Arnold Magnetic Technologies: OSHA inspections and violations
Marengo, Illinois · Capacitor, Resistor, Coil, Transformer, and Other Inductor Manufacturing · NAICS 334416
5inspections
5citation items
$33,094current penalties
Feb 18, 2025last inspection
OSHA has inspected Arnold Magnetic Technologies 5 times in Illinois since 2007.
The latest one began on Feb 18, 2025 after a complaint, in Woodstock.
Those inspections ended with 5 citation items: 4 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $51,613 and now stand at $33,094, 36% lower after settlements or reviews.
the General Duty Clause comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under Section 5(a)(1).
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Arnold Magnetic Technologies averages $11,822 (2 cited inspections).
Arnold Magnetic Technologies also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 2 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
Illinois · latest 90 days of OSHA records
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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 Woodstock site logged 2 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 52 workers: 3.1 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.4 for its industry. Those cases cost 2 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Alnico
Woodstock · 2025
52
2
2
3.1
2.4
Precision Thin Metals
Woodstock · 2025
34
2
0
5.6
2.4
Alnico
Marengo · 2023
59
6
4
9.3
2.4
Precision Thin Metals
Marengo · 2023
34
2
0
6.2
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. 2 reports on file.
May 16, 2023, Marengo: Hospitalization · third or fourth degree chemical burns and corrosions · multiple body parts, n.e.c.
An employee was adding solid aluminum to molten steel when the crucible erupted. This caused a fire to occur in the area around the furnace. It is suspected that the molten steel splashed off the employee's chest and up through his face shield. The employee sustained second-and-third-degrees burns to his face and right hand.
Jul 27, 2015, Marengo: Hospitalization · multiple effects of heat and light · body systems
On or about July 27, 2015 at approximately 9:15 p.m., a maintenance employee experienced shooting pain in the left arm, chest, and back, as well as heart palpitations, while installing a pump with two coworkers. His left hand was seizing up and he couldn't move it. The employee was hospitalized for dehydration and heat stress.
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.
(a) Machine guarding—(1) Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks. Examples of guarding methods are—barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices, electronic safety devices, etc.
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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.