Covid-19 OSHA Complaint, GIK Acoustics USA, 3731 Northcrest Rd., ATLANTA, GA, 30340, USA

3731 Northcrest Road, Atlanta, 30340 Georgia, United States

1. There are no extractor fans for ventilation, affecting the air quality. Air comes from open doors only. There is woodshop dust and fabric dust. There is an increased Covid-19 risk from lack of ventilation, compounded recently by hanging several plastic curtains to separate workstations from each other, further reducing air circulation. 2. Employees are exposed to heat exhaustion/heat stroke hazards due to excessive indoor temperatures. 3. The employer did not monitor the level of noise in the different sectors of the plant in order to assess whether a Hearing Conservation Program was required. (CNCs, compressor, wrapping/uphosltery room, Staple guns). 4. The employer did not assess the amount of dust contaminants in the air in order to determine whether a respiratory protection program was needed. Respirator use is required, but the employer did not implement a written Respiratory Protection Program. Employees were not evaluated through medical questionnaires before wearing negative pressure respirators, and were not fit-tested. Respirators are not always provided, and replacements are not always available. 5. The masks provided for Covid-19 are not adequate and do not protect the workers. 6. Heavy materials such as pallet-loads of plywood are stored 6 to 18 feet above the floor and at times pose a hazard to those below. 7. There are no ladders on site capable of reaching the high storage shelves. Unsafe climbing by employees is the only access for less than pallet loads. 8. Electrical and pneumatic lines are hung through improvised and potentially unsafe ways. 9. Sawdust sometimes catches fire on the CNC routers despite the dust collection system, which itself poses a fire hazard. There are fire extinguishers, but they are not used for minor, smoldering fires, and they would be unable to fight a fire effectively if it got into the several hundred pounds of sawdust in the collector system.

Alleged Hazards: 9, Employees Exposed: 15
Source: Osha.gov | Receipt Date: 2020-10-20