Inspection 348021353 OPENED FEB 4, 2025Closed
10501 Nw Transcon Drive, Kansas City, MO 64153 · Light Truck and Utility Vehicle Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
OSHA has inspected Challenge Manufacturing LLC 9 times in Missouri since 2016.
The latest one began on Feb 4, 2025 on a referral, in Kansas City.
Those inspections ended with 16 citation items: 15 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $118,666 and now stand at $80,784, 32% lower after settlements or reviews.
Exit routes comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1910.37.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Challenge Manufacturing LLC averages $13,464 (6 cited inspections).
Challenge Manufacturing LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 3 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
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OSHA records show Challenge Manufacturing LLC at 6 sites in 3 states. Together they've had 27 inspections and $126,709 in current penalties.
We match records by employer name and industry, so these sites are likely the same company, not certainly. Franchises and subsidiaries can file under one name.
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Inspection 346611551 OPENED APR 4, 2023Closed
10501 Nw Transcon Drive, Kansas City, MO 64153 · Light Truck and Utility Vehicle Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.110(f)(2)(ii) · Storage and handling of liquefied petroleum gases |
Serious | $11,162 | $6,697 | May 5, 2023 | Final |
Inspection 346230188 OPENED SEP 14, 2022Closed
10501 Nw Transcon Drive, Kansas City, MO 64153 · Light Truck and Utility Vehicle Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.176(a) · Material storage and aisles |
Serious | $15,625 | $10,938 | Feb 2, 2023 | Final |
Inspection 345958722 OPENED MAY 11, 2022Closed
10501 Nw Transcon Drive, Kansas City, MO 64153 · Light Truck and Utility Vehicle Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3) · Exit routes |
Serious | $10,360 | $6,216 | Oct 14, 2022 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2 29 CFR 1910.132(a) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements |
Serious | $10,360 | $6,216 | Oct 14, 2022 | Final |
Inspection 345568513 OPENED OCT 7, 2021Closed
35 Corporate Woods Drive, Bridgeton, MO 63044 · Motor Vehicle Gasoline Engine and Engine Parts Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 344283775 OPENED SEP 4, 2019Closed
10501 Nw Transcon Drive, Kansas City, MO 64153 · Light Truck and Utility Vehicle Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 342105749 OPENED FEB 15, 2017Closed
35 Corporate Woods Drive, Bridgeton, MO 63044 · Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3) · Exit routes |
Serious | $9,234 | $4,617 | Jun 2, 2017 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2 29 CFR 1910.37(b)(4) · Exit routes |
Other-than-serious | $3,925 | $0 | Jun 2, 2017 | Final |
Inspection 341277812 OPENED FEB 25, 2016Closed
10501 Nw Transcon Drive, Kansas City, MO 64153 · Motor Vehicle Metal Stamping · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.22(a)(2) · General requirements |
Serious | $5,000 | $5,000 | Jun 23, 2016 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 3a 29 CFR 1910.95(d)(1) · Noise |
Serious | $7,000 | $7,000 | Jun 23, 2016 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 3b 29 CFR 1910.95(i)(2)(ii) · Noise |
Serious | $7,000 | $0 | Jun 23, 2016 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 5 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(1) · Permit-required confined spaces |
Serious | $7,000 | $7,000 | Jun 23, 2016 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 6a 29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6)(ii) · Hazard communication |
Serious | $5,000 | $5,000 | Jun 23, 2016 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 6b 29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication |
Serious | $4,000 | $0 | Jun 23, 2016 | Final |
1 older inspection
Inspection 341279818 OPENED FEB 25, 2016Closed
10501 Nw Transcon Dr, Kansas City, MO 64153 · Motor Vehicle Metal Stamping · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout |
Serious | $7,000 | $7,000 | Jun 23, 2016 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2 29 CFR 1910.147(c)(5)(ii) · Lockout/tagout |
Serious | $7,000 | $7,000 | Jun 23, 2016 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 3 29 CFR 1910.178(p)(1) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks |
Serious | $6,000 | $6,000 | Jun 23, 2016 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 6 29 CFR 1910.305(g)(2)(iii) · Electrical wiring methods |
Serious | $3,000 | $2,100 | Jun 23, 2016 | Final |
Injury and illness logs
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Kansas City site logged 17 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 230 workers: 6.1 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.7 for its industry. Those cases cost 121 days away from work.
| Site and year | Workers | Cases | Days-away cases | Rate | Industry median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Challenge Manufacturing - Kansas City Manufacturing Kansas City · 2025 | 230 | 17 | 3 | 6.1 | 2.7 |
| St. Louis World Class Manufacturing (Challenge Manufacturing Plant 5) Bridgeton · 2025 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.7 |
| Challenge Manufacturing - Kansas City Manufact Kansas City · 2021 | 361 | 11 | 4 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
| St. Louis World Class Manufacturing (Challenge Bridgeton · 2021 | 140 | 3 | 1 | 3.1 | 2.7 |
| Challenge Manufacturing - Plant #7 Kansas City · 2020 | 449 | 13 | 2 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| Kansas City Manufacturing Kansas City · 2019 | 454 | 26 | 4 | 5.9 | 2.7 |
| St. Louis World Class Manufacturing Bridgeton · 2019 | 141 | 3 | 0 | 2.5 | 2.7 |
| Challenge Manufacturing Company (Plant 7) Kansas City · 2016 | 538 | 50 | 0 | 8.5 | 2.7 |
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See plansSevere injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 3 reports on file.
Jan 28, 2025, Kansas City: Hospitalization · fractures · leg(s) unspecified
An employee was operating a forklift to retrieve a stack of empty containers from behind a weld cell. The forklift grabbed the stack. Then the forks tilted back, causing the top container to fall onto the forklift cage. The employee got off the forklift and went to pull the container down. The container fell on the employee's head and leg, resulting in a bump to the head and a fractured right leg.
Sep 3, 2022, Kansas City: Hospitalization · fractures · ankle(s) and leg(s), unspecified
An employee was transferring material from a larger bin to a smaller bin when a forklift ran over her leg, resulting in a broken leg and ankle.
Feb 28, 2020, Kansas City: Hospitalization · soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury · leg(s), unspecified
An employee was loading two empty containers onto a forklift. They became tangled, and the employee left the forklift to straighten the load. One of the containers fell and struck the employee's right leg. The employee was hospitalized.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1910.110 · Storage and handling of liquefied petroleum gases
29 CFR 1910.110(f)(2)(ii)
(ii) Containers when stored inside shall not be located near exits, stairways, or in areas normally used or intended for the safe exit of people.
29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6)(ii)
(ii) Product identifier and words, pictures, symbols, or combination thereof, which provide at least general information regarding the hazards of the chemicals, and which, in conjunction with the other information immediately available to employees under the hazard communication program, will provide employees with the specific information regarding the physical and health hazards of the hazardous chemical.
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1)
(h) Employee information and training. (1) Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and safety data sheets.
29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
29 CFR 1910.146 · Permit-required confined spaces
29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout
29 CFR 1910.176 · Material storage and aisles
29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
29 CFR 1910.22 · General requirements
29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods
29 CFR 1910.37 · Exit routes
29 CFR 1910.95 · Noise
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- GM Wentzville Assembly Center Wentzville · 1 citation · $5,000
- Orange EV LLC Riverside · 2 citations · $840
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