Inspection 345160154 OPENED FEB 14, 2021Closed
1000 Skc Drive, Covington, GA 30014 · All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
OSHA has inspected SKC, Inc. 3 times in Georgia since 2016.
The latest one began on Feb 14, 2021 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Covington.
Those inspections ended with 6 citation items: 5 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $25,894 and now stand at $21,936, 15% lower after settlements or reviews.
Lockout/tagout comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1910.147.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and SKC, Inc. averages $10,968 (2 cited inspections).
SKC, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 3 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
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Inspection 343598728 OPENED NOV 14, 2018Closed
1000 Skc Drive, Covington, GA 30014 · Unlaminated Plastics Film and Sheet (except Packaging) Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Nov 5, 2018: Employee's finger is caught in moving gear and incurs avulsi
At 10:00 p.m. on November 5, 2018, Employee #1 was attempting to set the winder-bars into a new roll pattern. One of the winder-bar gears became caught on some debris. The employee tried retrieving the film debris from the track by reaching under the gear drive. A coworker was helping her manually push the forward button to get to the debris. The track arm gear moved forward, pulling the employee's right middle finger into the moving gear. The employee sustained a severe avulsion to her right middle finger.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout |
Serious | $4,240 | $2,544 | Nov 29, 2018 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2 29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(iii) · Machine guarding |
Serious | $5,654 | $3,392 | Nov 29, 2018 | Final |
Inspection 341206175 OPENED JAN 27, 2016Closed
1000 Skc Drive, Covington, GA 30014 · All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout |
Serious | $5,000 | $5,000 | Mar 9, 2016 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2 29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i) · Lockout/tagout |
Serious | $5,000 | $5,000 | Mar 9, 2016 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 3 29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication |
Serious | $5,000 | $5,000 | Mar 9, 2016 | Final |
| Citation 2, item 1 29 CFR 1904.29(b)(1) · Injury and illness log |
Other-than-serious | $1,000 | $1,000 | Mar 9, 2016 | Final |
Injury and illness logs
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2022, the Covington site logged 6 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 218 workers: 2.5 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 110 days away from work.
| Site and year | Workers | Cases | Days-away cases | Rate | Industry median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SKC, Inc. Covington · 2022 | 218 | 6 | 1 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| Absolics, Inc. Covington · 2022 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| SKC-GA Covington · 2021 | 211 | 4 | 2 | 1.8 | 2.6 |
| SKC Inc. Covington Covington · 2016 | 369 | 14 | 6 | 3.3 | 2.6 |
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See plansSevere injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 3 reports on file.
Nov 5, 2018, Covington: Amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)
A slitter operator was removing a piece of plastic that had fallen when the slitter machine was activated. It amputated the tip of the employee's finger.
Jan 22, 2016, Covington: Hospitalization, amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)
An employee was emptying the dust collector on a fines hopper. After she centered the drum under the discharge, she raised her left hand to shake fines off of her hand. Her hand entered the vertical discharge chute, and her fingers contacted the rotating vanes of the rotary valve, amputating her left middle and ring fingertips.
Aug 5, 2015, Covington: Amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
A maintenance employee was troubleshooting a rotary valve for a pallet on the roof. While cleaning debris around the plug inside the fitting valve, the employee's finger was amputated by rotating blades. The unit was running at the time of the incident.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1904.29 · Injury and illness log
29 CFR 1904.29(b)(1)
(b) Implementation—(1) What do I need to do to complete the OSHA 300 Log? You must enter information about your business at the top of the OSHA 300 Log, enter a one or two line description for each recordable injury or illness, and summarize this information on the OSHA 300-A at the end of the year.
29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1)
(h) Employee information and training. (1) Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and safety data sheets.
29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i)
(4) Energy control procedure. (i) Procedures shall be developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees are engaged in the activities covered by this section.
29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding
Other all other plastics product manufacturing employers in Georgia
- Greenview Floors International, Inc. Adairsville · 4 citations · $7,606
- T M Poly-Film, Inc. Valdosta · 19 citations · $21,169
- Primex Plastics Corporation Oakwood · 50 citations · $106,641
- Go Plastics LLC Canton · 56 citations · $44,951
- Rossini North America, LLC Suwanee · 6 citations · $3,479
- Foam Products Corp. Calhoun · 7 citations · $22,781
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