OSHA inspectors have visited Circle Graphics, Inc. in Ohio one time.
It opened on Nov 23, 2020 on a referral, in Wooster.
In all, OSHA issued 3 citation items: 3 serious.
The proposed penalties came to $27,306; today they stand at $13,653, 50% less.
The rule cited most here is 1910.147 (lockout/tagout), 2 times.
Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,600 penalty. Circle Graphics, Inc. averages $13,653 across 1 cited inspection.
Circle Graphics, 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 Nov 9, 2020: Employee amputates fingertip on machine
At 4:00 p.m. on November 9, 2020, Employee #1 was monitoring the Miller MultiSealer while it was heat sealing pockets. While the machine was in motion and in the process of making a cut, a pocket became dislodged. Employee #1 reached under the heat seal carriage while it was in motion to straighten the pocket that had become dislodged and placed his finger in the way of a cutting blade that was currently in operation cutting one bulletin from a roll of printed jobs. The blade ran across Employee 1's right ring fingertip and amputated the tip of his finger. The employee was treated without hospitalization.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Wooster site logged 5 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 73 workers: 7.4 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.0 for its industry. Those cases cost 2 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Circle Graphics - Wooster
Wooster · 2025
73
5
1
7.4
2.0
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.
Nov 9, 2020, Wooster: Amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)
An employee was trying to fix a flap near the cutter on a sealer machine. The machine caught her fingers and amputated her right ring fingertip.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(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.
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(a)
(A) Each authorized employee shall receive training in the recognition of applicable hazardous energy sources, the type and magnitude of the energy available in the workplace, and the methods and means necessary for energy isolation and control.
(ii) The point of operation of machines whose operation exposes an employee to injury, shall be guarded. The guarding device shall be in conformity with any appropriate standards therefor, or, in the absence of applicable specific standards, shall be so designed and constructed as to prevent the operator from having any part of his body in the danger zone during the operating cycle.
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.
