Environmental Stoneworks: OSHA inspections and violations
Austell, Georgia · Cut Stone and Stone Product Manufacturing · NAICS 327991
2inspections
2citation items
$3,500current penalties
Jul 25, 2018last inspection
OSHA has inspected Environmental Stoneworks 2 times in Georgia since 2010.
The latest one began on Jul 25, 2018 on a referral, in Mableton.
Those inspections ended with 2 citation items: 2 serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $6,282 and now stand at $3,500, 44% lower after settlements or reviews.
Noise comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.95.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Environmental Stoneworks averages $3,500 (1 cited inspection).
Environmental Stoneworks also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Jul 9, 2018: Employee partially amputates finger while checking for clogs
At 9:30 a.m. on July 9, 2018, an employee was unclogging some concrete and reached into the mixer to check for clogs. The employee was struck by the agitator and partially amputated his finger. The employee was hospitalized.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2020, the Mableton site logged 5 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 55 workers: 7.1 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.8 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Environmental Stoneworks Mableton
Mableton · 2020
55
5
0
7.1
2.8
Environmental StoneWorks- Mableton
Mableton · 2019
68
1
1
1.1
3.4
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.
An employee was operating a concrete mixer. As he attempted to clear up clogged concrete mix, the mixer's blades struck his right hand. The middle finger was partially amputated, right above the knuckle.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(g) Audiometric testing program. (1) The employer shall establish and maintain an audiometric testing program as provided in this paragraph by making audiometric testing available to all employees whose exposures equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average of 85 decibels.
29 CFR 1910.95(k)(1)
(k) Training program. (1) The employer shall train each employee who is exposed to noise at or above an 8-hour time weighted average of 85 decibels in accordance with the requirements of this section. The employer shall institute a training program and ensure employee participation in the program.
Other cut stone and stone product manufacturing employers in Georgia
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.
