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PLZ Aeroscience: OSHA inspections and violations

Dalton, Georgia · All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing · NAICS 325998

3inspections
26citation items
$152,000current penalties
Oct 22, 2018last inspection

OSHA has inspected PLZ Aeroscience 3 times in Georgia since 2017.

The latest one began on Oct 22, 2018 after a complaint, in Dalton.

Those inspections ended with 26 citation items: 21 serious, 2 repeat and 3 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $227,554 and now stand at $152,000, 33% lower after settlements or reviews.

Process safety management comes up most often in these citations: 5 items under 1910.119.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and PLZ Aeroscience averages $50,667 (3 cited inspections).

PLZ Aeroscience also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

PLZ Aeroscience: OSHA citation items per year, 2017 to 2018
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343548467 OPENED OCT 22, 2018Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 110 employees at the site · Closed Feb 22, 2024

310 Brookhollow Road S.e., Dalton, GA 30721 · All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.37(a)(2) · Exit routes
 Serious$13,260$7,000Apr 19, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.119(d)(3)(i)(d) · Process safety management
 Serious$9,377$6,000Apr 19, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1) · Process safety management
 Serious$9,377$6,000Apr 19, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 4a
29 CFR 1910.119(j)(2) · Process safety management
 Serious$9,377$6,000Apr 19, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 4b
29 CFR 1910.119(j)(4)(ii) · Process safety management
 Serious$0$0Apr 19, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.119(o)(1) · Process safety management
 Serious$9,377$7,000Apr 19, 2019Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.132(a) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Repeat$18,755$12,000Apr 19, 2019Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.1052(k)(1)(iii) · Methylene chloride
 Repeat$18,755$10,000Apr 19, 2019Final
Citation 3, item 1
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6)(ii) · Hazard communication
 Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 19, 2019Final

Inspection 342749033 OPENED NOV 1, 2017Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 240 employees at the site · Closed Jun 6, 2018

310 Brookhollow Road S.e., Dalton, GA 30721 · All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.28(b)(1)(i)(a) · Fall protection in general industry
 Serious$7,775$5,500Apr 6, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.37(b)(2) · Exit routes
 Serious$4,664$3,000Apr 6, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.37(b)(5) · Exit routes
 Serious$0$0Apr 6, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$6,220$4,500Apr 6, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$6,220$4,500Apr 6, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
 Serious$4,664$3,000Apr 6, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 6
29 CFR 1910.219(e)(1)(i) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$6,220$4,500Apr 6, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$14,634$12,000Apr 6, 2018Final
Citation 3, item 1
29 CFR 1910.157(c)(1) · Portable fire extinguishers
 Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 6, 2018Final
Citation 3, item 2
29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
 Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 6, 2018Final

Inspection 342733136 OPENED OCT 25, 2017Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 128 employees at the site · Closed Jun 6, 2018

310 Brookhollow Road S.e., Dalton, GA 30721 · All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
OSH Act Section 5(a)(1) · General Duty Clause
 Serious$12,675$8,000Apr 6, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.37(a)(2) · Exit routes
 Serious$12,675$8,000Apr 6, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.106(e)(6)(i) · Flammable liquids
 Serious$12,805$8,500Apr 6, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.132(a) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Serious$12,675$8,500Apr 6, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.133(a)(3) · Eye and face protection
 Serious$6,220$4,000Apr 6, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 6
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$6,220$4,000Apr 6, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
 Serious$25,609$20,000Apr 6, 2018Final

Injury and illness logs

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

In 2018, the Dalton site logged 9 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 125 workers: 5.5 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.6 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Plaze GA
Dalton · 2018
125 905.51.6
PLAZE Georgia
Dalton · 2017
172 19510.61.6

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1052 · Methylene chloride

29 CFR 1910.1052(k)(1)(iii)

(iii) Employers shall include MC in the hazard communication program established to comply with the HCS (§ 1910.1200). Employers shall ensure that each employee has access to labels on containers of MC and to safety data sheets, and is trained in accordance with the requirements of HCS and paragraph (l) of this section.

29 CFR 1910.106 · Flammable liquids

29 CFR 1910.106(e)(6)(i)

(6) Sources of ignition—(i) General. Adequate precautions shall be taken to prevent the ignition of flammable vapors. Sources of ignition include but are not limited to open flames; lightning; smoking; cutting and welding; hot surfaces; frictional heat; static, electrical, and mechanical sparks; spontaneous ignition, including heat-producing chemical reactions; and radiant heat.

29 CFR 1910.119 · Process safety management

29 CFR 1910.119(d)(3)(i)(d)

(D) Relief system design and design basis;

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.133 · Eye and face protection

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.157 · Portable fire extinguishers

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.219 · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts

29 CFR 1910.28 · Fall protection in general industry

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.37 · Exit routes

OSH Act Section 5 · General Duty Clause

Other all other miscellaneous chemical product and preparation manufacturing employers in Georgia

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.