Corunna, Michigan · Clay Building Material and Refractories Manufacturing · NAICS 327120
1inspections
5citation items
$2,800current penalties
Nov 13, 2018last inspection
Meridian Brick has one OSHA inspection on record in Michigan.
OSHA opened it on Nov 13, 2018 after a complaint, in Corunna.
From that inspection OSHA issued 5 citation items: 4 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
OSHA proposed $7,000 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $2,800, down 60%.
Most often, OSHA cited 1910.1053, silica dust in general industry (5 items).
For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $4,500. Meridian Brick averages $2,800 over 1 cited inspection in that time.
Meridian Brick also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
Michigan · latest 90 days of OSHA records
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From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2020, the Corunna site logged 2 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 39 workers: 4.2 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.0 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Meridian Brick-Michigan-Meridian
Corunna · 2020
39
2
0
4.2
3.0
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(c) Permissible exposure limit (PEL). The employer shall ensure that no employee is exposed to an airborne concentration of respirable crystalline silica in excess of 50 µg/m 3, calculated as an 8-hour TWA.
29 CFR 1910.1053(d)(6)(i)
(6) Employee notification of assessment results. (i) Within 15 working days after completing an exposure assessment in accordance with paragraph (d) of this section, the employer shall individually notify each affected employee in writing of the results of that assessment or post the results in an appropriate location accessible to all affected employees.
29 CFR 1910.1053(f)(1)
(f) Methods of compliance—(1) Engineering and work practice controls. The employer shall use engineering and work practice controls to reduce and maintain employee exposure to respirable crystalline silica to or below the PEL, unless the employer can demonstrate that such controls are not feasible. Wherever such feasible engineering and work practice controls are not sufficient to reduce employee exposure to or below the PEL, the employer shall nonetheless use them to reduce employee exposure to the lowest feasible level and shall supplement them with the use of respiratory protection that complies with the requirements of paragraph (g) of this section.
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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.
