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PPG Coating Services: OSHA inspections and violations

Cedar Falls, Iowa · Metal Coating, Engraving (except Jewelry and Silverware), and Allied Services to Manufacturers · NAICS 332812

1inspections
2citation items
$7,000current penalties
Sep 24, 2019last inspection

OSHA inspectors have visited PPG Coating Services in Iowa one time.

It opened on Sep 24, 2019 on a referral, in Cedar Falls.

In all, OSHA issued 2 citation items: 2 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $10,565; today they stand at $7,000, 34% less.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,600 penalty. PPG Coating Services averages $7,000 across 1 cited inspection.

PPG Coating Services: OSHA citation items per year, 2019 to 2019
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 344331962 OPENED SEP 24, 2019Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 120 employees at the site · Closed Dec 11, 2019

312 Savannah Park Road, Cedar Falls, IA 50613 · Metal Coating, Engraving (except Jewelry and Silverware), and Allied Services to Manufacturers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Sep 18, 2019: Employee fractures ankle when run over by forklift

At 8:20 a.m. on September 18, 2019, an employee, a maintenance worker, was installing overhead lights and was standing in the walkway looking up at the lights when a coworker was driving a forklift and didn't see him in his path. The employee was struck by the forklift and the wheel ran over his ankle. The employee suffered a fractured left ankle and was hospitalized.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.178(n)(4) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Other-than-serious$9,661$7,000Oct 17, 2019Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2) · Reporting deaths and severe injuries
 Other-than-serious$904$0Oct 17, 2019Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1904.39 · Reporting deaths and severe injuries

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2)

(2) Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA.

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.178(n)(4)

(4) The driver shall be required to slow down and sound the horn at cross aisles and other locations where vision is obstructed. If the load being carried obstructs forward view, the driver shall be required to travel with the load trailing.

Other metal coating, engraving (except jewelry and silverware), and allied services to manufacturers employers in Iowa

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