OSHA has inspected Koswire, Inc. 11 times in Georgia since 2003.
The latest one began on Mar 6, 2019 after a complaint, in Flowery Branch.
Those inspections ended with 60 citation items: 41 serious, 1 willful, 2 repeat and 16 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $299,265 and now stand at $238,051, 20% lower after settlements or reviews.
Lockout/tagout comes up most often in these citations: 11 items under 1910.147.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Koswire, Inc. averages $16,260 (3 cited inspections).
2 inspections on this page followed a fatal incident.
Koswire, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Inspection 315742239 OPENED MAR 3, 2012Closed
Accident · Complete · Safety · 44 employees at the site · Closed Jan 1, 2016
4600 Cantrell Road, Flowery Branch, GA 30542 · Steel Wire Drawing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Mar 2, 2012 (fatal): Employee is killed after reached into block drawing machin
On March 2, 2012, Employee #1 was operating an unguarded, single 24 in. block dr awing machine. The employee reached into the ingoing nip point at the 24 in. blo ck and was drawn into the machine decapitating the employee. Employee #1 was pro nounced dead at the scene.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 |
Serious | $4,950 | $4,950 | Aug 23, 2012 | Closed |
| Citation 1, item 2 |
Serious | $5,940 | $5,940 | Aug 23, 2012 | Closed |
| Citation 1, item 3 |
Serious | $5,940 | $5,940 | Aug 23, 2012 | Closed |
| Citation 1, item 4 |
Serious | $5,940 | $5,940 | Aug 23, 2012 | Closed |
| Citation 1, item 5 |
Serious | $6,930 | $6,930 | Aug 23, 2012 | Closed |
| Citation 1, item 6 |
Serious | $6,930 | $6,930 | Aug 23, 2012 | Closed |
| Citation 1, item 7 |
Serious | $6,930 | $6,930 | Aug 23, 2012 | Closed |
| Citation 1, item 8 |
Serious | $6,930 | $6,930 | Aug 23, 2012 | Closed |
| Citation 1, item 9 |
Serious | $5,940 | $5,940 | Aug 23, 2012 | Closed |
| Citation 1, item 10a |
Serious | $4,950 | $4,950 | Aug 23, 2012 | Closed |
| Citation 1, item 10b |
Serious | $0 | $0 | Aug 23, 2012 | Closed |
| Citation 1, item 10c |
Serious | $0 | $0 | Aug 23, 2012 | Closed |
| Citation 2, item 1 |
Willful | $69,300 | $69,300 | Aug 23, 2012 | Closed |
| Citation 3, item 1 |
Other-than-serious | $0 | $0 | Aug 23, 2012 | Closed |
| Citation 3, item 2 |
Other-than-serious | $0 | $0 | Aug 23, 2012 | Closed |
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2022, the Flowery Branch site logged 2 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 55 workers: 3.5 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 22 days away from work.
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.
Jan 23, 2018, Flowery Branch: Amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
An employee was using an overhead crane to remove product from a line when his left ring finger was caught between the crane hook and the product carrier, resulting in a partial amputation.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.