ELLENWOOD, GA —
OSHA Inspection: GRIFFIN INDUSTRIES
Complaint inspection · Health discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a complaint health inspection of GRIFFIN INDUSTRIES in 4413 TANNER CHURCH ROAD, ELLENWOOD, GA 30294 (NAICS 311613). OSHA activity number 307347336.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- GRIFFIN INDUSTRIES
- Site address
- 4413 TANNER CHURCH ROAD
- City
- ELLENWOOD
- State
- GA
- ZIP
- 30294
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Complaint (B)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Health
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- N
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 311613
- SIC code (legacy)
- 2077
- Employees
- 79
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
5 citations on file for this inspection.
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- Nov 8, 2004
- Abate by
- Nov 12, 2004
- Penalty
- Initial $4,500 · Current $2,250 Reduced
General-duty citation text
Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The employer did not furnish to each of his employees 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 burns from grease: (a) Cooker area - Operators and maintenance workers were exposed to the hazards of thermal burns while performing a variety of assignments, such as, but not limited to, making repairs, opening and closing valves, unclogging piping and other activities involving the rendering plant's cooker operations. Employees were exposed to hot grease at temperatures ranging up to approximately 300 degrees centigrade, as a result of the feed line clogging and causing pressure backup into the surge tank. An overflow of hot grease in the surge/holding tank caused the unsecured lid on the port of the surge tank to overflow, spattering and spilling out hot grease. On or about 07/08/04, an operator sustained serious 1st and 2nd degree burns over 17 of his body from hot grease being released in the cooker department centrifuge surge tank area. Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable method to correct this hazard is: 1. The development of standard operating procedures for operators in the cooker department, to include, but not limited to, opening and closing valves. 2. Installation of a latch on the centrifuge surge tank port, in order to secure the lid. This latch should have the structural capacity to withstand any pressure which may backup from the centrifuge tank. 3. Isolate valves to an area of the Cooker Department which would eliminate operators proximity to the hot grease. ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION NOT REQUIRED
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $2250.00
- — Z (S) $4500.00
1910.22 A01
- Issued
- Nov 8, 2004
- Abate by
- Nov 29, 2004
- Penalty
- Initial $1,350 · Current $1,350
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $1350.00
- — Z (S) $1350.00
1910.1200 F05 I
- Issued
- Nov 8, 2004
- Abate by
- Nov 12, 2004
1910.1200 F05 II
- Issued
- Nov 8, 2004
- Abate by
- Nov 12, 2004
1910.1200 G01
- Issued
- Nov 8, 2004
- Abate by
- Nov 12, 2004
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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 307347336.
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