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Qems Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

Rock Hill, South Carolina · Printed Circuit Assembly (Electronic Assembly) Manufacturing · NAICS 334418

2inspections
7citation items
$4,000current penalties
Feb 6, 2020last inspection

OSHA has inspected Qems Inc 2 times in South Carolina since 2020.

The latest one began on Feb 6, 2020 after a complaint, in Rock Hill.

Those inspections ended with 7 citation items: 3 serious and 4 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $4,000 and still stand at $4,000.

Hazard communication comes up most often in these citations: 4 items under 1910.1200.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Qems Inc averages $2,000 (2 cited inspections).

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

Qems Inc: OSHA citation items per year, 2020 to 2020
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 344611801 OPENED FEB 6, 2020Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 80 employees at the site · Closed Aug 26, 2020

200 Interconnect Drive, Rock Hill, SC 29730 · Printed Circuit Assembly (Electronic Assembly) Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$1,250$1,250Jul 1, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.219(b)(1) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$1,000$1,000Jul 1, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.333(b)(2)(i) · Working near live electrical parts
 Serious$1,250$1,250Jul 1, 2020Final

Inspection 344648407 OPENED FEB 6, 2020Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 80 employees at the site · Closed Aug 10, 2020

200 Interconnect Drive, Rock Hill, SC 29730 · Printed Circuit Assembly (Electronic Assembly) Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
 Other-than-serious$500$500Jun 1, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i) · Hazard communication
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 1, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1) · Hazard communication
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 1, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 1d
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 1, 2020Final

Injury and illness logs

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

In 2019, the Rock Hill site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 77 workers: 1.5 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 0.5 for its industry. Those cases cost 4 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Qems Inc
Rock Hill · 2019
77 111.50.5

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(e)(1)(i)

(i) A list of the hazardous chemicals known to be present using a product identifier that is referenced on the appropriate safety data sheet (the list may be compiled for the workplace as a whole or for individual work areas); and,

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 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

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

29 CFR 1910.333 · Working near live electrical parts

Other printed circuit assembly (electronic assembly) manufacturing employers in South Carolina

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