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Hellas Construction, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Dadeville, Alabama · Artificial and Synthetic Fibers and Filaments Manufacturing · NAICS 325220

2inspections
14citation items
$66,147current penalties
Oct 30, 2019last inspection

OSHA has inspected Hellas Construction, Inc. 2 times in Alabama since 2018.

The latest one began on Oct 30, 2019 to follow up on an earlier case, in Dadeville.

Those inspections ended with 14 citation items: 2 serious and 12 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $68,859 and now stand at $66,147, 4% lower after settlements or reviews.

Lockout/tagout comes up most often in these citations: 5 items under 1910.147.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Hellas Construction, Inc. averages $33,074 (2 cited inspections).

Hellas Construction, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Hellas Construction, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2018 to 2019
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 344413489 OPENED OCT 30, 2019Closed

Follow-up · Partial · Health · 70 employees at the site · Closed Apr 1, 2020

146 Industrial Park Road, Dadeville, AL 36853 · Artificial and Synthetic Fibers and Filaments Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a Serious$8,856$7,500Nov 26, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 1b Other-than-serious$0$0Nov 26, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 1c Other-than-serious$0$0Nov 26, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 1d Other-than-serious$0$0Nov 26, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(ii) · Lockout/tagout
 Other-than-serious$8,856$7,500Nov 26, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 2b Other-than-serious$0$0Nov 26, 2019Final

Inspection 343632063 OPENED NOV 27, 2018Closed

Referral · Complete · Safety · 666 employees at the site · Closed Jun 21, 2019

146 Industrial Park Road, Dadeville, AL 36853 · Artificial and Synthetic Fibers and Filaments Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Nov 19, 2018: Employee amputates hand when caught in machine

At 6:30 a.m. on November 19, 2018, an employee was setting up an extrusion machine for operation and caught his left hand in the fibulator. The employee amputated his hand and was hospitalized.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Other-than-serious$9,472$9,472May 14, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(a) · Lockout/tagout
 Other-than-serious$13,260$13,260May 14, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(b) · Lockout/tagout
 Other-than-serious$0$0May 14, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Other-than-serious$9,472$9,472May 14, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii) · Machine guarding
 Serious$13,260$13,260May 14, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.1030(f)(1)(i) · Bloodborne pathogens
 Other-than-serious$5,683$5,683May 14, 2019Final
Citation 2, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
 Other-than-serious$0$0May 14, 2019Final
Citation 2, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
 Other-than-serious$0$0May 14, 2019Final

Injury and illness logs

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

In 2024, the Dadeville site logged 5 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 81 workers: 5.1 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.9 for its industry. Those cases cost 3 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Hellas Fibers
Dadeville · 2024
81 515.11.9

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.

Nov 19, 2018, Dadeville: Hospitalization · amputations · hand(s), n.e.c.

An employee was working with two other employees to ensure the proper setup/startup of an extrusion machine. The injured employee was conducting a quality check of the product on the conveyor between the extrusion and fibrillation roller when his left hand was caught between the conveyor roller and fibrillator, resulting in a left hand amputation.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1030 · Bloodborne pathogens

29 CFR 1910.1030(f)(1)(i)

(f) Hepatitis B vaccination and post-exposure evaluation and follow-up—(1) General. (i) The employer shall make available the hepatitis B vaccine and vaccination series to all employees who have occupational exposure, and post-exposure evaluation and follow-up to all employees who have had an exposure incident.

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 1910.1200(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 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.95 · Noise

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