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Column - Post, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Fuquay Varina, North Carolina · All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · NAICS 326199

1inspections
7citation items
$1,800current penalties
Oct 5, 2017last inspection

Column - Post, Inc. has one OSHA inspection on record in North Carolina.

OSHA opened it on Oct 5, 2017 after a complaint, in Fuquay Varina.

From that inspection OSHA issued 7 citation items: 1 serious and 6 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $1,800 in penalties and the amount has not been reduced.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.134, respiratory protection (3 items).

For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $4,500. Column - Post, Inc. averages $1,800 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

Column - Post, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2017 to 2017
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 342684172 OPENED OCT 5, 2017Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 31 employees at the site · Closed Apr 10, 2018

8013 Purfoy Rd, Fuquay Varina, NC 27526 · All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$900$900Feb 19, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1) · Walking-working surfaces
Other-than-serious$0$0Feb 19, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 2 Other-than-serious$450$450Feb 19, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 3
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
Other-than-serious$0$0Feb 19, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 4a
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1) · Respiratory protection
Other-than-serious$450$450Feb 19, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 4b
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1) · Respiratory protection
Other-than-serious$0$0Feb 19, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 4c
29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1) · Respiratory protection
Other-than-serious$0$0Feb 19, 2018Final

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(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 1910.132(d)(2)

(2) The employer shall verify that the required workplace hazard assessment has been performed through a written certification that identifies the workplace evaluated; the person certifying that the evaluation has been performed; the date(s) of the hazard assessment; and, which identifies the document as a certification of hazard assessment.

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)

(1) The test instrument must have an effective audio-warning device, or a visual-warning device in the form of a screen tracing, that indicates when the test subject fails to hold his or her breath during the test. The test must be terminated and restarted from the beginning when the test subject fails to hold his or her breath during the test. The test subject then may be refitted and retested.

29 CFR 1910.22 · Walking-working surfaces

29 CFR 1910.95 · Noise

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