OSHA has inspected Centria LLC 5 times in Arkansas since 1997.
The latest one began on May 28, 2015 on a referral, in Sheridan.
Those inspections ended with 10 citation items: 7 serious and 3 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $27,675 and now stand at $16,550, 40% lower after settlements or reviews.
Electrical wiring methods comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.305.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Centria LLC averages $9,450 (1 cited inspection).
It reported 3 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 3 reports on file.
Jul 9, 2022, Sheridan: Amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Employees were lifting a panel, about 29 feet by 36 inches by 3 inches, to check and verify it before moving to the next section of the panel bending process. One employee's right little finger was caught between the panel and part of the stationary equipment (an angle iron mount for an air cleaner). The finger was amputated above the third knuckle.
Aug 29, 2017, Sheridan: Hospitalization · fractures · arm(s), unspecified
An employee was at a conveyor with a piece of end protector paper strip in his left hand. The paper strip became wrapped around the powered conveyor roller and his left arm was pulled into the conveyor, fracturing it.
May 13, 2015, Sheridan: Amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)
An employee was clamping down an insulated metal panel with an air-actuated jig while his hand rested on the plate. The jig severed his right-hand middle fingertip.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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.
