Carmody Hills-Pepper Mill Village, Maryland (96.90%).Suitland-Silver Hill, Maryland (93.01%), divided into Silver Hill and Suitland for the 2020 Census.
Places with between 25,000 and 100,000 people
★No longer African-American majority as of the 2020 Census ★No longer African-American majority as of the 2010 Census National rankings Places with over 100,000 people
The percentage of each city's population that is African American is listed in parentheses next to the city's name. The list below is organized by state and, within each state, by population size. This list does not include cities such as Chicago, Illinois or Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in which, according to the 2000 Census, merely a plurality (as opposed to a majority) of the residents are African American. The following is a list of United States cities, towns and unincorporated areas ( Census Designated Places) in which a majority (over 50%) of the population is African American or Black, according to data from the 2000 Census. JSTOR ( January 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).communities with African-American majority populations in 2000" – news Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.įind sources: "List of U.S. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Parkdale America is headquartered in Gastonia, N.C., and has facilities in South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and Alabama, as well as in Mexico and Colombia.This article needs additional citations for verification. "Additionally, this employer has placed other workers in danger by exposing them to unacceptable levels of cotton dust, which has long been recognized as the cause of brown lung in textile workers." "Employers have a responsibility to ensure the equipment workers use is in good condition and does not pose a hazard, as in this tragic case," said Bill Fulcher, director of OSHA's Atlanta-East Area Office. OSHA has cited Parkdale America LLC in Lavonia, Georgia with 16 safety and health violations following the death of a worker in September 2010, who fell from a rolling ladder while replacing the drive housing unit on a spinning machine. The company has 15 business days from receipt of the citations and penalties to comply, request a conference with OSHA's area director or contest the findings before the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. Proposed penalties for the citations total $62,337. A serious citation is issued when there is substantial probability that death or serious physical harm could result from a hazard about which the employer knew or should have known. Five other serious safety violations include failing to guard nip points on finishing drawing machines have an adequate drenching and eye wash station where corrosive materials were being handled ensure fixed wiring was used instead of flexible cords use proper chip guarding nozzles and provide the proper electrical outlet approved for use in damp and wet conditions.Ī separate health inspection revealed 10 serious violations that include allowing explosive dust to accumulate, failing to establish audiometric testing for employees, using an audiometer that had not been calibrated, failing to establish a noise training program, failing to monitor exposure to cotton dust, failing to measure the effectiveness of the dust ventilation system, exposing workers to 1.2 times the permissible exposure limit for unwashed cotton dust, failing to provide a medical surveillance program for employees exposed to cotton dust, failing to train employees on the exposure to cotton dust and failing to post a warning sign where cotton dust limits were exceeded.
OSHA cited the company with one serious safety violation related to the fatality for failing to ensure the rubber feet were installed on the bottom of the mobile ladder.
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