GROVETOWN, GA —
OSHA Inspection: GEORGIA IRON WORKS
Accident-driven inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened an accident-driven safety inspection of GEORGIA IRON WORKS in 5000 WRIGHTSBORO RD., GROVETOWN, GA 30813 (NAICS 000000). OSHA activity number 109301796.
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Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- GEORGIA IRON WORKS
- Site address
- 5000 WRIGHTSBORO RD.
- City
- GROVETOWN
- State
- GA
- ZIP
- 30813
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Accident-driven (A)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- N
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 000000
- SIC code (legacy)
- 3322
- Employees
- 190
- Ownership type
- A
- Industry flags
- Manufacturing safety.
Citations
1 citation on file for this inspection.
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- Apr 29, 1998
- Abate by
- May 12, 1998
- Penalty
- Initial $5,000 · Current $5,000
General-duty citation text
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 being struck by suspended loads when the Hitachi UH181 Hydraulic Excavator serial #163-0602 was used with a 15kw Ohio Generator and a 58" Load Star Magnet to lift misc. metals while employee was reading part number on metal ring while the load was suspended on or about 11/18/98 Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable method to correct hazard is to: 1) diligently enforce the company policy prohibiting employees from working under or near suspended loads and to enforce the company disciplinary policy that was in place before this accident. 2) install a secondary pulley system so that in case of main source failure, the secondary source would allow the magnet to complete the task safely.
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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 109301796.
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