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Carolina Pallets: OSHA inspections and violations

Belton, South Carolina · Wood Container and Pallet Manufacturing · NAICS 321920

1inspections
8citation items
$9,625current penalties
May 25, 2021last inspection

OSHA has inspected Carolina Pallets once in South Carolina.

The inspection began on May 25, 2021 after a complaint, in Belton.

That inspection ended with 8 citation items: 7 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $19,250 and now stand at $9,625, 50% lower after settlements or reviews.

Exit routes comes up most often in these citations: 4 items under 1910.37.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Carolina Pallets averages $9,625 (1 cited inspection).

Carolina Pallets: OSHA citation items per year, 2021 to 2021
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345332928 OPENED MAY 25, 2021Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 54 employees at the site · Closed Feb 17, 2022

645 S-4-317, Belton, SC 29627 · Wood Container and Pallet Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3) · Exit routes
 Serious$1,750$875Sep 30, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.37(b)(1) · Exit routes
 Serious$2,500$1,250Sep 30, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.37(b)(2) · Exit routes
 Serious$2,500$1,250Sep 30, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.37(b)(6) · Exit routes
 Serious$2,500$1,250Sep 30, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.38(b) · Emergency action plans
 Serious$2,500$1,250Sep 30, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 6
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$2,500$1,250Sep 30, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 7
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$2,500$1,250Sep 30, 2021Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 3.39(A)
 Other-than-serious$2,500$1,250Sep 30, 2021Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1)

(c) General—(1) Energy control program. The employer shall establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performs any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, start up or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source, and rendered inoperative.

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i)

(l) Operator training. (1) Safe operation. (i) The employer shall ensure that each powered industrial truck operator is competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l).

29 CFR 1910.37 · Exit routes

29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3)

(3) Exit routes must be free and unobstructed. No materials or equipment may be placed, either permanently or temporarily, within the exit route. The exit access must not go through a room that can be locked, such as a bathroom, to reach an exit or exit discharge, nor may it lead into a dead-end corridor. Stairs or a ramp must be provided where the exit route is not substantially level.

29 CFR 1910.38 · Emergency action plans

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