OSHA has inspected Arconic Inc. 13 times in Ohio since 2017.
The latest one began on May 31, 2019 on a referral, in Niles.
Those inspections ended with 22 citation items: 15 serious and 7 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $112,543 and now stand at $66,358, 41% lower after settlements or reviews.
Permit-required confined spaces comes up most often in these citations: 9 items under 1910.146.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Arconic Inc. averages $13,272 (5 cited inspections).
Arconic Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 4 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on May 26, 2019: Employee is crushed when struck by falling tongs
At 10:30 a.m. on May 26, 2019, an employee was attempting to loosen the grip on 948 pound Heppenstall tongs in order to put it on an ingot that needed to be loaded into the metal lathe. The hoist was missing a safety latch and it fell off the hoist and onto the employee crushing him. The employee suffered broken legs, ribs and back and a punctured lung requiring hospitalization.
Incident on Jul 25, 2018: Employee fractures arm when caught in conveyor system
At 8:15 a.m. on July 25, 2018, an employee was removing material that was built up from a conveyor's tray sensor on the TiAl weight blend system. The employee reached into the machinery when it started and caught his upper left arm being struck by the conveyor's reciprocating motion, fracturing it. The employee was hospitalized.
Incident on Dec 1, 2017: Employee is struck by a support beam and amputates fingertip
At 10:30 p.m. on December 1, 2017, an employee was moving metal slabs to and from various locations in the facility using an overhead crane. One of the L-supports/hot beam supporting the metal slabs slipped out of place and struck the operator's hand resulting in an amputation of the left ring fingertip.
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 342626561 OPENED SEP 11, 2017Closed
Complaint · Partial · Safety · 618 employees at the site · Closed Oct 26, 2017
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2020, the Barberton site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 126 workers: 0.7 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.7 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
B and C Research (06301)
Barberton · 2020
126
1
0
0.7
2.7
B and C Castings (06310)
Barberton · 2020
28
1
1
3.0
5.4
Niles, OH
Niles · 2019
686
26
4
2.8
2.9
AES Cleveland Works
Cleveland · 2018
768
16
3
1.8
4.0
Arconic B and C Research (06301)
Barberton · 2018
372
5
1
1.2
2.7
Cleveland AWTP
Cleveland · 2018
203
4
0
1.8
4.0
Arconic B and C Castings (06310)
Barberton · 2018
34
0
0
0.0
5.4
Arconic AFE Cleveland Operations
Cleveland · 2017
723
18
1
2.2
4.0
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 4 reports on file.
May 26, 2019, Niles: Hospitalization · fractures · multiple body parts, n.e.c.
An employee was opening vertical coil tongs that were on the floor. As the employee began to open the device, it fell over and struck him on the right side. The employee suffered a right leg fracture and three broken ribs.
An employee was trying to clean built-up product from the sensor/photo eye of the conveyor on a weigh blend system, which was failing to start after being calibrated. The tray of the conveyor actuated, and the tray's reciprocating motion caught the employee's arm, fracturing the left humerus. The machine was not locked out at the time of the incident.
Dec 1, 2017, Niles: Amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)
An employee was using a lifter to lift a rack of steel sheets when the lifter caught the edge of a hot block. The hot block then kicked toward the employee's left hand, pinching it between the hot block and lifter body. The employee's ring fingertip was partially amputated.
An employee was assisting in a saw re-build. The employee tried to grab a ball screw as it was falling and his finger was crushed/pinched between the falling part and the machinery housing.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(h) Employee information and training. (1) Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and safety data sheets.
29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
29 CFR 1910.132(a)
(a) Application. Protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, shall be provided, used, and maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition wherever it is necessary by reason of hazards of processes or environment, chemical hazards, radiological hazards, or mechanical irritants encountered in a manner capable of causing injury or impairment in the function of any part of the body through absorption, inhalation or physical contact.
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.
