OSHA has inspected Applied Laser Technologies, LLC 3 times in Wisconsin since 2003.
The latest one began on Jan 25, 2023 after a complaint, in Schofield.
Those inspections ended with 14 citation items: 14 serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $43,936 and now stand at $17,908, 59% lower after settlements or reviews.
Lockout/tagout comes up most often in these citations: 6 items under 1910.147.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Applied Laser Technologies, LLC averages $8,586 (2 cited inspections).
Applied Laser Technologies, LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
Wisconsin · latest 90 days of OSHA records
231employers cited
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From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Weston site logged 3 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 95 workers: 3.3 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 1 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Applied Laser Technologies LLC
Weston · 2025
95
3
1
3.3
3.6
Applied Laser Technologies Acq
Weston · 2024
94
11
1
12.6
3.6
Applied Laser Technologies LLC
Schofield · 2021
100
0
0
0.0
3.6
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.
Two employees were working on a press brake. One employee was caught in the press when it was activated. The employee's inside right forearm bone was injured and required surgery.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(c) General—(1) Energy control program. The employer shall establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performs any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, start up or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source, and rendered inoperative.
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i)
(4) Energy control procedure. (i) Procedures shall be developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees are engaged in the activities covered by this section.
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(ii)
(ii) The procedures shall clearly and specifically outline the scope, purpose, authorization, rules, and techniques to be utilized for the control of hazardous energy, and the means to enforce compliance including, but not limited to, the following:
29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.
