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First Source Worldwide, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Dalton, Georgia · Synthetic Dye and Pigment Manufacturing · NAICS 325132

3inspections
20citation items
$105,000current penalties
Jan 25, 2018last inspection

Since 2017, OSHA inspectors have visited First Source Worldwide, LLC in Georgia 3 times.

The most recent inspection opened on Jan 25, 2018 on a referral, in Dalton.

In all, OSHA issued 20 citation items: 11 serious, 2 willful and 7 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $256,088; today they stand at $105,000, 59% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.219 (belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts), 3 times.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $4,500 penalty. First Source Worldwide, LLC averages $52,500 across 2 cited inspections.

First Source Worldwide, LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

First Source Worldwide, LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2017 to 2018
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 342901659 OPENED JAN 25, 2018Closed

Referral · Partial · Health · 10 employees at the site · Closed Jun 18, 2019

413 Virgil Drive, Dalton, GA 30721 · Synthetic Dye and Pigment Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 342550043 OPENED AUG 17, 2017Closed

Referral · Partial · Health · 49 employees at the site · Closed Jan 3, 2018

413 Virgil Drive, Dalton, GA 30721 · Synthetic Dye and Pigment Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(ii) · Respiratory protection
Other-than-serious$0$0Nov 13, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1) · Respiratory protection
Other-than-serious$0$0Nov 13, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.134(h)(2)(i) · Respiratory protection
Other-than-serious$0$0Nov 13, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0Nov 13, 2017Final

Inspection 342539186 OPENED AUG 9, 2017Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 49 employees at the site · Closed Mar 8, 2022

413 Virgil Dr., Dalton, GA 30721 · Synthetic Dye and Pigment Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
OSH Act Section 5(a)(1) · General Duty Clause
Serious$7,760$2,784Feb 1, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.30(a)(1) · Training requirements
Serious$9,054$2,784Feb 1, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1)(i) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
Serious$9,054$2,784Feb 1, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 4a
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(ii) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$9,054$2,784Feb 1, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 4b
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(5)(i) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$9,054$0Feb 1, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 6
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$9,054$2,784Feb 1, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 7
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
Serious$7,760$2,784Feb 1, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 8a
29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
Serious$5,174$2,784Feb 1, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 8b
29 CFR 1910.219(e)(3)(i) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
Serious$0$0Feb 1, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 9
29 CFR 1910.219(f)(3) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
Serious$9,054$2,328Feb 1, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.28(b)(1)(i) · Fall protection in general industry
Willful$90,535$80,856Feb 1, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.28(b)(6)(i) · Fall protection in general industry
Willful$0$0Feb 1, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4) · Permit-required confined spaces
Serious$90,535$2,328Feb 1, 2018Final
Citation 3, item 1
29 CFR 1910.157(c)(1) · Portable fire extinguishers
Other-than-serious$0$0Feb 1, 2018Final
Citation 3, item 2
29 CFR 1910.303(b)(2) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
Other-than-serious$0$0Feb 1, 2018Final
Citation 3, item 3
29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iv)(a) · Electrical wiring methods
Other-than-serious$0$0Feb 1, 2018Final

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2025, the Dalton site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 12 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 0.0 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
First Source Dalton
Dalton · 2025
12 000.00.0
First Source Worldwide, LLC- Dalton Location
Dalton · 2020
10 000.00.0

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 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1)(i)

(i) Select, and have each affected employee use, the types of PPE that will protect the affected employee from the hazards identified in the hazard assessment;

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(ii)

(ii) In addition, the employer must establish and implement those elements of a written respiratory protection program necessary to ensure that any employee using a respirator voluntarily is medically able to use that respirator, and that the respirator is cleaned, stored, and maintained so that its use does not present a health hazard to the user. Exception: Employers are not required to include in a written respiratory protection program those employees whose only use of respirators involves the voluntary use of filtering facepieces (dust masks).

29 CFR 1910.146 · Permit-required confined spaces

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.157 · Portable fire extinguishers

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.219 · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts

29 CFR 1910.28 · Fall protection in general industry

29 CFR 1910.30 · Training requirements

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

OSH Act Section 5 · General Duty Clause

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