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Surface Dynamics, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Cincinnati, Ohio · Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing · NAICS 339112

1inspections
5citation items
$10,000current penalties
Aug 8, 2018last inspection

OSHA has inspected Surface Dynamics, Inc. once in Ohio.

The inspection began on Aug 8, 2018 on a referral, in Cincinnati.

That inspection ended with 5 citation items: 5 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $27,162 and now stand at $10,000, 63% lower after settlements or reviews.

Personal protective equipment, general requirements comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.132.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Surface Dynamics, Inc. averages $10,000 (1 cited inspection).

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Surface Dynamics, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2018 to 2018
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343366688 OPENED AUG 8, 2018Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 22 employees at the site · Closed Sep 29, 2023

231 Northland Blvd., Cincinnati, OH 45246 · Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Aug 7, 2018: Employee sustains burns to arm from flash fire

At 9:30 p.m. on August 7, 2018, an employee was operating a titanium plating chamber when titanium dust on a duct ignited, resulting in a flash fire and burns to the employee's arms.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
OSH Act Section 5(a)(1) · General Duty Clause
 Serious$9,054$9,054Dec 11, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.132(a) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Serious$9,054$946Dec 11, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Serious$0$0Dec 11, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$9,054$0Dec 11, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$0$0Dec 11, 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.

Aug 7, 2018, Cincinnati: Hospitalization · heat (thermal) burns, unspecified · nonclassifiable

Employees were running a machine (controlled atmosphere plasma spray). The process involves titanium powder. They noticed some sparking on the piping that goes to the dust collector and they started wiping the residue off the piping. A cap on a second set of piping was removed to clean the piping which introduced air into the piping and a flashback occurred. Both employees were hospitalized for burns.

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(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 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.132(a)

(a) Application. Protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, shall be provided, used, and maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition wherever it is necessary by reason of hazards of processes or environment, chemical hazards, radiological hazards, or mechanical irritants encountered in a manner capable of causing injury or impairment in the function of any part of the body through absorption, inhalation or physical contact.

OSH Act Section 5 · General Duty Clause

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