Apache Mills, Inc. has 18 OSHA inspections on record in Georgia, the first in 1975.
OSHA's last visit started on Jul 1, 2025 on a referral, in Calhoun.
Across those inspections OSHA issued 42 citation items: 25 serious, 1 repeat and 16 other-than-serious.
OSHA proposed $219,477 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $156,340, down 29%.
Most often, OSHA cited 1910.219, belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts (5 items).
For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $4,874. Apache Mills, Inc. averages $24,569 over 6 cited inspections in that time.
1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.
Apache Mills, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 9 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Inspection 344718804 OPENED APR 7, 2020Closed
Referral · Partial · Safety · 320 employees at the site · Closed Jul 17, 2020
417 River Street, Calhoun, GA 30701 · All Other Rubber Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Mar 27, 2020: Employee fractures arm when crushed by motorized roller
At 8:30 p.m. on March 27, 2020, Employee #1, a machine operator, was using a utility knife to cut a mat that had become jammed in the drive roller at the end of the D-Oven machine. Employee # 1 slipped and grabbed the material in order to stop himself from falling. His left hand and forearm were pulled between the drive roller and the free-rolling conveyor system. Employee # 1 suffered a fractured left ulna. He was hospitalized.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 |
Serious | $7,711 | $7,711 | Jun 1, 2020 | Final |
Inspection 344666714 OPENED MAR 4, 2020Closed
Complaint · Partial · Safety · 842 employees at the site · Closed Oct 21, 2020
417 River Street, Calhoun, GA 30703 · General Warehousing and Storage · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Feb 24, 2020: Employee reaches behind guard to check belt and amputates on
At 12:30 a.m. on February 24, 2020, an employee was performing preventive maintenance on equipment when he reached behind a guard to check belt tension. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputation of his left index finger and lacerations to his other three fingers.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|
| Citation 1, item 1a |
Serious | $13,494 | $10,000 | Aug 20, 2020 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2 |
Serious | $8,482 | $7,000 | Aug 20, 2020 | Final |
Inspection 344394069 OPENED OCT 22, 2019Closed
Referral · Partial · Safety · 271 employees at the site · Closed Mar 6, 2020
197 Royal Drive, Calhoun, GA 30701 · All Other Rubber Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Oct 12, 2019: Employee's arm is fractured in roll-up machine
At 12:15 a.m. on October 12, 2019, an employee was wrapping carpet mats at a roll-up station. The machine consisted of a spindle, foot control pedals, and an electrical motor enclosure and required only one operator to work it. The employee was rolling a carpet and wrapping it with plastic when her left hand was caught and pulled by the spindle. The employee's left arm became lodged around the spindle. The employee was hospitalized to treat a left arm fracture.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 |
Serious | $5,899 | $3,539 | Feb 19, 2020 | Final |
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Calhoun site logged 5 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 400 workers: 1.6 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.9 for its industry. Those cases cost 1 days away from work.
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 9 reports on file, the 6 most recent shown.
Jun 24, 2025, Calhoun: Amputation · amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified · finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
On June 24, 2025, a maintenance technician was clearing out a jam on a flocking machine. Their right hand contacted the augers in the recovery vent resulting in a ring fingertip amputation. The recovery vent pipe was not guarded at the time of the incident.
Aug 19, 2022, Calhoun: Amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
An employee was clearing a clog on a mixer press when the automatic gate actuated and amputated his right middle finger.
Mar 27, 2020, Calhoun: Hospitalization · fractures · forearm(s)
An employee was standing on a conveyor system, trying to remove foam material hanging from a roller overhead. The employee slipped and the foam pulled his left hand and arm into the roller. He suffered a broken forearm and was hospitalized.
Dec 28, 2019, Calhoun: Hospitalization · cuts, lacerations · finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Two employees were moving a pallet onto a conveyor when the pallet fell onto the floor, deeply lacerating the injured employee's left middle finger.
Oct 12, 2019, Calhoun: Hospitalization · fractures · forearm(s)
An employee's left arm was caught and broken between a roll-up spindle and plastic wrap.
Jan 7, 2019, Calhoun: Hospitalization · fractures · hip(s)
An employee was walking away from a pallet to begin cleanup when he slipped/tripped over a strip of banding material and fell to the floor. He broke his hip.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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.
