Granite Packaging, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations
Social Circle, Georgia · Polish and Other Sanitation Good Manufacturing · NAICS 325612
2inspections
18citation items
$34,157current penalties
Jul 24, 2020last inspection
OSHA has inspected Granite Packaging, LLC 2 times in Georgia since 2014.
The latest one began on Jul 24, 2020 on a referral, in Social Circle.
Those inspections ended with 18 citation items: 12 serious and 6 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $52,124 and now stand at $34,157, 34% lower after settlements or reviews.
Hazard communication comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1910.1200.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Granite Packaging, LLC averages $27,157 (1 cited inspection).
Granite Packaging, LLC 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 23, 2020: Employee suffers chemical burns during mixing operations
At 10:30 a.m. on July 23, 2020, an employee was looking into a vessel being filled with chemicals including Isopropyl alcohol to ensure the level of mixture was above the blades before turning on the mixers. The access port was mounted with one bolt so the employee could rotate the cover to look in. The employee turned on a small flashlight and was looking into the access port when a chemical explosion occurred through the porthole, blowing a hole through the ceiling. It was determined that when the employee touched the tank that was not properly grounded, an electrostatic discharge ignited the flammable vapors that were being released through the manhole from the isopropanol. The employee was hospitalized to treat chemical burns on his face.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2022, the Social Circle site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 45 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.6 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Granite Packaging
Social Circle · 2022
45
0
0
0.0
1.6
Granite Packaging LLC
Social Circle · 2021
124
5
2
57.8
1.6
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.
Jul 23, 2020, Social Circle: Hospitalization · chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified · nonclassifiable
A temporary employee received chemical burns during mixing operations.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(6) Sources of ignition—(i) General. Adequate precautions shall be taken to prevent the ignition of flammable vapors. Sources of ignition include but are not limited to open flames; lightning; smoking; cutting and welding; hot surfaces; frictional heat; static, electrical, and mechanical sparks; spontaneous ignition, including heat-producing chemical reactions; and radiant heat.
(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(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 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
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