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Most, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Jackson, Tennessee · Secondary Smelting and Alloying of Aluminum · NAICS 331314

4inspections
13citation items
$6,340current penalties
Jul 28, 2016last inspection

OSHA has inspected Most, Inc. 4 times in Tennessee since 1997.

The latest one began on Jul 28, 2016 as a planned inspection, in Jackson.

Those inspections ended with 13 citation items: 5 serious and 8 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $6,550 and now stand at $6,340, 3% lower after settlements or reviews.

Hazard communication comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1910.1200.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Most, Inc. averages $1,890 (1 cited inspection).

Most, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Most, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 1997 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341654531 OPENED JUL 28, 2016Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 75 employees at the site · Closed Sep 21, 2016

355 James Lawrence Road, Jackson, TN 38301 · Secondary Smelting and Alloying of Aluminum · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
Serious$1,500$1,350Aug 23, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.37(b)(6) · Exit routes
Other-than-serious$300$270Aug 23, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.157(c)(1) · Portable fire extinguishers
Other-than-serious$150$135Aug 23, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 3
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(5) · Machine guarding
Other-than-serious$150$135Aug 23, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 4
29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(ii) · Electrical wiring methods
Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 23, 2016Final

Inspection 316168418 OPENED OCT 20, 2011Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 53 employees at the site · Closed Nov 4, 2011

355 James Lawrence Road, Jackson, TN 38301 · Secondary Smelting and Alloying of Aluminum · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 315636589 OPENED MAY 3, 2011Closed

Planned · Complete · Health · 53 employees at the site · Closed Aug 29, 2011

355 James Lawrence Road, Jackson, TN 38301 · Secondary Smelting and Alloying of Aluminum · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a Other-than-serious$200$200Jul 14, 2011Closed
Citation 1, item 1b Other-than-serious$0$0Jul 14, 2011Closed
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$200$200Jul 14, 2011Closed
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 9000602
Other-than-serious$0$0Jul 14, 2011Closed

Inspection 127357168 OPENED OCT 17, 1997Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 145 employees at the site · Closed Jan 30, 1998

1512 Old Nashville Hwy, Columbia, TN 38401 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$4,050$4,050Dec 11, 1997Closed
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$0$0Dec 11, 1997Closed
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 9000501
Serious$0$0Dec 11, 1997Closed
Citation 1, item 1d
29 CFR 9000609
Serious$0$0Dec 11, 1997Closed

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2025, the Jackson site logged 3 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 77 workers: 3.5 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.9 for its industry. Those cases cost 1 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Most Inc
Jackson · 2025
77 313.52.9
Most TN
Jackson · 2021
75 212.52.9

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)

(e) Written hazard communication program. (1) Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1)

(g) Safety data sheets. (1) Chemical manufacturers and importers shall obtain or develop a safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical they produce or import. Employers shall have a safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they use.

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1)

(h) Employee information and training. (1) Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and safety data sheets.

29 CFR 1910.157 · Portable fire extinguishers

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

29 CFR 1910.37 · Exit routes

29 CFR 1910.95 · Noise

Other secondary smelting and alloying of aluminum employers in Tennessee

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