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Avantech Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

Baxter, Minnesota · All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing · NAICS 332999

1inspections
1citation items
$280current penalties
Apr 6, 2022last inspection

OSHA has inspected Avantech Inc once in Minnesota.

The inspection began on Apr 6, 2022 as a planned inspection, in Baxter.

That inspection ended with 1 citation item: 1 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $400 and now stand at $280, 30% lower after settlements or reviews.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Avantech Inc averages $280 (1 cited inspection).

Avantech Inc also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Avantech Inc: OSHA citation items per year, 2022 to 2022
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345883276 OPENED APR 6, 2022Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 55 employees at the site · Closed Jun 22, 2022

7790 Hastings Rd, Baxter, MN 56425 · All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.134(a)(2) · Respiratory protection
Serious$400$280May 24, 2022Final

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 Baxter site logged 2 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 46 workers: 6.4 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.3 for its industry. Those cases cost 2 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Avantech
Baxter · 2023
46 216.42.3

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.134(a)(2)

(2) The CNP system defaults selected for test pressure shall be set at −15 mm of water (-0.58 inches of water) and the modeled inspiratory flow rate shall be 53.8 liters per minute for performing fit tests.

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