OSHA Inspection: SANOH AMERICA

Issued

Jan 14, 2022

Abate by

Jan 27, 2022

Penalty

Initial $13,653 · Current $9,557 Reduced

General-duty citation text

OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1):Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act: 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 not protected from the hazard of contracting the virus, SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2), the cause of the COVID-19 disease.  a. The employer did not enforce the employer developed COVID-19 prevention policy of wearing face coverings within the facility. Employees worked and congregated in close proximity without face coverings or without wearing face coverings over nose and mouth, as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), leading to exposures among employees who may not have been vaccinated. The employer did not take adequate steps to identify, inform and remove all potentially exposed employees in the days thereafter. From July 28, 2021 through August 31, 2021, a total of eighty-eight (88) employees tested COVID-19 positive in the establishment.

Issued

Jan 14, 2022

Abate by

Jan 31, 2022

Penalty

Initial $2,146 · Current $1,502 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.   Sanoh America located at 7905 Industrial Park Drive, Mount Vernon, OH 43050:  a. On or about August 2, 2021, the employer did not record a work-related illness of an employee on the OSHA 300 log or its equivalent.  b. On or about August 3, 2021, the employer did not record a work-related illness of an employee on the OSHA 300 log or its equivalent.  c. On or about August 4, 2021, the employer did not record a work-related illness of an employee on the OSHA 300 log or its equivalent.  d. On or about August 3, 2021, the employer did not record a work-related illness of an employee on the OSHA 300 log or its equivalent.

Issued

Jan 14, 2022

Penalty

Initial $10,728 · Current $7,510 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1904.39(a)(1):The employer did not report within 8-hours the death of an employee resulting from a work-related incident:  a. Sanoh America located at 7905 Industrial Park Drive, Mount Vernon, OH 43050:  On or about August 9, 2021, an employee died of COVID-19. The employer did not report the work-related fatality to OSHA within 8 hours.