THE RECYCLING DEPOT
851 RAINIER AVE S, SEATTLE, WA 98144
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Inspection records
Mar 21, 2013#316735158Mar 21, 2013Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#316735158$4007 viol.7 violations$400 in penalties
Inspection #316735158
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 21, 2013
- Closing Conference Date
- Apr 1, 2013
- Contested
- May 20, 2013
- Final Order
- Jun 27, 2013
- Closed
- Sep 16, 2013
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 16
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 7
- Violation Types
- 5 serious, 2 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $3,400
- Penalties on Record
- $400
- Site Address
- 6004 Corson Ave S, Seattle, WA 98108
- Industry
- 423930 Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Violations
Violation list (7 of 7 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 8001.5030 | Serious | 1 | 18 | $1,400 | $200 | May 5, 2013 | May 20, 2013 | Jun 27, 2013 |
| 01002A | 8001.6005 | Serious | 2 | 2 | $1,000 | $100 | May 7, 2013 | May 20, 2013 | Jun 27, 2013 |
| 01002B | 8001.6020 | Serious | 2 | 2 | $0 | $0 | May 7, 2013 | May 20, 2013 | Jun 27, 2013 |
| 01003A | 8001.7015 | Serious | 1 | 5 | $1,000 | $100 | May 7, 2013 | May 20, 2013 | Jun 27, 2013 |
| 01003B | 8001.7030 | Serious | 1 | 5 | $0 | $0 | May 7, 2013 | May 20, 2013 | Jun 24, 2013 |
| 02001 | 024957070701 OSHA citation code: 024957070701 041 | Other | 1 | 5 | $0 | $0 | Aug 9, 2013 | May 20, 2013 | Jun 27, 2013 |
| 02002 | 8001302502 | Other | 1 | 5 | $0 | $0 | Jul 5, 2013 | May 20, 2013 | Jun 27, 2013 |
Apr 11, 1990#111587960Apr 11, 1990Accident (A) · Complete scope, Safety#111587960$24020 viol.20 violations$240 in penalties
Inspection #111587960
Dates
- Opened
- Apr 11, 1990
- Closing Conference Date
- Apr 17, 1990
- Closed
- Sep 18, 1990
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 5
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 20
- Violation Types
- 1 serious, 19 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $240
- Penalties on Record
- $240
- Site Address
- 851 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, WA 98144
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Accident Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an accident inspection in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data. Employers must report work-related fatalities within 8 hours, and work-related inpatient hospitalizations, amputations, or losses of an eye within 24 hours. An accident-related inspection does not by itself determine fault.
Incident Investigation Summaries
Incident investigation summaries linked to this inspection through OSHA's accident and injury enforcement data. These summaries describe the reported incident. The enforcement outcome for the linked inspection is in the inspection details above.
Employee's fingertips amputated by metal while using shears
Violations
Violation list (20 of 20 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 0241500103 OSHA citation code: 0241500103 B | Serious | 1 | 4 | $240 | $240 | Jun 5, 1990 | - | - |
| 02001 | 0241650506 | Other | 1 | 4 | $0 | $0 | Apr 17, 1990 | - | - |
| 02002 | 0240006501 | Other | 2 | 5 | $0 | $0 | Jun 5, 1990 | - | - |
| 02003 | 0241500101 | Other | 1 | 4 | $0 | $0 | Jun 5, 1990 | - | - |
| 02004 | 0241800304 | Other | 1 | 5 | $0 | $0 | Jun 5, 1990 | - | - |
| 02005 | 0241800509 | Other | 1 | 5 | $0 | $0 | Jun 5, 1990 | - | - |
| 02006 | 0242050704 OSHA citation code: 0242050704 A | Other | 1 | 5 | $0 | $0 | Jun 5, 1990 | - | - |
| 02007 | 0242302904 | Other | 1 | 5 | $0 | $0 | Jun 5, 1990 | - | - |
| 02008 | 0242303301 | Other | 1 | 5 | $0 | $0 | Jun 5, 1990 | - | - |
| 02009 | 0245920501 | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Jun 5, 1990 | - | - |
| 02010 | 0247500701 | Other | 1 | 5 | $0 | $0 | Jun 5, 1990 | - | - |
| 02011 | 0249560502 OSHA citation code: 0249560502 A 03 | Other | 1 | 5 | $0 | $0 | Jun 5, 1990 | - | - |
