OSHA has inspected Cedar Lake Engineering Inc 8 times in Minnesota since 1986.
The latest one began on Jun 21, 2021 as a planned inspection, in Maple Lake.
Those inspections ended with 43 citation items: 25 serious and 18 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $12,752 and now stand at $10,817, 15% lower after settlements or reviews.
Mechanical power presses comes up most often in these citations: 13 items under 1910.217.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Cedar Lake Engineering Inc averages $892 (2 cited inspections).
Cedar Lake Engineering Inc also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Incident on Jul 3, 1986: Employee injures fingers in power press
Employee #1 was operating a full revolution power press without point of operati on guarding. He would hold the piece being offset with his right hand, activate the press with an electric foot trip, and then use his left hand to retrieve the next part to be stamped. It appears that the employee stamped a part and was re moving it when he inadvertently tripped the press again. All four fingers of his right hand were amputated. The little and ring fingers were amputated at the se cond knuckle; the ends of the middle and index fingers were reattached.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 |
Serious | $202 | $202 | Jul 31, 1986 | Closed |
| Citation 2, item 1 |
Other-than-serious | $0 | $0 | Jul 31, 1986 | Closed |
| Citation 2, item 2 |
Other-than-serious | $0 | $0 | Jul 31, 1986 | Closed |
| Citation 2, item 3 |
Other-than-serious | $0 | $0 | Jul 31, 1986 | Closed |
| Citation 2, item 4 |
Other-than-serious | $0 | $0 | Jul 31, 1986 | Closed |
| Citation 2, item 5 |
Other-than-serious | $0 | $0 | Jul 31, 1986 | Closed |
| Citation 2, item 6 |
Other-than-serious | $0 | $0 | Jul 31, 1986 | Closed |
| Citation 2, item 7 |
Other-than-serious | $0 | $0 | Jul 31, 1986 | Closed |
| Citation 2, item 8 |
Other-than-serious | $0 | $0 | Jul 31, 1986 | Closed |
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2023, the Maple Lake site logged 10 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 74 workers: 13.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 4.0 for its industry. Those cases cost 53 days away from work.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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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.