Sioux City, Iowa · Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing · NAICS 325412
1inspections
1citation items
$3,741current penalties
Feb 7, 2018last inspection
Aspen Api Inc. has one OSHA inspection on record in Iowa.
OSHA opened it on Feb 7, 2018 on a referral, in Sioux City.
From that inspection OSHA issued 1 citation item: 1 serious.
OSHA proposed $3,741 in penalties and the amount has not been reduced.
For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $4,500. Aspen Api Inc. averages $3,741 over 1 cited inspection in that time.
Aspen Api Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Dec 7, 2017: Employee is splashed with hot liquids and receives second de
At 10:30 a.m. on December 7, 2017, an employee was disconnecting a suction hose so he could attach the hose to a different pipe connection. The pump leading to the hose was turned off; however, the pipe line above the catch trough had not been bled or emptied prior to disconnecting the hose. The employee was splattered with 180 Fahrenheit water and grease mixture that discharged from the pipe connection and hose and the employee suffered second degree burns to his arms, hands, and neck. The employee was hospitalized.
Citation and rule
Type
Proposed
Current
Issued
Status
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 88.4 - CODE OF IOWA (2017)
Serious
$3,741
$3,741
Mar 19, 2018
Final
Injury and illness logs
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2023, the Sioux City site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 36 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.1 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Aspen API
Sioux City · 2023
36
0
0
0.0
1.1
Aspen API Inc
Sioux City · 2021
34
0
0
0.0
1.1
Sioux City site
Sioux City · 2018
21
1
1
4.8
1.1
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
Other pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing employers in Iowa
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.
