Fiber Brite Ltd has one OSHA inspection on record in Texas.
OSHA opened it on Jan 27, 2020 on a referral, in Wilson.
From that inspection OSHA issued 2 citation items: 1 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
OSHA proposed $14,446 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $8,668, down 40%.
For context, across all farming, fishing and forestry employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $1,440. Fiber Brite Ltd averages $8,668 over 1 cited inspection in that time.
Fiber Brite Ltd 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 Jan 17, 2020: Employee's fingers are amputated in lint machine
At 6:15 p.m. on January 17, 2020, an employee was walking past a lint machine. He slipped as he was walking by the lint machine, and stuck his hands out to steady himself, causing one hand to get stuck in the machine. The employee was hospitalized to treat finger amputations.
Citation and rule
Type
Proposed
Current
Issued
Status
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1928.57(a)(8)(i) · Guarding of farm field equipment, farmstead equipment, and cotton gins
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2017, the Wilson site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 30 workers: 2.6 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.9 for its industry. Those cases cost 3 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Fiber Brite, LTD
Wilson · 2017
30
1
1
2.6
2.9
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.
(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.
29 CFR 1928.57 · Guarding of farm field equipment, farmstead equipment, and cotton gins
29 CFR 1928.57(a)(8)(i)
(8) Strength and design of guards. (i) Where guards are used to provide the protection required by this section, they shall be designed and located to protect against inadvertent contact with the hazard being guarded.
Other postharvest crop activities (except cotton ginning) employers in Texas
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.
