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Newcomb Spring Corp.: OSHA inspections and violations

Charlotte, North Carolina · Spring and Wire Product Manufacturing · NAICS 332612

2inspections
18citation items
$5,989current penalties
Aug 15, 2024last inspection

Since 2009, OSHA inspectors have visited Newcomb Spring Corp. in North Carolina 2 times.

The most recent inspection opened on Aug 15, 2024 as a planned inspection, in Gastonia.

In all, OSHA issued 18 citation items: 5 serious and 13 other-than-serious.

The penalties, $5,989 in total, stand where OSHA first set them.

The rule cited most here is 1910.147 (lockout/tagout), 3 times.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,600 penalty. Newcomb Spring Corp. averages $5,589 across 1 cited inspection.

Newcomb Spring Corp. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Newcomb Spring Corp.: OSHA citation items per year, 2009 to 2024
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 347696213 OPENED AUG 15, 2024Closed

Planned · Complete · Health · 28 employees at the site · Closed May 13, 2025

2633 Plastics Dr, Gastonia, NC 28054 · Spring and Wire Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$4,839$4,839Jan 27, 2025Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.243(c)(1) · Guarding of portable powered tools
 Serious$750$750Jan 27, 2025Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.101(b) · Compressed gases (general requirements)
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 27, 2025Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i) · Respiratory protection
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 27, 2025Final
Citation 2, item 3
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(ii) · Respiratory protection
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 27, 2025Final
Citation 2, item 4
29 CFR 1910.157(e)(2) · Portable fire extinguishers
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 27, 2025Final

Inspection 313619082 OPENED JUL 15, 2009Closed

Planned · Complete · Health · 17 employees at the site · Closed Sep 8, 2009

4128 Barringer Dr, Charlotte, NC 28217 · Spring and Wire Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$150$150Jul 31, 2009Closed
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(iic) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$0$0Jul 31, 2009Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.213(i)(1) · Woodworking machinery
 Serious$250$250Jul 31, 2009Closed
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jul 31, 2009Closed
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.157(c)(1) · Portable fire extinguishers
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jul 31, 2009Closed
Citation 2, item 3
29 CFR 1910.178(l) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jul 31, 2009Closed
Citation 2, item 4
29 CFR 1910.253(b)(4)(i) · Gas welding and cutting
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jul 31, 2009Closed
Citation 2, item 5
29 CFR 1910.303(b)(2) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jul 31, 2009Closed
Citation 2, item 6
29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(ii) · Electrical wiring methods
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jul 31, 2009Closed
Citation 2, item 7
29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iva) · Electrical wiring methods
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jul 31, 2009Closed
Citation 2, item 8
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jul 31, 2009Closed
Citation 2, item 9
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5)(ii) · Hazard communication
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jul 31, 2009Closed

Injury and illness logs

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

In 2021, the Gastonia site logged 3 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 28 workers: 10.9 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.3 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Newcomb Spring of North Carolina
Gastonia · 2021
28 3010.93.3
Newcomb Spring of Carolina
Gastonia · 2018
30 5018.13.3

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.101 · Compressed gases (general requirements)

29 CFR 1910.101(b)

(b) Compressed gases. The in-plant handling, storage, and utilization of all compressed gases in cylinders, portable tanks, rail tankcars, or motor vehicle cargo tanks shall be in accordance with Compressed Gas Association Pamphlet P-1-1965, which is incorporated by reference as specified in § 1910.6.

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(f)(5)(ii)

(ii) The label for bulk shipments of hazardous chemicals must be on the immediate container, transmitted with the shipping papers or the bills of lading, or, with the agreement of the receiving entity, transmitted by technological or electronic means so that it is immediately available to workers in printed form on the receiving end of shipment.

29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.157 · Portable fire extinguishers

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.213 · Woodworking machinery

29 CFR 1910.243 · Guarding of portable powered tools

29 CFR 1910.253 · Gas welding and cutting

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

Other spring and wire product manufacturing employers in North Carolina

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