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Sma, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Gainesville, Georgia · Fats and Oils Refining and Blending · NAICS 311225

1inspections
1citation items
$2,328current penalties
Nov 21, 2018last inspection

OSHA inspectors have visited Sma, LLC in Georgia one time.

It opened on Nov 21, 2018 on a referral, in Gainesville.

In all, OSHA issued 1 citation item: 1 serious.

The proposed penalties came to $3,880; today they stand at $2,328, 40% less.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $4,872 penalty. Sma, LLC averages $2,328 across 1 cited inspection.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Sma, LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2018 to 2018
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343622411 OPENED NOV 21, 2018Closed

Referral · Complete · Safety · 5 employees at the site · Closed Jan 17, 2019

862 West Ridge Road, Gainesville, GA 30501 · Fats and Oils Refining and Blending · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Nov 15, 2018: Employee fractures shoulders when body harness is caught by

At 4:00 p.m. on November 15, 2018, an employee was installing handrails along the perimeter of a newly installed working platform and went to get some additional parts. The employee fractured his shoulders when the wire rope on the retractable lanyard he was wearing was caught in an unguarded rotating shaft and he attempted to extricate himself from the body harness. The employee was hospitalized.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.307(c)(2)(i) · Mechanical power-transmission apparatus
 Serious$3,880$2,328Dec 28, 2018Final

Severe injury reports

Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.

Nov 15, 2018, Gainesville: Hospitalization · fractures · shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)

An employee was building a platform above a rotating grain leg head (shaft) when his lanyard was caught in the rotating shaft, breaking his right shoulder and left clavicle.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.307 · Mechanical power-transmission apparatus

29 CFR 1926.307(c)(2)(i)

(2) Guarding horizontal shafting. (i) All exposed parts of horizontal shafting 7 feet (2.128 m) or less from floor or working platform, excepting runways used exclusively for oiling, or running adjustments, shall be protected by a stationary casing enclosing shafting completely or by a trough enclosing sides and top or sides and bottom of shafting as location requires.

Other fats and oils refining and blending employers in Georgia

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