Fernandina Beach, Florida · Cyclic Crude, Intermediate, and Gum and Wood Chemical Manufacturing · NAICS 325194
OSHA has inspected Lignotech Florida, LLC 4 times in Florida since 2020.
The latest one began on Oct 30, 2024 after a complaint, in Fernandina Beach.
Those inspections ended with 3 citation items: 2 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $21,615 and now stand at $11,937, 45% lower after settlements or reviews.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Lignotech Florida, LLC averages $3,979 (3 cited inspections).
Lignotech Florida, LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 2 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
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Watch this company6 Gum Street, Fernandina Beach, FL 32034 · Other Warehousing and Storage · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.178(k)(1) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks |
Other-than-serious | $7,542 | $3,771 | Dec 5, 2024 | Final |
6 Gum Street, Fernandina Beach, FL 32034 · Cyclic Crude, Intermediate, and Gum and Wood Chemical Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 OSH Act Section 5(a)(1) · General Duty Clause |
Serious | $4,516 | $3,387 | Jun 26, 2023 | Final |
6 Gum Street, Fernandina Beach, FL 32034 · Cyclic Crude, Intermediate, and Gum and Wood Chemical Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
6 Gum Street, Fernandina Beach, FL 32034 · Cyclic Crude, Intermediate, and Gum and Wood Chemical Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Sep 5, 2020: Employee amputates fingertip in dust silo hopper
At 2:00 a.m. on September 5, 2020, an employee was monitoring the controls inside the DCS room. The employee believed there was a blockage in the section of piping of the vacuum system underneath the rotary valve. He reached his hand into the unguarded area to pinch some material to verify it was clogged and made contact with rotary valve blades. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputation to the tip of right index finger.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding |
Serious | $9,557 | $4,779 | Mar 3, 2021 | Final |
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Fernandina Beach site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 60 workers: 1.5 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 0.7 for its industry.
| Site and year | Workers | Cases | Days-away cases | Rate | Industry median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LignoTech Florida LLC Fernandina Beach · 2025 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 1.5 | 0.7 |
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See plansEmployers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 2 reports on file.
Apr 10, 2023, Fernandina Beach: Hospitalization · heat (thermal) burns, unspecified · nonclassifiable
An employee was removing soft insulation from a valve when the adjacent ball valve opened. The employee was sprayed with hot liquor and burned.
Sep 5, 2020, Fernandina Beach: Hospitalization, amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)
At around 2:00 AM, an employee was troubleshooting low suction on a housekeeping vacuum system. The employee was clearing a blockage when a rotary valve in the chute under the dust silo hopper closed and amputated his right index fingertip.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1910.178(k)(1)
(k) Trucks and railroad cars. (1) The brakes of highway trucks shall be set and wheel chocks placed under the rear wheels to prevent the trucks from rolling while they are boarded with powered industrial trucks.
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1)
(a) Machine guarding—(1) Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks. Examples of guarding methods are—barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices, electronic safety devices, etc.
OSH Act Section 5(a)(1)
Each employer shall furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees.
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