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Bitumar (Georgia), Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Douglasville, Georgia · Asphalt Shingle and Coating Materials Manufacturing · NAICS 324122

2inspections
9citation items
$23,118current penalties
Jun 30, 2021last inspection

OSHA has inspected Bitumar (Georgia), Inc. 2 times in Georgia since 2016.

The latest one began on Jun 30, 2021 as part of a related case, in Douglasville.

Those inspections ended with 9 citation items: 7 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $37,165 and now stand at $23,118, 38% lower after settlements or reviews.

Lockout/tagout comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1910.147.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Bitumar (Georgia), Inc. averages $11,559 (2 cited inspections).

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Bitumar (Georgia), Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2016 to 2021
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345393292 OPENED JUN 30, 2021Closed

Unprogrammed related · Partial · Safety · 29 employees at the site · Closed Jan 14, 2022

7982 Huey Rd., Douglasville, GA 30134 · Asphalt Shingle and Coating Materials Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.101(b) · Compressed gases (general requirements)
 Serious$5,461$2,730Nov 24, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 4a
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$8,192$4,096Nov 24, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 4b
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$0$0Nov 24, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 5b
29 CFR 1910.147(f)(3)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$0$4,096Nov 24, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 7a
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
 Other-than-serious$8,192$2,730Nov 24, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 7b
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3)(iv) · Hazard communication
 Serious$0$0Nov 24, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 8
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6)(i) · Hazard communication
 Other-than-serious$4,096$2,730Nov 24, 2021Final

Inspection 341509776 OPENED MAY 26, 2016Closed

Follow-up · Partial · Health · 29 employees at the site · Closed Nov 15, 2016

7982 Huey Rd., Douglasville, GA 30134 · Asphalt Shingle and Coating Materials Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$4,811$2,887Oct 11, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.134(h)(3)(i)(c) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$6,413$3,848Oct 11, 2016Final

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.

Dec 2, 2020, Douglasville: Hospitalization · second degree heat (thermal) burns · head and neck

While assisting a coworker, an employee was cracking a suction line to determine if hot asphalt was unloading from a truck when they were sprayed with the 460 degree hot asphalt. The employee sustained second degree burns to the left side of their nose, cheek, ear lobe, chin, and part of their neck.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.101 · Compressed gases (general requirements)

29 CFR 1910.101(b)

(b) Compressed gases. The in-plant handling, storage, and utilization of all compressed gases in cylinders, portable tanks, rail tankcars, or motor vehicle cargo tanks shall be in accordance with Compressed Gas Association Pamphlet P-1-1965, which is incorporated by reference as specified in § 1910.6.

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6)(i)

(i) The information specified under paragraphs (f)(1)(i) through (v) of this section for labels on shipped containers; or,

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1)

(h) Employee information and training. (1) Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and safety data sheets.

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

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