Columbus, Nebraska · Prefabricated Metal Building and Component Manufacturing · NAICS 332311
2inspections
11citation items
$21,067current penalties
Dec 19, 2024last inspection
OSHA has inspected Behlen MFG. Co. 2 times in Nebraska since 1995.
The latest one began on Dec 19, 2024 on a referral, in Columbus.
Those inspections ended with 11 citation items: 10 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $28,457 and now stand at $21,067, 26% lower after settlements or reviews.
Mechanical power presses comes up most often in these citations: 6 items under 1910.217.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Behlen MFG. Co. averages $14,565 (1 cited inspection).
Behlen MFG. Co. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
Nebraska · latest 90 days of OSHA records
36employers cited
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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 Columbus site logged 14 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 620 workers: 2.2 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 79 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Behlen Mfg. Co.
Columbus · 2025
620
14
5
2.2
3.6
Behlen Mfg Co
Columbus · 2017
650
19
0
3.1
0.6
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(3) The employer shall assure that portable fire extinguishers are subjected to an annual maintenance check. Stored pressure extinguishers do not require an internal examination. The employer shall record the annual maintenance date and retain this record for one year after the last entry or the life of the shell, whichever is less. The record shall be available to the Assistant Secretary upon request.
(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.
