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Castlehill Materials: OSHA inspections and violations

Defiance, Ohio · Concrete Block and Brick Manufacturing · NAICS 327331

1inspections
13citation items
$17,744current penalties
Feb 2, 2024last inspection

OSHA has inspected Castlehill Materials once in Ohio.

The inspection began on Feb 2, 2024 after a complaint, in Defiance; the case is still open.

That inspection ended with 13 citation items: 12 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $43,556 and now stand at $17,744, 59% lower after settlements or reviews.

Noise comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1910.95.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Castlehill Materials averages $17,744 (1 cited inspection).

Castlehill Materials: OSHA citation items per year, 2024 to 2024
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 347256067 OPENED FEB 2, 2024Open

Complaint · Partial · Health · 34 employees at the site · Open

1459 Quality Drive, Defiance, OH 43512 · Concrete Block and Brick Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a Serious$9,680$4,840Jun 13, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 1b Serious$0$0Jun 13, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 1c Serious$0$0Jun 13, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Serious$4,839$2,420Jun 13, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.132(f)(1) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Serious$0$0Jun 13, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$4,839$2,420Jun 13, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.134(k)(6) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$0$0Jun 13, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 4a
29 CFR 1910.303(b)(7)(i) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
 Serious$4,839$2,420Jun 13, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 4b
29 CFR 1910.334(a)(2)(i) · Using electrical equipment
 Serious$8,067$0Jun 13, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 6a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$11,292$5,644Jun 13, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 6b
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6)(ii) · Hazard communication
 Serious$0$0Jun 13, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 6c
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$0$0Jun 13, 2024Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(6) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 13, 2024Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)

(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:

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6)(ii)

(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.

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 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.334 · Using electrical equipment

29 CFR 1910.95 · Noise

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