COLUMBUS, OH ·
OSHA Inspection: A AND A TOWING & RECOVERY,INC.
Fatality or catastrophe inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a fatality or catastrophe safety inspection of A AND A TOWING & RECOVERY,INC. in STATE ROUTE 104 WESTBOUND NEAR LOCKBOURNE ROAD, COLUMBUS, OH 43215 (NAICS 488410). OSHA activity number 339998411.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons: routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- A AND A TOWING & RECOVERY,INC.
- Site address
- STATE ROUTE 104 WESTBOUND NEAR LOCKBOURNE ROAD
- City
- COLUMBUS
- State
- OH
- ZIP
- 43215
- Mailing
- 1468 EAST 4TH AVE, COLUMBUS, OH 43219
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Fatality or catastrophe (M)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Non-union (B)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 488410
- Employees
- 5
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
1 citation on file for this inspection.
1904.39 A
- Issued
- Dec 15, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $5,000 · Current $3,000 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1904.39(a): Basic requirement. Within eight (8) hours after the death of any employee from a work-related incident or the in-patient hospitalization of three or more employees as a result of a work-related incident, you must orally report the fatality/multiple hospitalization by telephone or in person to the Area Office of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), U.S. Department of Labor, that is nearest to the site of the incident. You may also use the OSHA toll-free central telephone number, 1-800-321-OSHA (1-800-321-6742). a. On September 22, 2014, an employee was struck and killed while winching a disabled car onto a flatbed wrecker. The employer did not report the fatality to the Area Office of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), U.S. Department of Labor, within eight hours of the employee's death as required by the Standard. The OSHA Columbus Area Office was notified of the fatality on October 9, 2014.
Recent events (2)
- · I (O) $3000
- · Z (O) $5000
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). OSHA publishes its own view of this case as inspection number 339998411.
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