OSHA has inspected Arning Companies Inc once in Missouri.
The inspection began on Jul 18, 2018 on a referral, in Cassville.
That inspection ended with 1 citation item: 1 serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $9,054 and now stand at $5,432, 40% lower after settlements or reviews.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Arning Companies Inc averages $5,432 (1 cited inspection).
Arning Companies Inc also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 3 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Jul 11, 2018: Employee smashes finger in press shear, later amputated
At 4:00 p.m. on July 11, 2018, Employee #1 was operating the Accu Press Shear. As the employee pushed the material into the shear for the last cut, his finger slid under the hold down clamp of the machine. His left middle finger tip was smashed and later had to be amputated.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Cassville site logged 2 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 139 workers: 1.4 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.6 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Arning Companies Cassville
Cassville · 2025
139
2
0
1.4
3.6
Arning Companies, Inc.
Cassville · 2021
118
10
1
9.8
3.6
Arning Companies Inc.
Cassville · 2016
65
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. 3 reports on file.
An employee was preparing a heavy metal column for painting. As the employee manually adjusted the column on the setter, it slipped off and landed on her right foot, resulting in a crush injury.
Oct 15, 2018, Cassville: Hospitalization · fractures · multiple body parts, n.e.c.
An employee was loading canopy deck pans onto a truck and placing cardboard spacers between the canopies to protect the surface. In order to place the spacers, he was standing on the canopy deck pans. His right foot became caught on the edge of a deck pan, causing him to lose his balance. He then fell approximately 10 feet onto the gravel parking/loading area, fracturing his left arm, breaking…
(ii) The point of operation of machines whose operation exposes an employee to injury, shall be guarded. The guarding device shall be in conformity with any appropriate standards therefor, or, in the absence of applicable specific standards, shall be so designed and constructed as to prevent the operator from having any part of his body in the danger zone during the operating cycle.
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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.
