Since 1993, OSHA inspectors have visited Cantex Inc. in Florida 9 times.
The most recent inspection opened on Mar 10, 2026 on a referral, in Auburndale and is still open.
In all, OSHA issued 15 citation items: 9 serious, 1 repeat and 5 other-than-serious.
The proposed penalties came to $171,397; today they stand at $91,526, 47% less.
The rule cited most here is 1910.212 (machine guarding), 4 times.
Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $4,500 penalty. Cantex Inc. averages $38,708 across 2 cited inspections.
Cantex Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 4 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Apr 14, 2017: Employee pinches finger in machine resulting in a partial am
At 4:55 a.m. on April 14, 2017, An employee was removing a piece of conduit from a machine, when the closing mechanism of the machine was triggered. It's jaws of the machine clamped down on the employee's right middle finger, resulting in its amputation. The employee was hospitalized and received treatment for his injury.
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 339566150 OPENED JAN 28, 2014Closed
Planned · Partial · Safety · 124 employees at the site · Closed Apr 14, 2014
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Auburndale site logged 4 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 191 workers: 1.6 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 97 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Cantex
Auburndale · 2025
191
4
1
1.6
2.6
Cantex Inc
Auburndale · 2025
191
4
1
1.6
2.6
CANTEX INC. Auburndale
Auburndale · 2022
115
3
0
2.7
2.6
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 4 reports on file.
Oct 9, 2025, Auburndale: Hospitalization · fractures · arm(s) unspecified
An employee turned a corner while walking, tripped over the corner of a pallet on the floor, fell onto her arm, and broke it. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was working at an extrusion line and monitoring pipe as it came out of the extrusion machine. The employee went to prevent the production of a defective part and his hand passed through a sensor that triggered the action point for the machine. The machine's clamp came down to pick up the formed pipe and it fractured the employee's arm.
Jan 28, 2018, Auburndale: Amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)
An employee was removing hanging pipes from a conveyor when her finger became caught in a nip point on the conveyor, partially amputating her fingertip.
An employee was operating a machinery line to make PVC pipes when a pipe became stuck or misaligned. The employee was attempting to fix the problem when his right middle and ring fingers were smashed between two pipes, amputating the fingers to the first joint.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(3) Turning head side to side. Standing in place, the subject shall slowly turn his or her head from side to side between the extreme positions on each side for 1 minute. The head shall be held at each extreme momentarily so the subject can inhale at each side. After the turning head side to side exercise, the subject needs to hold head full left and hold his or her breath for 10 seconds during test measurement. Next, the subject needs to hold head full right and hold his or her breath for 10 seconds during test measurement.
(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.
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.
