Since 2002, OSHA inspectors have visited World Kitchen, LLC in Pennsylvania 10 times.
The most recent inspection opened on Nov 3, 2015 on a referral, in Greencastle.
In all, OSHA issued 10 citation items: 7 serious, 1 repeat and 2 other-than-serious.
The proposed penalties came to $25,250; today they stand at $14,290, 43% less.
The rule cited most here is 1910.147 (lockout/tagout), 3 times.
Among wholesale employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,425 penalty. World Kitchen, LLC averages $7,000 across 1 cited inspection.
World Kitchen, LLC 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.
Pennsylvania · latest 90 days of OSHA records
295employers cited
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From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2016, the Greencastle site logged 34 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 672 workers: 4.8 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 391 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Eastern Region Distrubtion Center
Greencastle · 2016
672
34
7
4.8
2.6
Charleroi Plant
Charleroi · 2016
300
9
5
2.6
3.1
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.
Nov 1, 2016, Greencastle: Hospitalization, amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)
An employee was using a crowbar to lift a powered industrial truck outrigger to dislodge debris from the metal outrigger wheel. While he was using his left hand to brush the debris away from the wheel, the crowbar slipped and allowed the wheel to fall on his left hand, amputating his middle fingertip and breaking his pointer finger.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(a) Basic requirement. Each employer required by this part to keep records of fatalities, injuries, and illnesses must record each fatality, injury and illness that:
(ii) The procedures shall clearly and specifically outline the scope, purpose, authorization, rules, and techniques to be utilized for the control of hazardous energy, and the means to enforce compliance including, but not limited to, the following:
29 CFR 1910.147(d)(3)
(3) Machine or equipment isolation. All energy isolating devices that are needed to control the energy to the machine or equipment shall be physically located and operated in such a manner as to isolate the machine or equipment from the energy source(s).
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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.