Batavia, New York · Other Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers · NAICS 424990
2inspections
4citation items
$4,972current penalties
Sep 18, 2024last inspection
Since 2018, OSHA inspectors have visited Willow Group Ltd in New York 2 times.
The most recent inspection opened on Sep 18, 2024 after a complaint, in Batavia.
In all, OSHA issued 4 citation items: 2 serious and 2 other-than-serious.
The proposed penalties came to $6,243; today they stand at $4,972, 20% less.
The rule cited most here is 1910.178 (forklifts and other powered industrial trucks), 2 times.
Among wholesale employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,425 penalty. Willow Group Ltd averages $2,486 across 2 cited inspections.
Willow Group Ltd also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2020, the Batavia site logged 5 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 106 workers: 4.5 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.3 for its industry. Those cases cost 3 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Willow Group Ltd
Batavia · 2020
106
5
1
4.5
2.3
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.
Mar 23, 2018, Batavia: Amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)
On 3/23/2018, an employee was using a table saw to cut cardboard boxes when the cutting material jumped off the table. The saw blade then amputated two of the employee's fingertips.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(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)(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 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements
29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1)(ii)
(ii) Working space required by this standard may not be used for storage. When normally enclosed live parts are exposed for inspection or servicing, the working space, if in a passageway or general open space, shall be suitably guarded.
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