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Column Crafters: OSHA inspections and violations

Gainesville, Georgia · Unlaminated Plastics Profile Shape Manufacturing · NAICS 326121

2inspections
7citation items
$9,080current penalties
Aug 25, 2016last inspection

OSHA has inspected Column Crafters 2 times in Georgia since 2005.

The latest one began on Aug 25, 2016 after a complaint, in Flowery Branch.

Those inspections ended with 7 citation items: 5 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $12,714 and now stand at $9,080, 29% lower after settlements or reviews.

Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1910.178.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Column Crafters averages $8,480 (1 cited inspection).

Column Crafters: OSHA citation items per year, 2005 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341725455 OPENED AUG 25, 2016Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 6 employees at the site · Closed Dec 20, 2016

4197 Thurmon Tanner Rd, Flowery Branch, GA 30542 · Finish Carpentry Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.242(a) · Hand and power tools
 Serious$4,988$3,492Sep 29, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(2)(ii) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$3,563$2,494Sep 29, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$3,563$2,494Sep 29, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$0$0Sep 29, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.157(c)(4) · Portable fire extinguishers
 Other-than-serious$0$0Sep 29, 2016Final

Inspection 307839514 OPENED JUN 13, 2005Closed

Complaint · Complete · Safety · 10 employees at the site · Closed Sep 23, 2005

1621 Gibbs Drive, Gainesville, GA 30507 · Unlaminated Plastics Profile Shape Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$600$600Jul 20, 2005Closed
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.178(q)(7) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jul 20, 2005Closed

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(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 1910.157 · Portable fire extinguishers

29 CFR 1910.157(c)(4)

(4) The employer shall assure that portable fire extinguishers are maintained in a fully charged and operable condition and kept in their designated places at all times except during use.

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.242 · Hand and power tools

Other unlaminated plastics profile shape manufacturing employers in Georgia

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