| 02012 | 0249560507 OSHA citation code: 0249560507 A 01 | Other | 3 | 5 | $0 | $0 | Jun 5, 1990 | - | - |
| 02013 | 0249560706 OSHA citation code: 0249560706 D | Other | 5 | 5 | $0 | $0 | Jun 5, 1990 | - | - |
| 02014 | 0249560907 OSHA citation code: 0249560907 A 03D | Other | 1 | 5 | $0 | $0 | Jun 5, 1990 | - | - |
| 02015 | 0247950702 OSHA citation code: 0247950702 G | Other | 1 | 5 | $0 | $0 | Jun 5, 1990 | - | - |
| 02016 | 0240002001 OSHA citation code: 0240002001 C | Other | 1 | 4 | $0 | $0 | Jun 30, 1990 | - | - |
| 02017 | 0240004506 | Other | 1 | 5 | $0 | $0 | Jun 30, 1990 | - | - |
| 02018 | 240.40 | Other | 1 | 5 | $0 | $0 | Aug 29, 1990 | - | - |
| 02019 | 0240006002 | Other | 1 | 5 | $0 | $0 | Aug 29, 1990 | - | - |
Penalty amounts may differ from final amounts after settlement or judicial review. How to read these records
About these records
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This page displays public OSHA enforcement data. Status text follows the DOL inspection record first and may include citation-level context when the inspection feed and citation records are out of sync. Penalty amounts shown reflect the latest penalty amounts on record in the DOL database and may differ from initial assessments or final amounts. This is not an official OSHA resource.
OSHA's public enforcement data does not publish a "guilty" or "not guilty" field for inspections. The closest outcome fields available are the citation counts, penalty amounts, contest dates, final-order dates, and the inspection close date shown on this page. How to interpret these status fields. How initial and current penalties are recorded.
OSHA may publish multiple citation rows in the same inspection with the same standard and penalty fields. Separate rows can still differ in OSHA metadata such as citation identifier, recorded instance count, exposed workers, or gravity value. Contest and Final Order columns show citation-level dates from OSHA's enforcement record. A dash means OSHA's record does not currently show that activity for the citation.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA incident investigation data (`osha_accident` + `osha_accident_injury`). Linked via `rel_insp_nr` to the inspection activity number (exact government key). Injury, body part, source and event values are OSHA's own codes. OSHA states that these fields are not coded according to the requirements under the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS). Only the values present in the OSHA record are listed; an incident with no value that resolves in OSHA's code table shows "Injury details not recorded". Where a record covers several people, each field lists every value recorded across them.
Understanding These Penalties
The maximum penalty for a serious violation in 2025 is $16,550 per violation. For willful violations, the range is $11,823 to $165,514. The current penalty column shows the latest amount on record in OSHA's database for each citation. When the current penalty differs from the initial penalty, OSHA's records show that the amount changed during the enforcement process, but this page does not determine the specific reason for each change. Penalty amounts are set by OSHA and adjusted annually for inflation.
2 inspections, 1990 to 2013. Each row is one inspection; point at or tap a row for its dates and totals.
Source: DOL OSHA enforcement data (inspections and violations), linked via activity_nr (exact government key).
Penalty changes: Amounts shown reflect what OSHA's enforcement record publishes. The reason for any change is not stated unless OSHA's record explicitly says so.
Standards cited
Industry comparison
BLS 2024 survey: recyclable material merchant wholesalers reported 3.7 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers (total recordable cases, national, private industry; relative standard error 12.0%; NAICS 42393 level). This is an industry-wide average from a federal survey, not a measurement of this establishment. Source