Inspection 346131899 OPENED AUG 3, 2022Closed
2701 Powering Progress Drive, Kernersville, NC 27284 · Storage Battery Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
OSHA has inspected Clarios, LLC. 2 times in North Carolina since 2022.
The latest one began on Aug 3, 2022, in Kernersville.
Those inspections ended with 4 citation items: 2 serious and 2 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $13,051 and still stand at $26,102.
Lead in general industry comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1910.1025.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Clarios, LLC. averages $26,102 (1 cited inspection).
Clarios, LLC. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
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Inspection 346018708 OPENED JUN 9, 2022Open
2701 Powering Progress Drive, Kernersville, NC 27284 · Storage Battery Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1b 29 CFR 1910.1025(e)(1)(i) · Lead in general industry |
Serious | $0 | $13,051 | Dec 6, 2022 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 3a 29 CFR 1910.1025(l)(1)(i) · Lead in general industry |
Other-than-serious | $13,051 | $13,051 | Dec 6, 2022 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 3b 29 CFR 1910.134(k)(3) · Respiratory protection |
Other-than-serious | $0 | $0 | Dec 6, 2022 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 3c 29 CFR 1910.1025(l)(1)(iv) · Lead in general industry |
Serious | $0 | $0 | Dec 6, 2022 | Final |
Injury and illness logs
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Kernersville site logged 7 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 344 workers: 2.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.5 for its industry. Those cases cost 319 days away from work.
| Site and year | Workers | Cases | Days-away cases | Rate | Industry median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarios - Winston Salem NC Kernersville · 2025 | 344 | 7 | 5 | 2.0 | 1.5 |
| Winston Salem NC Kernersville · 2023 | 399 | 3 | 3 | 0.7 | 1.5 |
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1910.1025 · Lead in general industry
29 CFR 1910.1025(e)(1)(i)
(e) Methods of compliance—(1) Engineering and work practice controls. (i) Where any employee is exposed to lead above the permissible exposure limit for more than 30 days per year, the employer shall implement engineering and work practice controls (including administrative controls) to reduce and maintain employee exposure to lead in accordance with the implementation schedule in Table I below, except to the extent that the employer can demonstrate that such controls are not feasible. Wherever the engineering and work practice controls which can be instituted are not sufficient to reduce employee exposure to or below the permissible exposure limit, the employer shall nonetheless use them to reduce exposures to the lowest feasible level and shall supplement them by the use of respiratory protection which complies with the requirements of paragraph (f) of this section.
29 CFR 1910.1025(l)(1)(i)
(l) Employee information and training—(1) Training program. (i) Each employer who has a workplace in which there is a potential exposure to airborne lead at any level shall inform employees of the content of Appendices A and B of this regulation.
29 CFR 1910.1025(l)(1)(iv)
(iv) The training program shall be repeated at least annually for each employee.
29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection
Other storage battery manufacturing employers in North Carolina
- Debotech, Inc. Mooresville · 9 citations · $5,550
- Saft America Inc Valdese · 50 citations · $26,280
- Pass - Seymour, Inc. Concord · 3 citations · $0
- Erico International Corporation Aberdeen · 37 citations · $48,560
- Prysmian Cables and Systems USA, LLC Claremont · 7 citations · $34,881
- Mac Panel Company High Point · 72 citations · $7,075
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.