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OSHA Inspection: WESTERN ORGANICS, INC.

Accident-driven inspection · Safety discipline

On , OSHA opened an accident-driven safety inspection of WESTERN ORGANICS, INC. in 3051 BOWEN LANE, BLACKSHEAR, GA 31516 (NAICS 000000). OSHA activity number 106450984.

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Site address
3051 BOWEN LANE
City
BLACKSHEAR
State
GA
ZIP
31516
Mailing
P.O. BOX 25406, TEMPE, AZ 85285
Inspection type
Accident-driven (A)
Scope
Partial (B)
Discipline
Safety
Advance notice
No
Union status
N
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Last modified
Data loaded
NAICS code
000000
SIC code (legacy)
3999
Employees
18
Ownership type
A

2 citations on file for this inspection.

5(a)(1)

Serious Gravity 10 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $3500.00 · Current $2500.00 Reduced
Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970:  The
employer did not
furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from
recognized hazards that
were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to
employees in that employees
were exposed to the hazard of getting thrown out of the operator's seat
and being crushed by
an industrial lift truck :
a)In the yard of Western Organics, Inc. - The employee operating a TOYOTA
lift
truck
(Serial Number 75902, Model # 42-5FG25) was not using the seat belt, on or
about 01/29/97.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct this hazard is
to enforce the use of seat belts on all equipment that has seat belts
installed.
1. Ensure that employees utilize seat belts while operating industrial
trucks.ial
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $2500.00
  • — Z (S) $3500.00

1910.178 N15

Serious Gravity 10 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $3500.00 · Current $2500.00 Reduced
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $2500.00
  • — Z (S) $3500.00

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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 106450984.