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High Performance Product Engineering: OSHA inspections and violations

Columbus, Georgia · Medicinal and Botanical Manufacturing · NAICS 325411

1inspections
4citation items
$9,313current penalties
Jul 26, 2018last inspection

OSHA has inspected High Performance Product Engineering once in Georgia.

The inspection began on Jul 26, 2018 after a complaint, in Columbus.

That inspection ended with 4 citation items: 2 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $15,521 and now stand at $9,313, 40% lower after settlements or reviews.

Respiratory protection comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.134.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and High Performance Product Engineering averages $9,313 (1 cited inspection).

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

High Performance Product Engineering: OSHA citation items per year, 2018 to 2018
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343439865 OPENED JUL 26, 2018Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 38 employees at the site · Closed Feb 19, 2020

6906 Dixie Street, Columbus, GA 31907 · Medicinal and Botanical Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.132(c) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Serious$9,054$5,432Jan 18, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3)(iv) · Hazard communication
 Serious$6,467$3,880Jan 18, 2019Final
Citation 2, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1) · Respiratory protection
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 18, 2019Final
Citation 2, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1) · Respiratory protection
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 18, 2019Final

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.

Dec 20, 2017, Columbus: Hospitalization · chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified · back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified

An employee was cleaning out a chemical container tank when the tank's water/caustic mix sprayed and burned his back.

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(h)(3)(iv)

(iv) The details of the hazard communication program developed by the employer, including an explanation of the labels received on shipped containers and the workplace labeling system used by their employer; the safety data sheet, including the order of information and how employees can obtain and use the appropriate hazard information.

29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.132(c)

(c) Design. All personal protective equipment shall be of safe design and construction for the work to be performed.

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1)

(1) General. The employer shall provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee is fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace. The employer may discontinue an employee's medical evaluations when the employee is no longer required to use a respirator.

Other medicinal and botanical manufacturing employers in Georgia

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