OSHA has inspected Southern Components, Inc. 10 times in Louisiana since 1984.
The latest one began on Jan 25, 2023 as a planned inspection, in Shreveport.
Those inspections ended with 31 citation items: 17 serious and 14 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $29,750 and now stand at $16,824, 43% lower after settlements or reviews.
Noise comes up most often in these citations: 4 items under 1910.95.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Southern Components, Inc. averages $7,105 (2 cited inspections).
Southern Components, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
Louisiana · latest 90 days of OSHA records
22employers cited
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29 CFR 1910.132(a) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
Other-than-serious
$0
$0
Feb 3, 1984
Closed
Injury and illness logs
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2023, the Shreveport site logged 10 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 91 workers: 10.2 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.9 for its industry. Those cases cost 63 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Southern Components, Inc
Shreveport · 2023
91
10
2
10.2
3.9
Southern Components, Inc.
Shreveport · 2021
120
5
2
5.3
3.9
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.
An employee was operating a forklift when his arm was pinned between two bundles of trusses. The employee moved the forklift and walked a few feet then fell to the ground. The employee sustained a jaw fracture and an arm injury.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(c) Exposure control—(1) Exposure Control Plan. (i) Each employer having an employee(s) with occupational exposure as defined by paragraph (b) of this section shall establish a written Exposure Control Plan designed to eliminate or minimize employee exposure.
(iii) Emergency power cutoff. A clearly identified and easily accessible switch(es) or a circuit breaker(s) shall be provided at a location remote from dispensing devices, including remote pumping systems, to shut off the power to all dispensing devices in the event of an emergency.
(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 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
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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.