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WS Stores Corp: OSHA inspections and violations

Cidra, Puerto Rico · Supermarkets and Other Grocery Retailers (except Convenience Retailers) · NAICS 445110

1inspections
5citation items
$900current penalties
Jul 31, 2015last inspection

OSHA inspectors have visited WS Stores Corp in Puerto Rico one time.

It opened on Jul 31, 2015, in Cidra.

In all, OSHA issued 5 citation items: 4 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $1,800; today they stand at $900, 50% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.305 (electrical wiring methods), 2 times.

Among retail employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $1,750 penalty. WS Stores Corp averages $900 across 1 cited inspection.

WS Stores Corp: OSHA citation items per year, 2015 to 2015
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 340818293 OPENED JUL 31, 2015Closed

Programmed other · Partial · Safety · 22 employees at the site · Closed Apr 19, 2023

Ave El Jibaro Plaza 500, Cidra, PR 00739 · Supermarkets and Other Grocery Retailers (except Convenience Retailers) · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii) · Machine guarding
 Serious$1,050$525Jan 20, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(iii) · Machine guarding
 Serious$0$0Jan 20, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(ii) · Electrical wiring methods
 Serious$600$275Jan 20, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.305(g)(2)(ii) · Electrical wiring methods
 Serious$0$0Jan 20, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 18 IV A 1
 Other-than-serious$150$100Jan 20, 2016Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii)

(ii) The point of operation of machines whose operation exposes an employee to injury, shall be guarded. The guarding device shall be in conformity with any appropriate standards therefor, or, in the absence of applicable specific standards, shall be so designed and constructed as to prevent the operator from having any part of his body in the danger zone during the operating cycle.

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(iii)

(iii) Special handtools for placing and removing material shall be such as to permit easy handling of material without the operator placing a hand in the danger zone. Such tools shall not be in lieu of other guarding required by this section, but can only be used to supplement protection provided.

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(ii)

(ii) Unused openings in cabinets, boxes, and fittings shall be effectively closed.

Other supermarkets and other grocery retailers (except convenience retailers) employers in Puerto Rico

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