NORTH KANSAS CITY, MO —
OSHA Inspection: OWENS & MINOR, INC.
Complaint inspection · Health discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a complaint health inspection of OWENS & MINOR, INC. in 2610 NE INDUSTRIAL DRIVE, NORTH KANSAS CITY, MO 64116 (NAICS 561910). OSHA activity number 347573115.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- OWENS & MINOR, INC.
- Site address
- 2610 NE INDUSTRIAL DRIVE
- City
- NORTH KANSAS CITY
- State
- MO
- ZIP
- 64116
- Mailing
- 2610 NE INDUSTRIAL DRIVE, NORTH KANSAS CITY, MO 64116
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Complaint (B)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Health
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- B
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 561910
- Employees
- 65
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
6 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.1000 E
- Issued
- Nov 12, 2024
- Penalty
- Initial $16,131 · Current $11,291 Reduced
1190
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1000(e): Feasible administrative or engineering controls were not determined and implemented to achieve compliance with the limits prescribed in 29 CFR 1910.1000(a) through (d): At a worksite located at 2610 NE Industrial Drive, Kansas City, MO: The employer failed to use necessary measures to achieve compliance with this section in the gas injection and assembly areas. This was most recently documented in June and August of 2024.
Recent events (3)
- — F (S) $11291
- — C (S) $16131
- — Z (S) $16131
1910.134 A02
- Issued
- Nov 12, 2024
- Abate by
- Jun 15, 2026
- Penalty
- Initial $16,131 · Current $11,291 Reduced
1190
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1000(e): Feasible administrative or engineering controls were not determined and implemented to achieve compliance with the limits prescribed in 29 CFR 1910.1000(a) through (d): At a worksite located at 2610 NE Industrial Drive, Kansas City, MO: The employer failed to use necessary measures to achieve compliance with this section in the gas injection and assembly areas. This was most recently documented in June and August of 2024.
Recent events (3)
- — F (S) $11291
- — C (S) $16131
- — Z (S) $16131
1910.134 C01
- Issued
- Nov 12, 2024
- Abate by
- Jun 15, 2026
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
1190
General-duty citation text
29 CFR l 910.134(c)(l): A written respiratory protection program that included the provisions in 29 CFR1910.134(c)(l)(i)- (ix) with worksite specific procedures was not established and implemented for required respirator use: At a worksite located at 2610 NE Industrial Drive, Kansas City, MO: The employer did not ensure that a respiratory protection program was implemented for employees in the gas injection and assembly areas engaging in work operations, such as maintenance and repair activities, for which engineering and work practice controls are not feasible, and emergencies.
Recent events (3)
- — F (S) $0
- — C (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.1047 H01 I
- Issued
- Nov 12, 2024
- Penalty
- Initial $16,131 · Current $0 Reduced
1190
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1047(h)(1)(i): A written plan for emergency situations was not developed for each ethylene oxide workplace where there was the possibility of an emergency: At a worksite located at 2610 NE Industrial Drive, North Kansas City, MO: Employees were exposed to toxic or hazardous substances in the form of ethylene oxide. Exposure concentrations were greater than the OSHA action level of 0.5 parts per million (0.5ppm) of air averaged over an eight-hour period. The employer failed to develop a written plan for emergency situations where employee exposure to ethylene oxide in their breathing zone that was representative of the 8-hour time-weighted average of each employee. This was most recently demonstrated on or about August 7, 2024, when an employee in gas injection was exposed to airborne ethylene oxide at a level of 0.72 ppm of air as an 8-hour time-weighted average (8-hour TWA) for a monitoring period of approximately 474 minutes. The remaining un-sampled period of 6 minutes is assumed to have zero exposure.
Recent events (3)
- — F (S) $0
- — C (S) $16131
- — Z (S) $16131
1910.132 F01
- Issued
- Nov 12, 2024
- Abate by
- Jun 15, 2026
- Penalty
- Initial $11,524 · Current $8,066 Reduced
1190
General-duty citation text
1910.132(f)(1) The employer did not provide training to each employee who is required by this section to use personal protective equipment: At a worksite located at 2610 NE Industrial Drive, Kansas City, MO: The employer did not provide employees in the gas injection and assembly areas with the appropriate training on personal protective equipment.
Recent events (3)
- — F (S) $8066
- — C (S) $11524
- — Z (S) $11524
1910.1200 A01
- Issued
- Nov 12, 2024
- Abate by
- Jun 15, 2026
- Penalty
- Initial $1,294 · Current $970 Reduced
1190
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.1200(a)(1): Information concerning the classified hazards of chemicals was not transmitted to employees: At a worksite located at 2610 NE Industrial Drive, Kansas City, MO: The employer failed to transmit information to employees in the gas injection and assembly areas about potential chemical hazards.
Recent events (3)
- — F (O) $970
- — C (O) $1294
- — Z (O) $1294
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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 347573115.
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