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Adient Clanton, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Clanton, Alabama · Motor Vehicle Seating and Interior Trim Manufacturing · NAICS 336360

1inspections
4citation items
$39,000current penalties
Aug 8, 2017last inspection

Adient Clanton, Inc. has one OSHA inspection on record in Alabama.

OSHA opened it on Aug 8, 2017 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Clanton.

From that inspection OSHA issued 4 citation items: 3 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $42,942 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $39,000, down 9%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.147, lockout/tagout (3 items).

For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,600. Adient Clanton, Inc. averages $39,000 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Adient Clanton, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Adient Clanton, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2017 to 2017
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 342534112 OPENED AUG 8, 2017Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Complete · Safety · 650 employees at the site · Closed Jun 20, 2018

2541 7th Ave. South, Clanton, AL 35046 · Motor Vehicle Seating and Interior Trim Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Aug 8, 2017 (fatal): Employee is struck in the head by machine and is killed

At 7:15 a.m. on August 8, 2017, an employee was running the control board for the Laser Weld station. The employee climbed into the machine when the weld station stopped working and was struck in the head when the machine was turned on. The employee was killed.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$12,934$11,500Jan 23, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(ii) · Lockout/tagout
 Other-than-serious$10,163$10,000Jan 23, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(a) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$12,934$11,500Jan 23, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
 Serious$6,911$6,000Jan 23, 2018Final

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2024, the Clanton site logged 11 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 687 workers: 1.4 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.7 for its industry. Those cases cost 216 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
AS-Clanton-12434 (Adient-Clanton, AL)
Clanton · 2024
687 1131.42.7
Adient Clanton Inc.
Clanton · 2016
785 1331.72.7

Severe injury reports

Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.

Nov 29, 2021, Clanton: Hospitalization · fractures · thigh(s)

An employee was standing on the back of a tow truck. The employee fell to the concrete ground 4-6 inches below and sustained a broken femur.

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i)

(4) Energy control procedure. (i) Procedures shall be developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees are engaged in the activities covered by this section.

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(ii)

(ii) The procedures shall clearly and specifically outline the scope, purpose, authorization, rules, and techniques to be utilized for the control of hazardous energy, and the means to enforce compliance including, but not limited to, the following:

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(a)

(A) Each authorized employee shall receive training in the recognition of applicable hazardous energy sources, the type and magnitude of the energy available in the workplace, and the methods and means necessary for energy isolation and control.

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

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