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KDC-Tritech Laboratories: OSHA inspections and violations

New Albany, Ohio · Soap and Other Detergent Manufacturing · NAICS 325611

3inspections
9citation items
$19,480current penalties
Oct 13, 2016last inspection

OSHA has inspected KDC-Tritech Laboratories 3 times in Ohio since 2012.

The latest one began on Oct 13, 2016 on a referral, in New Albany.

Those inspections ended with 9 citation items: 5 serious and 4 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $33,959 and now stand at $19,480, 43% lower after settlements or reviews.

Lockout/tagout comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.147.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and KDC-Tritech Laboratories averages $9,390 (2 cited inspections).

It reported 3 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.

KDC-Tritech Laboratories: OSHA citation items per year, 2012 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341838670 OPENED OCT 13, 2016Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 500 employees at the site · Closed May 3, 2017

8825 Smiths Mill Road, New Albany, OH 43054 · Soap and Other Detergent Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$9,959$4,980Mar 23, 2017Final

Inspection 341123297 OPENED DEC 15, 2015Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 780 employees at the site · Closed Aug 1, 2016

8825 Smith's Mill Road North, New Albany, OH 43054 · Testing Laboratories and Services · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.147(d)(2) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$4,000$2,400May 5, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
Serious$7,000$4,200May 5, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 5a Serious$7,000$4,200May 5, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 5b
29 CFR 1910.335(a)(1)(i) · Safeguards for personnel protection
Serious$0$0May 5, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2) · Reporting deaths and severe injuries
Other-than-serious$5,000$3,000May 5, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
Other-than-serious$0$0May 5, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 3
29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(ii) · Electrical wiring methods
Other-than-serious$0$0May 5, 2016Final

Inspection 338034325 OPENED DEC 28, 2012Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 150 employees at the site · Closed Apr 8, 2013

8825 Smith's Mill Road, Johnstown, OH 43031 · Soap and Other Detergent Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1904.29(b)(1) · Injury and illness log
Other-than-serious$1,000$700Jan 24, 2013Final

Severe injury reports

Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 3 reports on file.

Oct 24, 2022, New Albany: Hospitalization · soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury · head, unspecified

An employee was found lying on the floor, non-responsive, with a wound to the back of the head.

Nov 7, 2019, New Albany: Hospitalization · fractures · lower leg(s)

An employee was transferring bulk material from a tanker truck to a storage tank. The employee's leg was struck by the transfer hose when the hose coupling broke. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured lower leg and required surgery.

Oct 6, 2016, New Albany: Amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified

An employee was trying to unjam a turret machine when his right ring finger was caught and partially amputated between the turret wheel and the side of the bowl.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1904.29 · Injury and illness log

29 CFR 1904.29(b)(1)

(b) Implementation—(1) What do I need to do to complete the OSHA 300 Log? You must enter information about your business at the top of the OSHA 300 Log, enter a one or two line description for each recordable injury or illness, and summarize this information on the OSHA 300-A at the end of the year.

29 CFR 1904.39 · Reporting deaths and severe injuries

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2)

(2) Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA.

29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2)

(2) The employer shall verify that the required workplace hazard assessment has been performed through a written certification that identifies the workplace evaluated; the person certifying that the evaluation has been performed; the date(s) of the hazard assessment; and, which identifies the document as a certification of hazard assessment.

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

29 CFR 1910.332 · Training

29 CFR 1910.335 · Safeguards for personnel protection

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