Brownlee Lighting, Inc. has one OSHA inspection on record in Florida.
OSHA opened it on Sep 6, 2019 on a referral, in Orlando.
From that inspection OSHA issued 2 citation items: 2 serious.
OSHA proposed $15,912 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $11,912, down 25%.
For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,600. Brownlee Lighting, Inc. averages $11,912 over 1 cited inspection in that time.
Brownlee Lighting, 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.
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Incident on Aug 26, 2019: Employee falls from paint booth roof and fractures ankle
At 9:00 a.m. on August 26, 2019, an employee was disassembling an old paint booth for disposal. The employee stepped on a portion of the paint booth roof that had already been unbolted. The roof panels caved in, and the employee fell 8 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized to treat an ankle fracture.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2023, the Orlando site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 65 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.9 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Brownlee Lighting Inc.
Orlando · 2023
65
0
0
0.0
1.9
Brownlee Lighting
Orlando · 2021
66
0
0
0.0
1.9
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.
Aug 26, 2019, Orlando: Hospitalization · fractures · ankle(s)
An employee was disassembling a paint booth while standing on top of the booth when he fell 7 feet to the ground. He was hospitalized with a fracture to his left ankle.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(b) Protection from fall hazards—(1) Unprotected sides and edges. (i) Except as provided elsewhere in this section, the employer must ensure that each employee on a walking-working surface with an unprotected side or edge that is 4 feet (1.2 m) or more above a lower level is protected from falling by one or more of the following:
(a) Fall hazards. (1) Before any employee is exposed to a fall hazard, the employer must provide training for each employee who uses personal fall protection systems or who is required to be trained as specified elsewhere in this subpart. Employers must ensure employees are trained in the requirements of this paragraph on or before May 17, 2017.
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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.
