Winston, Georgia · Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing · NAICS 332312
6inspections
21citation items
$28,720current penalties
Nov 17, 2021last inspection
OSHA has inspected Division 5, LLC 6 times in Georgia since 2002.
The latest one began on Nov 17, 2021 on a referral, in Tallapoosa.
Those inspections ended with 21 citation items: 15 serious and 6 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $47,379 and now stand at $28,720, 39% lower after settlements or reviews.
Hazard communication comes up most often in these citations: 5 items under 1910.1200.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Division 5, LLC averages $6,686 (3 cited inspections).
2 inspections on this page followed a fatal incident.
Division 5, LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 2 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
The Wage and Hour Division has 1 case on it since 2015, with $24,806 in back wages owed to workers.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
Georgia · latest 90 days of OSHA records
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Incident on Nov 9, 2021 (fatal): Employee dies from blood clot
At 12:15 a.m. on December 17, 2020, a steel tube rolled onto an employee's foot, breaking his foot. The employee was taken to the hospital and underwent surgery to repair his foot. On December 18, 2020, the employee was released from the hospital. On December 30, 2020, the employee died from a blood clot that resulted from the injury.
Incident on Dec 30, 2020 (fatal): Employee fractures foot, later dies
At 3:30 p.m. on December 30, 2020, an employee suffered from a broken foot after a steel beam fell on the employee's foot. The employee was admitted to the hospital on the same day, had surgery on 12/17/20, and was released the following day (12/18/2020). The employee attended a follow up appointment 10 days after release from the hospital and experienced difficulty breathing. The employee died on December 30, 2020.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Tallapoosa site logged 4 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 48 workers: 5.5 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 74 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Division 5, LLC - Tallapoosa
Tallapoosa · 2025
48
4
4
5.5
3.6
Division 5, LLC - Winston
Winston · 2025
34
1
0
2.3
3.6
Division 5, LLC - Bright Star
Douglasville · 2025
9
0
0
0.0
3.6
Division 5, LLC
Winston · 2024
35
0
0
0.0
3.6
Division 5, LLC - Brightstar
Douglasville · 2023
10
1
0
7.0
3.6
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 2 reports on file.
On February 8, 2022, an employee was fabricating structural steel columns. The employee adjusted the width of a steel saw horse and set it down using a crane. While unwrapping the chain from the crane, the saw horse flipped over and fell on his foot. The employee's foot/toes were crushed.
Nov 9, 2021, Tallapoosa: Hospitalization · cuts and abrasions or bruises · face, unspecified
An employee was working with a press. The employee pushed the bottom die in halfway. The punch came down and caught the side of the die. The die shattered and struck the employee in the face, causing facial abrasions and lacerations.
Wage and hour cases
Cases by the Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division since 2015: unpaid minimum wage or overtime, child labor, family leave and more.
Period reviewed
Violations
Workers owed
Back wages
Penalties
May 29, 2024 to Feb 9, 2025
WINSTON
127
42
$24,806
$0
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(2) Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA.
(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)(9)
(9) The employer shall not remove or deface existing labels on incoming containers of hazardous chemicals, unless the container is immediately marked with the required information.
29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
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