Blue Force Technologies, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations
Morrisville, North Carolina · Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing · NAICS 336413
1inspections
3citation items
$900current penalties
Apr 3, 2017last inspection
OSHA has inspected Blue Force Technologies, Inc. once in North Carolina.
The inspection began on Apr 3, 2017 after a complaint, in Morrisville.
That inspection ended with 3 citation items: 3 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $900 and still stand at $900.
Respiratory protection comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.134.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Blue Force Technologies, Inc. averages $900 (1 cited inspection).
Blue Force Technologies, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
North Carolina · latest 90 days of OSHA records
234employers 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 2020, the Morrisville site logged 3 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 65 workers: 3.9 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.1 for its industry. Those cases cost 29 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Blue Force Technologies
Morrisville · 2020
65
3
1
3.9
1.1
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(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:
(ii) In addition, the employer must establish and implement those elements of a written respiratory protection program necessary to ensure that any employee using a respirator voluntarily is medically able to use that respirator, and that the respirator is cleaned, stored, and maintained so that its use does not present a health hazard to the user. Exception: Employers are not required to include in a written respiratory protection program those employees whose only use of respirators involves the voluntary use of filtering facepieces (dust masks).
29 CFR 1910.134(k)(6)
(6) The basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in appendix D of this section, shall be provided by the employer in any written or oral format, to employees who wear respirators when such use is not required by this section or by the employer.
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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.
