U.S. Department of Labor | Sept. 30, 2015
Employers’ names: Corvac Composites LLC and Priority Personnel Inc. in San Marcos, Texas
Citations issued: Sept. 30, 2015
Investigation findings: Corvac Composites was cited for six serious violations for failing to:
Proposed Penalties: Corvac Composites was fined $31,000 and Priority Personnel was fined $12,600.
Quote: “All workers, whether full-time or temporary, deserve a safe workplace,” said R. Casey Perkins, OSHA’s area director in Austin. “Heat and noise aren’t just nuisances – at excessive levels they can cause serious, irreparable, or even fatal, harm to workers, and employers are required to provide protection.”
Link to the citations: http://www.osha.gov/ooc/citations/CorvacCompositesLLC_1078982.pdf*, http://www.osha.gov/ooc/citations/CorvacCompositesLLC_1080951.pdf* and
http://www.osha.gov/ooc/citations/PriorityPersonnelInc_1094157.pdf*
Information: Corvac Composites is headquartered in Kentwood, Michigan, and Priority Personnel is headquartered in San Marcos, Texas. Both companies have 15 business days from receipt of their citations to comply, request an informal conference with OSHA’s area director, or contest the citations and penalties before the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.
To ask questions; obtain compliance assistance; file a complaint or report amputations, eye loss, workplace hospitalizations, fatalities or situations posing imminent danger to workers, the public should call OSHA's toll-free hotline at 800-321-OSHA (6742) or the agency's Austin Area Office at 512-374-0271. For more information, visit http://www.osha.gov.
San Marcos, Texas, auto parts maker and staffing employer fined $43K by
OSHA for heat, noise and other workplace hazards
OSHA for heat, noise and other workplace hazards
Citations issued: Sept. 30, 2015
Investigation findings: Corvac Composites was cited for six serious violations for failing to:
- Keep exit routes free from flammable objects.
- Establish an energy control program for shutting down machinery.
- Develop and implement hazard communication and hearing conservation programs.
- Provide a suitable eye and body wash facility for emergency use.
- Reduce or eliminate employee exposure to excessive heat.
Proposed Penalties: Corvac Composites was fined $31,000 and Priority Personnel was fined $12,600.
Quote: “All workers, whether full-time or temporary, deserve a safe workplace,” said R. Casey Perkins, OSHA’s area director in Austin. “Heat and noise aren’t just nuisances – at excessive levels they can cause serious, irreparable, or even fatal, harm to workers, and employers are required to provide protection.”
Link to the citations: http://www.osha.gov/ooc/citations/CorvacCompositesLLC_1078982.pdf*, http://www.osha.gov/ooc/citations/CorvacCompositesLLC_1080951.pdf* and
http://www.osha.gov/ooc/citations/PriorityPersonnelInc_1094157.pdf*
Information: Corvac Composites is headquartered in Kentwood, Michigan, and Priority Personnel is headquartered in San Marcos, Texas. Both companies have 15 business days from receipt of their citations to comply, request an informal conference with OSHA’s area director, or contest the citations and penalties before the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.
To ask questions; obtain compliance assistance; file a complaint or report amputations, eye loss, workplace hospitalizations, fatalities or situations posing imminent danger to workers, the public should call OSHA's toll-free hotline at 800-321-OSHA (6742) or the agency's Austin Area Office at 512-374-0271. For more information, visit http://www.osha.gov.
