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Zagis USA: OSHA inspections and violations

Iowa, Louisiana · Fiber, Yarn, and Thread Mills · NAICS 313111

1inspections
1citation items
$5,668current penalties
Jul 25, 2019last inspection

Zagis USA has one OSHA inspection on record in Louisiana.

OSHA opened it on Jul 25, 2019 on a referral, in Iowa.

From that inspection OSHA issued 1 citation item: 1 serious.

OSHA proposed $9,446 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $5,668, down 40%.

For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $4,872. Zagis USA averages $5,668 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Zagis USA: OSHA citation items per year, 2019 to 2019
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 344187018 OPENED JUL 25, 2019Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 69 employees at the site · Closed Feb 3, 2020

2109 Louisiana Cotton Drive, Iowa, LA 70647 · Fiber, Yarn, and Thread Mills · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Jul 23, 2019: Employee is partially scalped when hair catches in spinner

At 11:15 p.m. a employee was cleaning out a rotor on a Autocore 480 Yarn Spinning Machine when they caught their hair in the spinning machine. The employee was partially scalped and required hospitalization.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
OSH Act Section 5(a)(1) · General Duty Clause
 Serious$9,446$5,668Jan 22, 2020Final

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.

Jul 23, 2019, Iowa: Hospitalization · avulsions, enucleations · scalp

An employee had been spinning yarn on a frame when her hair got caught in the yarn take-up shaft. The hair was completely pulled out and the scalp was peeled back.

The rules behind these citations

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

OSH Act Section 5 · General Duty Clause

OSH Act Section 5(a)(1)

Each employer shall furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees.

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.