Perrysburg, Ohio · General Warehousing and Storage · NAICS 493110
3inspections
5citation items
$17,972current penalties
Sep 3, 2019last inspection
Walgreen Co. has 3 OSHA inspections on record in Ohio, the first in 2013.
OSHA's last visit started on Sep 3, 2019 on a referral, in Perrysburg.
Across those inspections OSHA issued 5 citation items: 4 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
OSHA proposed $27,838 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $17,972, down 35%.
For context, across all transportation and warehousing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,555. Walgreen Co. averages $13,472 over 1 cited inspection in that time.
Walgreen Co. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Aug 30, 2019: Employee fractures both legs in forklift collision at wareho
At 10:30 a.m. on August 30, 2019, an employee was driving down a warehouse aisle on a reach forklift. A coworker was also driving down the same aisle in a reach forklift and both vehicles were traveling carriage forward in the same direction. When the first forklift stopped suddenly, the second forklift ran into the forks of the stopped reach forklift. The employee sustained a compound fracture of one leg and fracture of the other leg and was hospitalized.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2018, the Perrysburg site logged 44 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 666 workers: 7.2 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 2,546 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Walgreens PBDC
Perrysburg · 2018
666
44
35
7.2
2.6
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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.
(a) Machine guarding—(1) Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks. Examples of guarding methods are—barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices, electronic safety devices, etc.
(b) Content of training—(1) Practices addressed in this standard. Employees shall be trained in and familiar with the safety-related work practices required by §§ 1910.331 through 1910.335 that pertain to their respective job assignments.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.
