OSHA Inspection: RUMPKE TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, LLC.

Issued

Mar 21, 2025

Abate by

May 7, 2025

Penalty

Initial $16,550 · Current $8,275 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.9(b): Training. Standards in this part requiring training on hazards and related matters, such as standards requiring that employees receive training or that the employer train employees, provide training to employees, or institute or implement a training program, impose a separate compliance duty with respect to each employee covered by the requirement. The employer must train each affected employee in the manner required by the standard, and each failure to train an employee may be considered a separate violation. [FR 73 75583, Dec. 12, 2008]  a) On and before February 20, 2025, the employer did not ensure that training based on their JSA, entitled "Residential Operations for Drivers" dated 2-28-2024, for Rear Load Trucks was conducted for hazards and safety related matters such as potential for being caught in cutter located 6" from multi-levers for the rear loader.  Employees including trainers, truck drivers and helpers were not trained prior to their dumping residential cans manually and with the tipper, on the JSA procedures that requires drivers and/or helpers to utilize their left hands when operating the multi-levers controls located on the side of the rear load trucks.

Issued

Mar 21, 2025

Abate by

May 7, 2025

Penalty

Initial $1,328 · Current $664 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.145(a)(1): These specifications apply to the design, application, and use of signs or symbols (as included in paragraphs (c) through (e) of this section) that indicate and, insofar as possible, define specific hazards that could harm workers or the public, or both, or to property damage. These specifications are intended to cover all safety signs except those designed for streets, highways, and railroads. These specifications do not apply to plant bulletin boards or to safety posters.  a) On or about February 20, 2025, the employer did not ensure that the rear loader trucks were labeled with signs that identified the need to use the left hand on the multi-levers to keep employees from reaching the cutters while dumping toters in the rear loaders.