OSHA Inspection: TRIBBLE REFRIGERATION, LLC

Issued

2023-04-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-04-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6250.00 · Current $6250.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.20(b)(2): Accident prevention responsibilities. Such programs shall provide for frequent and regular inspections of the job sites, materials, and equipment to be made by competent persons designated by the employers.  a) On or about November 29, 2022, the employer did not ensure that a frequent and regular inspection program of the jobsite and equipment were being completed by a competent person; as a result, employees were not aware that the duct system being dismantle was already partially disconnected from the ceiling,  causing the whole duct system to fall and hit the ladder from where the injured employee was working from and both the ladder and employee fell from approximately 10 ft. above the ground.

Issued

2023-04-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-04-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6250.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.21(b)(2): Safety training and education. Employer responsibility. The employer shall instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his work environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury.   a) On or about November 29, 2022, the employer did not ensure that the employees trained on the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions such as fall hazards, while working from ladders at heights measured above 10 ft. from the ground.

Issued

2023-04-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-10-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $893.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1904.29(b)(3): Recordkeeping Forms and Recording Criteria. Forms. Implementation. How quickly must each injury or illness be recorded? You must enter each recordable injury or illness on the OSHA 300 Log and 301 Incident Report within seven (7) calendar days of receiving information that a recordable injury or illness has occurred.  a) On or about December 30, 2022,  the employer did not ensure that an injury that occurred on November 29, 2022, which resulted in days away from work had been recorded on the OSHA 300 Log for calendar year 2022.

Issued

2023-04-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4465.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1904.39(a)(2): Reporting fatalities, hospitalizations, amputations, and losses of an eye as a result of work-related incidents to OSHA. Basic Requirement. Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA.  a) On or about November 29, 2022, the employer failed to report within 24 hours an employee's inpatient hospitalization as a result of fall from a 12 ft. portable A-frame ladder.