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Bosch Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

Saint Joseph, Michigan · Motor Vehicle Brake System Manufacturing · NAICS 336340

2inspections
6citation items
$1,225current penalties
Jan 3, 2017last inspection

OSHA has inspected Bosch Inc 2 times in Michigan since 2015.

The latest one began on Jan 3, 2017 after a complaint, in Saint Joseph.

Those inspections ended with 6 citation items: 4 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $2,450 and now stand at $1,225, 50% lower after settlements or reviews.

Permit-required confined spaces comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1910.146.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Bosch Inc averages $612 (2 cited inspections).

Bosch Inc: OSHA citation items per year, 2015 to 2017
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341991123 OPENED JAN 3, 2017Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 174 employees at the site · Closed Mar 13, 2017

3737 Red Arrow Hwy, Saint Joseph, MI 49085 · Motor Vehicle Brake System Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1)(iii) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
 Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 3, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1)(i)(b) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
 Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 3, 2017Final

Inspection 341145134 OPENED DEC 30, 2015Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 170 employees at the site · Closed Mar 25, 2016

3737 Red Arrow, Saint Joseph, MI 49085 · Motor Vehicle Brake System Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(1) · Permit-required confined spaces
 Serious$1,400$700Mar 9, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(2) · Permit-required confined spaces
 Serious$0$0Mar 9, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(3) · Permit-required confined spaces
 Serious$0$0Mar 9, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 408.10219
 Serious$1,050$525Mar 9, 2016Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.146 · Permit-required confined spaces

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(1)

(c) General requirements. (1) The employer shall evaluate the workplace to determine if any spaces are permit- required confined spaces.

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(2)

(2) If the workplace contains permit spaces, the employer shall inform exposed employees, by posting danger signs or by any other equally effective means, of the existence and location of and the danger posed by the permit spaces.

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(3)

(3) If the employer decides that its employees will not enter permit spaces, the employer shall take effective measures to prevent its employees from entering the permit spaces and shall comply with paragraphs (c)(1), (c)(2), (c)(6), and (c)(8) of this section.

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

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