RICHMOND HILL, GA —
OSHA Inspection: CAESARSTONE TECHNOLOGIES USA INC.
Complaint inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a complaint safety inspection of CAESARSTONE TECHNOLOGIES USA INC. in 1 CAESARSTONE DRIVE, RICHMOND HILL, GA 31324 (NAICS 327991). OSHA activity number 344951108.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons — routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- CAESARSTONE TECHNOLOGIES USA INC.
- Site address
- 1 CAESARSTONE DRIVE
- City
- RICHMOND HILL
- State
- GA
- ZIP
- 31324
- Mailing
- 1 CAESARSTONE DRIVE, RICHMOND HILL, GA 31324
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Complaint (B)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- B
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 327991
- Employees
- 160
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
3 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.212 A01
- Issued
- Dec 30, 2020
- Penalty
- Initial $13,494 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding was not provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks. Examples of guarding methods are-barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices, electronic safety devices, etc. a) Mold Department, Line 6 and Line 7 Distributor Room - On or about September 15, 2020 and at times prior to, light curtains inside of the distributor rooms were disabled, which exposed employees operating distributor room equipment to being caught-in or crushed-by unguarded equipment such as but not limited to the reciprocating distributor frames.
Recent events (3)
- — F (S) $0
- — C (S) $13494
- — Z (S) $13494
1910.147 A02 II
- Issued
- Dec 30, 2020
- Abate by
- Jan 27, 2021
- Penalty
- Initial $74,217 · Current $13,484 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.147(a)(2)(ii): Alternative measures were not developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees were engaged in activities covered by the exception of 1910.147(a)(2)(ii) for routine, repetitive, and integral processes such as minor tool changes and adjustments, and other minor servicing activities: a) Mold Department, Line 6 and Line 7 Distributor Rooms - On or about September 30, 2020 and at times prior to, the employer did not develop, document, or utilize alternative measures for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees performed servicing activities such as but not limited to re-filling special effect pigment, changing the distributor nibblers, replacing paper rolls, and cleaning/clearing process clogs, thus exposing employees to caught-in and crushed-by hazards. b) Mold Department, Line 6 and Line 7 Lump Breaker Rooms - On or about September 30, 2020 and at times prior to, the employer did not develop, document, or utilize alternative measures for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees performed servicing activities such as but not limited to cutting the re-wind plastic, replacing plastic rolls, and cleaning/clearing clogged material from components of the lump breaker machine, thus exposing employees to caught-in and crushed-by hazards. OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE 29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i): Procedures were not developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees were engaged in activities covered by this section: a) Mold Department, Line 6 and Line 7 Distributor Rooms - On or about September 30, 2020 and at times prior to, procedures were not utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees performed servicing activities such as but not limited to re-filling special effect pigment, changing the distributor nibblers, replacing paper rolls, and cleaning/clearing process clogs, thus exposing employees to caught-in and crushed-by hazards. b) Mold Department, Line 6 and Line 7 Lump Breaker Rooms - On or about September 30, 2020 and at times prior to, procedures were not utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees performed servicing activities such as but not limited to cutting the re-wind plastic, replacing plastic rolls, and cleaning/clearing clogged material from components of the lump breaker machine, thus exposing employees to caught-in and crushed-by hazards. Caesarstone Technologies, USA, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of an equivalent occupational safety and health standard 1910.147(c)(4)(i), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1242869 , citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on January 16, 2018, with respect to a workplace located at 1 Caesarstone Drive, Richmond Hill, GA 31324.
Recent events (3)
- — F (S) $13484
- — C (R) $74217
- — Z (R) $74217
1904.4 A
- Issued
- Dec 30, 2020
- Abate by
- Jan 27, 2021
- Penalty
- Initial $2,121 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1904.4(a): The employer did not record each work-related fatality, injury or illness case that resulted in the general recording criteria on the OSHA Form 300 or equivalent: At the Facility - On or about September 30, 2020 and at times prior to, the employer did not record a work-related injury on the 2020 calendar year OSHA 300 Form or equivalent for an employee who sustained a foot injury on September 15, 2020 that resulted in a day away from work.
Recent events (3)
- — F (O) $0
- — C (O) $2121
- — Z (O) $2121
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 344951108.
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