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Waffle House: OSHA inspections and violations

St. Charles, Missouri · Food Services and Drinking Places · NAICS 722110

3inspections
2citation items
$14,502current penalties
Mar 16, 2022last inspection

OSHA has inspected Waffle House 3 times in Missouri since 1996.

The latest one began on Mar 16, 2022 as a planned inspection, in Platte City.

Those inspections ended with 2 citation items: 2 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $29,004 and now stand at $14,502, 50% lower after settlements or reviews.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for hotel and restaurant employers since 2015 is $1,350, and Waffle House averages $14,502 (1 cited inspection).

Waffle House: OSHA citation items per year, 1996 to 2022
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345838148 OPENED MAR 16, 2022Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 2 employees at the site · Closed Nov 30, 2022

1305 Platte Falls Road, Platte City, MO 64079 · Full-Service Restaurants · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.416(a)(1) · Electrical safety in construction
Serious$14,502$7,251Aug 19, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.453(b)(2)(v) · Aerial lifts
Serious$14,502$7,251Aug 19, 2022Final

Inspection 344607023 OPENED FEB 4, 2020Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 20 employees at the site · Closed Feb 11, 2020

3154 Telegraph Road, Saint Louis, MO 63125 · Food Services and Drinking Places · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 109583799 OPENED NOV 15, 1996Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 200 employees at the site · Closed Mar 25, 1997

1200 S. 5th. St., St. Charles, MO 63301 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.416 · Electrical safety in construction

29 CFR 1926.416(a)(1)

(a) Protection of employees. (1) No employer shall permit an employee to work in such proximity to any part of an electric power circuit that the employee could contact the electric power circuit in the course of work, unless the employee is protected against electric shock by deenergizing the circuit and grounding it or by guarding it effectively by insulation or other means.

29 CFR 1926.453 · Aerial lifts

29 CFR 1926.453(b)(2)(v)

(v) A body belt shall be worn and a lanyard attached to the boom or basket when working from an aerial lift.

Other food services and drinking places employers in Missouri

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