OSHA has inspected Microporous, LLC 5 times in Tennessee since 2016.
The latest one began on Dec 11, 2024 as a planned inspection, in Piney Flats.
Those inspections ended with 17 citation items: 9 serious and 8 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $16,875 and now stand at $14,900, 12% lower after settlements or reviews.
Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1910.178.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Microporous, LLC averages $2,980 (5 cited inspections).
Microporous, LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Inspection 342078490 OPENED JAN 31, 2017Closed
Referral · Partial · Safety · 120 employees at the site · Closed Apr 21, 2017
596 Industrial Park Rd, Piney Flats, TN 37686 · Rubber Product Manufacturing for Mechanical Use · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Jan 15, 2017: Employee catches arm in roller and receives multiple fractur
At 7:15 p.m. on January 15, 2017, an employee was threading material from a curing vault to the dryer. As material was cut, it created a pinch point between the material and roller. The employee's hand was wrapped into the roll along with his forearm, breaking his arm in two places.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 |
Serious | $4,000 | $3,200 | Mar 3, 2017 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2 |
Serious | $4,000 | $3,200 | Mar 3, 2017 | Final |
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Piney Flats site logged 6 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 165 workers: 3.3 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.9 for its industry. Those cases cost 21 days away from work.
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.
