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Americast LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Saint Louis, Michigan · Pottery, Ceramics, and Plumbing Fixture Manufacturing · NAICS 327110

2inspections
10citation items
$800current penalties
Apr 4, 2017last inspection

OSHA has inspected Americast LLC 2 times in Michigan since 2017.

The latest one began on Apr 4, 2017 after a complaint, in Saint Louis.

Those inspections ended with 10 citation items: 6 serious and 4 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $1,200 and now stand at $800, 33% lower after settlements or reviews.

Respiratory protection comes up most often in these citations: 5 items under 1910.134.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Americast LLC averages $400 (2 cited inspections).

Americast LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2017 to 2017
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 342203569 OPENED APR 4, 2017Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 6 employees at the site · Closed Jun 16, 2017

107 Enterprise Dr, Saint Louis, MI 48880 · Pottery, Ceramics, and Plumbing Fixture Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$400$200May 10, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1) · Respiratory protection
Serious$400$200May 10, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1) · Respiratory protection
Serious$0$0May 10, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2c
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1) · Respiratory protection
Serious$0$0May 10, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2d
29 CFR 1910.134(k) · Respiratory protection
Serious$0$0May 10, 2017Final
Citation 2, item 1a
29 CFR 325.60005(4)
Other-than-serious$0$0May 10, 2017Final
Citation 2, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i) · Respiratory protection
Other-than-serious$0$0May 10, 2017Final

Inspection 342203585 OPENED APR 4, 2017Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 6 employees at the site · Closed May 10, 2017

107 Enterprise Dr, Saint Louis, MI 48880 · Pottery, Ceramics, and Plumbing Fixture Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.106(b)(6) · Flammable liquids
Serious$400$400Apr 21, 2017Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iv) · Electrical wiring methods
Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 21, 2017Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 408.14007(9)
Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 21, 2017Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.106 · Flammable liquids

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)

(e) Written hazard communication program. (1) Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)

(1) The test instrument must have an effective audio-warning device, or a visual-warning device in the form of a screen tracing, that indicates when the test subject fails to hold his or her breath during the test. The test must be terminated and restarted from the beginning when the test subject fails to hold his or her breath during the test. The test subject then may be refitted and retested.

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i)

(i) An employer may provide respirators at the request of employees or permit employees to use their own respirators, if the employer determines that such respirator use will not in itself create a hazard. If the employer determines that any voluntary respirator use is permissible, the employer shall provide the respirator users with the information contained in appendix D to this section (“Information for Employees Using Respirators When Not Required Under the Standard”); and

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

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