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FL Smidth Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

Johnson City, Tennessee · All Other Miscellaneous General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing · NAICS 333999

1inspections
8citation items
$5,200current penalties
Aug 17, 2018last inspection

OSHA inspectors have visited FL Smidth Inc in Tennessee one time.

It opened on Aug 17, 2018 after a complaint, in Johnson City.

In all, OSHA issued 8 citation items: 4 serious and 4 other-than-serious.

The penalties, $5,200 in total, stand where OSHA first set them.

The rule cited most here is 1910.134 (respiratory protection), 3 times.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,600 penalty. FL Smidth Inc averages $5,200 across 1 cited inspection.

FL Smidth Inc also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

FL Smidth Inc: OSHA citation items per year, 2018 to 2018
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343398608 OPENED AUG 17, 2018Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 130 employees at the site · Closed Jan 15, 2019

3622 Bristol Highway, Johnson City, TN 37601 · All Other Miscellaneous General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$2,400$2,400Dec 4, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$0$0Dec 4, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.134(h)(2)(i) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$0$0Dec 4, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.1026(d)(2)(iii) · Hexavalent chromium
 Serious$2,400$2,400Dec 4, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1) · Hazard communication
 Other-than-serious$400$400Dec 4, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
 Other-than-serious$0$0Dec 4, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 1c
29 CFR TDLWD RULE 800-01-09-.07
 Other-than-serious$0$0Dec 4, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 1d
29 CFR TDLWD RULE 800-01-09-.07(4)
 Other-than-serious$0$0Dec 4, 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 2019, the Johnson City site logged 6 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 141 workers: 3.7 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.7 for its industry. Those cases cost 129 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
FL Smidth Johnson City
Johnson City · 2019
141 613.72.7

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

29 CFR 1910.1026 · Hexavalent chromium

29 CFR 1910.1026(d)(2)(iii)

(iii) If monitoring reveals employee exposures to be at or above the action level, the employer shall perform periodic monitoring at least every six months.

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1)

(g) Safety data sheets. (1) Chemical manufacturers and importers shall obtain or develop a safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical they produce or import. Employers shall have a safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they use.

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 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

Other all other miscellaneous general purpose machinery manufacturing employers in Tennessee

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