WEST HAVEN, CT —
OSHA Inspection: LAKIN TIRE EAST INCORPORATED
Referral inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a referral safety inspection of LAKIN TIRE EAST INCORPORATED in 220 FRONTAGE ROAD, WEST HAVEN, CT 06516 (NAICS 423930). OSHA activity number 345168942.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- LAKIN TIRE EAST INCORPORATED
- Site address
- 220 FRONTAGE ROAD
- City
- WEST HAVEN
- State
- CT
- ZIP
- 06516
- Mailing
- 600 RIVER AVENUE 3RD FLOOR, PITTSBURGH, PA 15212
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Referral (C)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- B
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 423930
- Employees
- 162
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
6 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.28 B01 I
- Issued
- Jul 2, 2021
- Abate by
- Aug 9, 2021
- Penalty
- Initial $7,022 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.28(b)(1)(i): Except as provided elsewhere in this section 29 CFR 1910.28, the employer did not ensure that each employee on a walking-working surface with an unprotected side or edge that is 4 feet (1.2 m) or more above a lower level is protected from falling by one or more of the systems described in 29 CFR 1910.28(b)(1)(i): WORKSITE: Each employee working atop the approximately 39 inches wide and 48 inches long platform installed on the Nissan Optimun Model 50, serial 9W1083 (Known as as Packer) used to obtain and store tires onto second tier elevated storage racks and to compact tires inside the over-the-road trailers was not provided with a fall protection system to prevent falling from height four (4) feet or greater.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $7022
1910.178 A04
- Issued
- Jul 2, 2021
- Abate by
- Jan 31, 2022
- Penalty
- Initial $8,778 · Current $6,200 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.178(a)(4): Modifications or additions which affected capacity and safe operation of powered industrial truck were performed by the employer without the manufacturer's prior written approval. WORKSITE: The Nissan Model Optimun 50 Powered Industrial Truck, Model # CPJ02A25Eand Serial # 9W1803, was modified with a permanently affixed platform attachment that affected the safe operation of the Powered Industrial Truck without the manufacture's prior written approval.
Recent events (3)
- — P (S) $6200
- — I (S) $6200
- — Z (S) $8778
1910.178 A05
- Issued
- Jul 2, 2021
- Abate by
- Jan 31, 2022
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.178(a)(5): The powered industrial truck was equipped with front-end attachments other than factory installed attachments. However, the employer did not request that the truck be marked to identify the attachments and show the approximate weight of the truck and attachment combination at maximum elevation with load laterally centered: WORKSITE: The four (4) Nissan Optimun Model 50 Powered Industrial Trucks equipped with a packer attachment were not marked to identify the attachments and showed the approximately weight of the ruck and attachment combined at maximum elevation with the load laterally centered.
Recent events (3)
- — P (S) $0
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.178 L04 II
- Issued
- Jul 2, 2021
- Abate by
- Aug 9, 2021
- Penalty
- Initial $8,778 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(ii)(E): The employer did not provide refresher training to employees when conditions in the workplace changed that affected the safe operation of the truck. WORKSITE: Refresher training was not provided to the employees when attachments and modifications that would affect the safe operation of the of the Packer Platforms of the four (4) Nissan Optimun Model 50 powered industrial trucks were made.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $8778
1904.39 A02
- Issued
- Jul 2, 2021
- Penalty
- Initial $5,000 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2):The employer did not report within 24 hours a work-related incident resulting in in-patient hospitalization, amputation or the loss of an eye. WORKSITE: The work-related incident happened on or about February 23, 2021, involving the Nissan powered industrial truck, Model # MCP1F1A15 and Serial # 9N1653, whereby an employee was caught-by a powered Industrial Truck mast and subsequently hospitalized was not reported to OSHA within twenty four (24) hours.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $0
- — Z (O) $5000
1910.178 B12
- Issued
- Jul 2, 2021
- Abate by
- Aug 9, 2021
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.178(b)(12): The atmosphere or location was not classified as to whether it was hazardous or nonhazardous prior to the consideration of industrial trucks being used therein and the type of industrial truck required was not provided as in paragraph (d) of this section for such location. WORKSITE: The warehouse and storage trailers where propane fueled powered industrial trucks were used to move and transport tires were not evaluated and classified as hazardous or nonhazardous for carbon monoxide and potential fires.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $0
- — Z (O) $0
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 345168942.
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