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OSHA Inspection: MEAD WESTVACO - KINARD CHIP MILL

Planned inspection · Safety discipline

On , OSHA opened a planned safety inspection of MEAD WESTVACO - KINARD CHIP MILL in 28026 HWY 76, KINARDS, SC 29355 (NAICS 321999). OSHA activity number 309795052.

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Site address
28026 HWY 76
City
KINARDS
State
SC
ZIP
29355
Mailing
3475 NEWMARK DRIVE, MIAMIBURG, OH 45342
Inspection type
Planned (H)
Scope
Complete (A)
Discipline
Safety
Advance notice
No
Union status
N
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Last modified
Data loaded
NAICS code
321999
SIC code (legacy)
2421
Employees
13
Ownership type
A
Industry flags
Manufacturing safety.

13 citations on file for this inspection.

10012 A

Serious Gravity 03 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $1500.00 · Current $600.00 Reduced
SCRR 71-112A: Failed to furnish a place of employment which is free of
recognized hazards
which may cause death or serious physical harm to his employees and comply
with this
regulation and other occupational safety and health rules and regulations
promulgated under
Chapter 15 of Title 41, Code of Laws, State of South Carolina, 1976, as
amended, as
follows:
A.  Employer knew or should have known that employees operating the Cat
D4E dozer were
not wearing seat belt and were exposed to the hazard of being thrown out
and crushed.  A
feasible and useful method of abatement, among others, is to enforce the
use of wearing the
seat belt.
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $600.00
  • — Z (S) $1500.00

1910.265 C04 IV

Serious Gravity 01 3 instances 1 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $900.00 · Current $360.00 Reduced
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $360.00
  • — Z (S) $900.00

1910.304 F04

Deleted Serious Gravity 01 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $900.00 · Current $900.00
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $900.00
  • — Z (S) $900.00

1910.304 F05 VC5

Deleted Serious Gravity 01 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $900.00 · Current $900.00
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S) $900.00
  • — Z (S) $900.00

1910.304 F04

Serious Gravity 01 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Current $360.00
Recent events (3)
  • — Q $360.00
  • — I (S) $360.00
  • — Z (S) $360.00

1910.304 F05 VC5

Serious Gravity 01 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Recent events (2)
  • — I (S)
  • — Z (S)

1910.22 A01

Other-than-serious Gravity 01 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Recent events (2)
  • — I (O)
  • — Z (O)

1910.147 C04 II

Other-than-serious Gravity 01 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Recent events (2)
  • — I (O)
  • — Z (O)

1910.179 B05

Other-than-serious Gravity 01 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Recent events (2)
  • — I (O)
  • — Z (O)

1910.179 J03

Other-than-serious Gravity 01 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Recent events (2)
  • — I (O)
  • — Z (O)

1910.179 K02

Other-than-serious Gravity 01 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Recent events (2)
  • — I (O)
  • — Z (O)

1910.179 M01

Other-than-serious Gravity 01 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Recent events (2)
  • — I (O)
  • — Z (O)

1910.265 E02 IIIA

Deleted Other-than-serious Gravity 01 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Recent events (2)
  • — I (O)
  • — Z (O)

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 309795052.