Baron Environmental Associates likes to keep up-to-date on current enforcements that render the highest penalties within the region we serve:
Jersey City Medical Center NJ – Serious injury - $174,593
Central Transport (various states) – Defective forklifts - $165,400
Vineland NJ – TCPA - $149,037
Other recent agency action includes:
OSHA Penalties
Date, Company, State, Penalty, Program
12/22, Sigma Stretch Film, NJ, $26,190, Guarding, Lockout
12/27, Deltech Resin, NJ, $69,840, Process safety management
12/1, Foundations Behavioral Health, PA, $36,701, Complaint, workplace violence
12/7, Central Transport, 26 states, $165,400, Defective forklift use
12/12, Moutainaire Farms, DE, $39,762, Serious injury
12/14, Hudson Furniture, NJ, $29,932, Electrical, forklifts
12/15, Star Laundry, NJ, $91,911, Complaint, Electrical, Struck by hazards
12/21, Jersey City Medical Center, NJ, $174,593, Serious injury, LOTO
1/3/17, Perfume Worldwide, NY, $28,683, Forklift referral
1/4, County Concrete Corp, NJ, $88,544, Follow up, silica
1/11, Brooke Glen Behavioral Hospital, NY, $32,158, Complaint, workplace violence
1/24/17, Hilltop Slate, NY, $95,403, PPE, guarding, electrical
1/24/17, Ronpack, NJ, $25,350, LOTO, guarding
1/25/17, Vertex Holdings, NJ, $33,718, Guarding, electrical, hazcom
1/29/17, Transportation & Transit, NY, $129,696, Toxics, electrical, guarding
1/30/17, S. Jersey Ice & Cold Storage, NJ, $27,791, Guarding, hazcom referral
EPA Penalties
Date, Company, State, Penalty, Program
11/1, Langer Transport, NJ, $120,860 RCRA
1/4/17, Carl’s Pasta, CT, $78,184, CAA – RMP
1/5/17, Redland Brick, CT, $11,246, EPCRA
* Due to the current restrictions on communications with the press at EPA, no data is available since 1/20/17.
NJDEP Penalties over $10,000
Date, County, Town, Penalty, Program
11/18, Atlantic, Egg Harbor, $14,000, Air, Stack testing & emission exceedance
12/5, Hudson, Hoboken, $52,500, Stormwater DMR exceedance
12/6/16, Bergen, Moonachie, $12,600, DPCC emergency response, training
12/7, Gloucester, W. Deptford, $136,500, Air, operating conditions
12/28, Somerset, Rocky Hill, $13,500, Hazardous waste labeling, contingency plan
12/29, Camden, Pennsauken, $12,878, Universal waste labeling
1/3/17, Cumberland, Millville, $30,000. Air, Stack testing
1/10/17, Cumberland, Vineland, $143,037, TCPA no notification
1/17/17, Union, Rahway, $15,300, Air, emission exceedance
1/19/17, Gloucester, Logan Twp., $21,000, Air, Control device operation
1/24/17, Passaic, Paterson, $50,448, Stormwater failure to perform monitoring
1/31/17, Passaic, Paterson, $13,650, Hazardous waste training, contingency plan
2/3/17, Camden, Gloucester, $30,000, Air, no permits
In addition, NJDEP has issued over 100 more violations between November 24th and February 10th of this year ranging from $125 - $10,000 each that are not shown above.