Apr 8, 2021: Employee incurs multiple injuries when crushed by falling st

At 3:00 p.m. on April 8, 2021, Employee #1 was lifting a steel member with a crane, rigging sling, and wooden block. During the lift, the wooden block slipped out from inside the steel, causing the steel member to fall onto the employee's leg. The employee sustained multiple injuries, including three fractured toes, six fractured bones in the left foot, a fractured left ankle, a shattered lower left shin bone, a fractured left wrist, and a facial laceration. Emergency services transported the employee to the hospital, where he was admitted and treated for the injuries.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.179(n)(2)(ii) · Overhead and gantry cranes
 Serious$12,288$8,602Oct 15, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 2a Serious$8,778$6,145Oct 15, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 2b Serious$0$0Oct 15, 2021Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2) · Reporting deaths and severe injuries
 Other-than-serious$8,778$6,145Oct 15, 2021Final
Citation 2, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Other-than-serious$0$0Oct 15, 2021Final
Citation 2, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(6) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Other-than-serious$0$0Oct 15, 2021Final

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.

Apr 8, 2021, Farmington: Hospitalization · fractures · leg(s), unspecified

On April 8, 2021, an employee was operating a crane when its load shifted and struck the employee. The employee suffered a broken leg and was hospitalized.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1904.39 · Reporting deaths and severe injuries

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2)

(2) Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA.

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 1910.179 · Overhead and gantry cranes

29 CFR 1910.184 · Slings

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