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OSHA Inspection: KOHLS, INC.

Referral inspection · Safety discipline

On , OSHA opened a referral safety inspection of KOHLS, INC. in 3500 SALZMAN ROAD, MIDDLETOWN, OH 45044 (NAICS 452111). OSHA activity number 342802907.

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Establishment
KOHLS, INC.
Site address
3500 SALZMAN ROAD
City
MIDDLETOWN
State
OH
ZIP
45044
Mailing
3500 SALZMAN ROAD, MIDDLETOWN, OH 45044
Inspection type
Referral (C)
Scope
Partial (B)
Discipline
Safety
Advance notice
No
Union status
B
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Last modified
Data loaded
NAICS code
452111
Employees
1250
Ownership type
A

4 citations on file for this inspection.

1910.23 B08

Other-than-serious 1 instance 6 exposed
Issued
Jan 29, 2018
Abate by
Mar 2, 2018
Penalty
Initial $12,675 · Current $9,500 Reduced
29 CFR 1910.23(b)(8): (8) Ladders are used only for the purposes for which they were designed;    In the Corrugated Box Storage Area, Singles Department, the employer was using a mobile ladder stand for an employee to be on the top step to unjam boxes on an overhead conveyor with a shepherd's hook when they overreached on November 28, 2017, and the employee fell over the side rail of the stand 12ft. to the floor below.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (O) $9500
  • — Z (S) $12675

1910.25 B07

Deleted Serious Gravity 5 1 instance 12 exposed
Issued
Jan 29, 2018
Abate by
Feb 15, 2018
Penalty
Initial $0 · Current $0
29 CFR 1910.25(b)(7): (7) Standard stairs are used to provide access from one walking-working surface to another when operations necessitate regular and routine travel between levels, including access to operating platforms for equipment;    Exception:  Winding stairways may be used on tanks and similar round structures when the diameter of the tank or structure is at least 5 feet (1.5 m).  In the Corrugated Box Storage Area, Singles Packing Department,  the employer had not provided standard stairs for an employee to use to go up to the overhead conveyor area and use a shepherds hook to unjam boxes which stop the conveyor.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $0
  • — Z (S) $0

1910.30 A03 II

Deleted Serious Gravity 5 1 instance 6 exposed
Issued
Jan 29, 2018
Abate by
Mar 2, 2018
Penalty
Initial $9,239 · Current $0 Reduced
29 CFR 1910.30(a)(3)(ii): (ii) The procedures to be followed to minimize those hazards;  The employer had inadequately trained an employee in the procedures for minimizing a fall hazard when on November 28, 2017, while standing on the top step of a mobile ladder stand in the Singles Department using a shepherd's hook to unjam boxes on an stopped overhead conveyor the employee fell to the ground below.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $0
  • — Z (S) $9239

1910.23 B09

Deleted Other-than-serious 1 instance 12 exposed
Issued
Jan 29, 2018
Abate by
Feb 8, 2018
Penalty
Initial $0 · Current $0
29 CFR 1910.23(b)(9): (9) Ladders are inspected before initial use in each work shift, and more frequently as necessary, to identify any visible defects that could cause employee injury;  The employer had not inspected the mobile ladder stand before the work shift began on November 28, 2017 when an employee was working from the top step of the stand and fell 12 ft. to the floor below.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (O) $0
  • — Z (O) $0

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