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VLC Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Chino, California · Hardware Stores · NAICS 444130

1inspections
3citation items
$18,950current penalties
Mar 7, 2018last inspection

VLC Inc. has one OSHA inspection on record in California.

OSHA opened it on Mar 7, 2018 after an accident, in Chino.

From that inspection OSHA issued 3 citation items: 2 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $25,700 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $18,950, down 26%.

For context, across all retail employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $1,750. VLC Inc. averages $18,950 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

VLC Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2018 to 2018
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 342997020 OPENED MAR 7, 2018Closed

Accident · Partial · Safety · 20 employees at the site · Closed May 7, 2018

13339 Central Ave, Chino, CA 91710 · Hardware Stores · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Feb 23, 2018: Employee is punctured by wood splinter and lacerates liver

At 4:20 p.m. on February 23, 2018, an employee was cutting a 14 foot long 1 by 6 Douglas Fir into 14 feet long 1 by 3 pieces using a Northfield Foundry & Machine Co. table saw with a Steff 2048 feeder. A 15 inch long piece of wood splintered from the 14 foot long piece of wood and kicked back. The employee was struck with the splinter, which punctured the abdomen and lacerated the liver. liver.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 342(A)
 Other-than-serious$5,000$5,000Apr 16, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 4301(D)
 Serious$8,100$1,350Apr 16, 2018Final
Citation 3, item 1
29 CFR 4296(J)
 Serious$12,600$12,600Apr 16, 2018Final

The rules behind these citations

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

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