Bear Industries, Inc: OSHA inspections and violations
Dover, Delaware · Other Building Equipment Contractors · NAICS 238290
19inspections
16citation items
$7,230current penalties
Mar 10, 2020last inspection
Since 1985, OSHA inspectors have visited Bear Industries, Inc in Delaware 19 times.
The most recent inspection opened on Mar 10, 2020 on a referral, in Newark.
In all, OSHA issued 16 citation items: 7 serious and 9 other-than-serious.
The proposed penalties came to $7,785; today they stand at $7,230, 7% less.
The rule cited most here is 1926.25 (housekeeping), 3 times.
Among construction employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,080 penalty. Bear Industries, Inc averages $5,735 across 1 cited inspection.
Bear Industries, Inc also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
Delaware · latest 90 days of OSHA records
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Incident on Mar 3, 2020: Employee amputates two fingers when reaching into roll groov
At 11:15 a.m. on March 3, 2020, an employee working as a supervisor for a fire protection company was reviewing the work of coworkers in the shop area. The employee was speaking with a coworker (operator) when he reached into a roll groove machine to grab a pipe. The employee pinched his right hand in the machine. He amputated his index and middle fingers and received medical treatment without hospitalization.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Newark site logged 2 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 73 workers: 2.9 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.8 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Bear Industries, Inc
Newark · 2025
73
2
0
2.9
1.8
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.
The injured employee was supervising another employee who was cutting grooves into a piece of pipe. When the injured employee reached to grab a pipe, his right hand was caught in the roll groover machine and two fingers were amputated.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1903.2 · Posting of notice; availability of the Act, regulations and applicable standards
29 CFR 1903.2(a)(1)
(a)(1) Each employer shall post and keep posted a notice or notices, to be furnished by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, informing employees of the protections and obligations provided for in the Act, and that for assistance and information, including copies of the Act and of specific safety and health standards, employees should contact the employer or the nearest office of the Department of Labor. Such notice or notices shall be posted by the employer in each establishment in a conspicuous place or places where notices to employees are customarily posted. Each employer shall take steps to insure that such notices are not altered, defaced, or covered by other material.
(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.
(a) Employees working in areas where there is a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, shall be protected by protective helmets.
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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.
