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Apt Machining Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

Kasota, Minnesota · Machine Shops · NAICS 332710

2inspections
7citation items
$1,550current penalties
Feb 19, 2025last inspection

Since 2019, OSHA inspectors have visited Apt Machining Inc in Minnesota 2 times.

The most recent inspection opened on Feb 19, 2025 as a planned inspection, in Kasota.

In all, OSHA issued 7 citation items: 6 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $2,300; today they stand at $1,550, 33% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.212 (machine guarding), 2 times.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,600 penalty. Apt Machining Inc averages $775 across 2 cited inspections.

Apt Machining Inc: OSHA citation items per year, 2019 to 2025
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

Minnesota · latest 90 days of OSHA records

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Inspection history

Inspection 348050121 OPENED FEB 19, 2025Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 20 employees at the site · Closed Mar 11, 2025

320 East Industrial Street, Kasota, MN 56050 · Machine Shops · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
Serious$600$360Feb 24, 2025Final

Inspection 344451448 OPENED NOV 14, 2019Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 35 employees at the site · Closed Dec 27, 2019

320 East Industrial Street, Kasota, MN 56050 · Machine Shops · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 182.653(08)
Serious$200$140Dec 5, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.106(e)(9)(iii) · Flammable liquids
Serious$300$210Dec 5, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.110(e)(4)(iii) · Storage and handling of liquefied petroleum gases
Serious$300$210Dec 5, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 4 Serious$300$210Dec 5, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii) · Machine guarding
Serious$500$350Dec 5, 2019Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9) · Grinders and abrasive wheels
Other-than-serious$100$70Dec 5, 2019Final

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

29 CFR 1910.106 · Flammable liquids

29 CFR 1910.106(e)(9)(iii)

(iii) Waste and residue. Combustible waste material and residues in a building or unit operating area shall be kept to a minimum, stored in covered metal receptacles and disposed of daily.

29 CFR 1910.110 · Storage and handling of liquefied petroleum gases

29 CFR 1910.110(e)(4)(iii)

(iii) Permanent and removable fuel containers shall be securely mounted to prevent jarring loose, slipping, or rotating, and the fastenings shall be designed and constructed to withstand static loading in any direction equal to twice the weight of the tank and attachments when filled with fuel using a safety factor of not less than four based on the ultimate strength of the material to be used. Field welding, when necessary, shall be made only on saddle plates, lugs or brackets, originally attached to the container by the tank manufacturer.

29 CFR 1910.184 · Slings

29 CFR 1910.184(i)(9)(iii)

(iii) Snags, punctures, tears or cuts;

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.215 · Grinders and abrasive wheels

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