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Venus Thread, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Tallapoosa, Georgia · Fiber, Yarn, and Thread Mills · NAICS 313113

1inspections
5citation items
$11,139current penalties
Aug 16, 2018last inspection

OSHA inspectors have visited Venus Thread, Inc. in Georgia one time.

It opened on Aug 16, 2018 on a referral, in Tallapoosa.

In all, OSHA issued 5 citation items: 2 serious and 3 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $18,565; today they stand at $11,139, 40% less.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $4,874 penalty. Venus Thread, Inc. averages $11,139 across 1 cited inspection.

Venus Thread, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2018 to 2018
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343392171 OPENED AUG 16, 2018Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 20 employees at the site · Closed May 31, 2019

191 West Atlanta St., Tallapoosa, GA 30176 · Fiber, Yarn, and Thread Mills · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Aug 5, 2018: Employee is splashed by caustic soda and is burned

At 8:15 p.m. on August 5, 2018, an employee was using a hand truck to move a barrel of caustic soda when it was punctured and began to leak, going to the second floor from the third. The employee splashed some of the caustic soda on his leg and feet and sustained burns to each. The employee was hospitalized. hospitalized.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$3,978$2,387Jan 29, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$6,630$3,978Jan 29, 2019Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1904.4(a) · Recording criteria
 Other-than-serious$1,327$796Jan 29, 2019Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2) · Reporting deaths and severe injuries
 Other-than-serious$6,630$3,978Jan 29, 2019Final
Citation 2, item 3
29 CFR 1910.134(c) · Respiratory protection
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 29, 2019Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1904.39 · Reporting deaths and severe injuries

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2)

(2) Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA.

29 CFR 1904.4 · Recording criteria

29 CFR 1904.4(a)

(a) Basic requirement. Each employer required by this part to keep records of fatalities, injuries, and illnesses must record each fatality, injury and illness that:

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 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

Other fiber, yarn, and thread mills employers in Georgia

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