OSHA has inspected Akins Ford 3 times in Georgia since 1974.
The latest one began on Sep 5, 2019 after a complaint, in Winder.
Those inspections ended with 19 citation items: 2 serious and 17 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $9,883 and now stand at $5,847, 41% lower after settlements or reviews.
comes up most often in these citations: 4 items under 1910.309.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for retail employers since 2015 is $1,750, and Akins Ford averages $5,822 (1 cited inspection).
Akins Ford also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
Georgia · latest 90 days of OSHA records
136employers 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 2023, the Winder site logged 15 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 393 workers: 3.6 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.7 for its industry. Those cases cost 98 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Akins Ford LLC
Winder · 2023
393
15
7
3.6
2.7
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(i) A list of the hazardous chemicals known to be present using a product identifier that is referenced on the appropriate safety data sheet (the list may be compiled for the workplace as a whole or for individual work areas); and,
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(2)(i)
(i) The methods the employer will use to provide the other employer(s) on-site access to safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical the other employer(s)' employees may be exposed to while working;
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8)
(8) The employer shall maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and shall ensure that they are readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they are in their work area(s). (Electronic access and other alternatives to maintaining paper copies of the safety data sheets are permitted as long as no barriers to immediate employee access in each workplace are created by such options.)
29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
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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.
