OSHA has inspected Sca, Inc 9 times in Alabama since 2008.
The latest one began on Sep 4, 2019 after a complaint, in Auburn.
Those inspections ended with 47 citation items: 30 serious, 4 repeat and 13 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $191,505 and now stand at $108,060, 44% lower after settlements or reviews.
Electrical wiring methods comes up most often in these citations: 8 items under 1910.305.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Sca, Inc averages $3,800 (3 cited inspections).
Sca, Inc also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 3 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Inspection 342878626 OPENED JAN 9, 2018Closed
Complaint · Partial · Safety · 328 employees at the site · Closed Jan 24, 2018
764 Veterans Blvd,, Auburn, AL 36830 · Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2023, the Auburn site logged 12 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 230 workers: 5.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.1 for its industry.
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 3 reports on file.
Aug 21, 2024, Auburn: Amputation · amputations involving bone loss · other finger(s) n.e.c.
An employee was assisting an overhead crane operator with stacking molds in the mold storage room when his hand was caught between two of the molds. The employee sustained a finger amputation.
Dec 4, 2018, Auburn: Amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
An employee's left index finger was caught and amputated in the piercing machine.
Oct 28, 2015, Auburn: Hospitalization · internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk · chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
A forklift driver was lifting 4' x 4' totes weighing approximately 120 lbs. when full. Two totes fell and struck the injured employee; one struck the employee's back and the other struck the employee's leg. The injured employee suffered a pneumothorax puncture to the left lung and the right heel bone was fractured.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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.