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Ram Board: OSHA inspections and violations

Greer, South Carolina · Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · NAICS 326192

2inspections
14citation items
$3,412current penalties
Apr 27, 2016last inspection

OSHA has inspected Ram Board 2 times in South Carolina since 2016.

The latest one began on Apr 27, 2016 after a complaint, in Greer.

Those inspections ended with 14 citation items: 6 serious and 8 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $6,825 and now stand at $3,412, 50% lower after settlements or reviews.

Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks comes up most often in these citations: 4 items under 1910.178.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Ram Board averages $3,412 (1 cited inspection).

Ram Board also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Ram Board: OSHA citation items per year, 2016 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341438182 OPENED APR 27, 2016Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 22 employees at the site · Closed Feb 2, 2017

1623 S. Highway 14 Suite A, Greer, SC 29651 · Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$875$437Sep 14, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.178(a)(4) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$2,500$1,250Sep 14, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
 Serious$500$250Sep 14, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(2) · Machine guarding
 Serious$400$200Sep 14, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.219(f)(1) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$300$150Sep 14, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 6
29 CFR 1910.219(i)(2) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$300$150Sep 14, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.178(a)(6) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Other-than-serious$0$0Sep 14, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(ii) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Other-than-serious$350$175Sep 14, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 3
29 CFR 1910.178(q)(7) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Other-than-serious$350$175Sep 14, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 4
29 CFR 1910.219(c)(2)(i) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Other-than-serious$200$100Sep 14, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 5
29 CFR 3.32(B)(6)
 Other-than-serious$350$175Sep 14, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 6
29 CFR 3.33(A)
 Other-than-serious$350$175Sep 14, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 7a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
 Other-than-serious$350$175Sep 14, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 7b
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)(i) · Hazard communication
 Other-than-serious$0$0Sep 14, 2016Final

Inspection 341438190 OPENED APR 27, 2016Closed

Complaint · No inspection · Safety · Closed Sep 7, 2016

1075 Victor Hill Road, Greer, SC 29651 · Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Injury and illness logs

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

In 2016, the Greer site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 25 workers: 3.7 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.1 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Ram Board East
Greer · 2016
25 103.72.1

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 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1)

(c) General—(1) Energy control program. The employer shall establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performs any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, start up or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source, and rendered inoperative.

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

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

Other other plastics product manufacturing employers in South Carolina

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