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Bramer Machine Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Traverse City, Michigan · Machine Shops · NAICS 332710

1inspections
3citation items
$2,100current penalties
Jan 11, 2019last inspection

Bramer Machine Inc. has one OSHA inspection on record in Michigan.

OSHA opened it on Jan 11, 2019 on a referral, in Traverse City.

From that inspection OSHA issued 3 citation items: 3 serious.

OSHA proposed $2,100 in penalties and the amount has not been reduced.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.147, lockout/tagout (3 items).

For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,600. Bramer Machine Inc. averages $2,100 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

Bramer Machine Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2019 to 2019
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343694501 OPENED JAN 11, 2019Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 15 employees at the site · Closed Oct 28, 2019

1757 Park Dr, Traverse City, MI 49686 · Machine Shops · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Dec 15, 2018: Employee fractures forearm and lacerates skin while trying t

At 2:00 p.m. on December 15, 2018, an employee was at the back of a horizontal machine center trying to locate an oil leak. The employee's hands slipped off of the machine while it was running and caught his arm between the servo motor and an upright column. The employee fractured his forearm and lacerated his skin. The employee was hospitalized.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$2,100$2,100Feb 28, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(5)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$0$0Feb 28, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(a) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$0$0Feb 28, 2019Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i)

(4) Energy control procedure. (i) Procedures shall be developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees are engaged in the activities covered by this section.

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(5)(i)

(5) Protective materials and hardware. (i) Locks, tags, chains, wedges, key blocks, adapter pins, self-locking fasteners, or other hardware shall be provided by the employer for isolating, securing or blocking of machines or equipment from energy sources.

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(a)

(A) Each authorized employee shall receive training in the recognition of applicable hazardous energy sources, the type and magnitude of the energy available in the workplace, and the methods and means necessary for energy isolation and control.

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