B. Microfarads Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations
Hillsville, Virginia · Capacitor, Resistor, Coil, Transformer, and Other Inductor Manufacturing · NAICS 334416
1inspections
6citation items
$2,600current penalties
Feb 19, 2020last inspection
OSHA has inspected B. Microfarads Inc. once in Virginia.
The inspection began on Feb 19, 2020 as a planned inspection, in Hillsville.
That inspection ended with 6 citation items: 3 serious and 3 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $4,620 and now stand at $2,600, 44% lower after settlements or reviews.
Electrical wiring methods comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.305.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and B. Microfarads Inc. averages $2,600 (1 cited inspection).
B. Microfarads Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
Virginia · latest 90 days of OSHA records
253employers 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 2016, the Hillsville site logged 8 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 130 workers: 7.9 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.5 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
B. Microfarads, Inc.
Hillsville · 2016
130
8
0
7.9
1.5
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(ii) Product identifier and words, pictures, symbols, or combination thereof, which provide at least general information regarding the hazards of the chemicals, and which, in conjunction with the other information immediately available to employees under the hazard communication program, will provide employees with the specific information regarding the physical and health hazards of the hazardous chemical.
(1) General. The employer shall provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee is fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace. The employer may discontinue an employee's medical evaluations when the employee is no longer required to use a respirator.
29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1)
(1) Normal breathing. In a normal standing position, without talking, the subject shall breathe normally.
29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical 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.
