OSHA has inspected Acs Manufacturing 2 times in South Carolina since 2024.
The latest one began on Jun 11, 2024 after a complaint, in Abbeville.
Those inspections ended with 3 citation items: 3 serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $4,875 and still stand at $4,875.
Welding fire safety comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.252.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Acs Manufacturing averages $2,438 (2 cited inspections).
Acs Manufacturing also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
South Carolina · latest 90 days of OSHA records
43employers cited
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From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Abbeville site logged 4 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 156 workers: 2.3 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.8 for its industry. Those cases cost 5 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
ACS Manufacturing
Abbeville · 2025
156
4
2
2.3
2.8
ACS Manufacturing Abbeville
Abbeville · 2018
49
0
0
0.0
3.6
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
29 CFR 1910.178(a)(5)
(5) If the truck is equipped with front-end attachments other than factory installed attachments, the user shall request that the truck be marked to identify the attachments and show the approximate weight of the truck and attachment combination at maximum elevation with load laterally centered.
(2) Eye protection—(i) Selection. (A) Helmets or hand shields shall be used during all arc welding or arc cutting operations, excluding submerged arc welding. Helpers or attendants shall be provided with proper eye protection.
29 CFR 1910.252(b)(2)(iii)
(iii) Protection from arc welding rays. Where the work permits, the welder should be enclosed in an individual booth painted with a finish of low reflectivity such as zinc oxide (an important factor for absorbing ultraviolet radiations) and lamp black, or shall be enclosed with noncombustible screens similarly painted. Booths and screens shall permit circulation of air at floor level. Workers or other persons adjacent to the welding areas shall be protected from the rays by noncombustible or flameproof screens or shields or shall be required to wear appropriate goggles.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.