Inspection 349149559 OPENED SEP 2, 2026Open
4722 Pear St, Saint Joseph, MO 64503 · Primary Battery Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection so far.
Since 2019, OSHA inspectors have visited Clarios Inc. in Missouri 7 times.
The most recent inspection opened on Sep 2, 2026 on a referral, in Saint Joseph and is still open.
In all, OSHA issued 7 citation items: 2 serious and 5 other-than-serious.
The proposed penalties came to $134,325; today they stand at $67,378, 50% less.
The rule cited most here is 1910.1025 (lead in general industry), 2 times.
Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,600 penalty. Clarios Inc. averages $16,844 across 4 cited inspections.
Clarios Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 3 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
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Inspection 348269101 OPENED MAY 27, 2025Closed
4722 Pear Street, Saint Joseph, MO 64503 · Primary Battery Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout |
Other-than-serious | $11,823 | $11,823 | Sep 30, 2025 | Final |
Inspection 347704355 OPENED AUG 21, 2024Closed
4722 Pear Street, Saint Joseph, MO 64503 · Primary Battery Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 347456543 OPENED MAY 2, 2024Open
4722 Pear Street, Saint Joseph, MO 64503 · Primary Battery Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.1025(e)(1)(i) · Lead in general industry |
Serious | $16,131 | $9,500 | Oct 22, 2024 | Final |
| Citation 2, item 1 29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6)(ii) · Hazard communication |
Serious | $50,699 | $10,000 | Oct 22, 2024 | Final |
Inspection 346533268 OPENED FEB 28, 2023Closed
4722 Pear Street, Saint Joseph, MO 64503 · Primary Battery Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.134(g)(2)(i) · Respiratory protection |
Other-than-serious | $15,625 | $9,375 | Aug 24, 2023 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(3) · Permit-required confined spaces |
Other-than-serious | $11,162 | $6,697 | Aug 24, 2023 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 3 29 CFR 1910.1025(f)(1)(ii) · Lead in general industry |
Other-than-serious | $15,625 | $9,375 | Aug 24, 2023 | Final |
Inspection 345462881 OPENED AUG 6, 2021Closed
4722 Pear Street, Saint Joseph, MO 64503 · Primary Battery Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 344027156 OPENED MAY 22, 2019Closed
4722 Pear Street, Saint Joseph, MO 64503 · Primary Battery Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on May 15, 2019: Employee partially amputates finger while operating pasting
At 5:15 a.m. on May 15, 2019, an employee was operating a pasting machine when a plate fell to a ledge underneath the rollers. The employee was reaching under the machine to get the plate out when his hand was pulled in to the machine. The employee was hospitalized and suffered partial amputation of the right ring finger.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding |
Other-than-serious | $13,260 | $10,608 | Oct 4, 2019 | 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 2019, the Saint Joseph site logged 3 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 271 workers: 1.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.5 for its industry.
| Site and year | Workers | Cases | Days-away cases | Rate | Industry median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarios LLC-St Joseph MO distribution center-01710 Saint Joseph · 2019 | 271 | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | 1.5 |
Severe 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.
May 17, 2025, Saint Joseph: Hospitalization · nonfatal 'crushing' injuries · hand(s), finger(s) unspecified
An employee was operating a lift table when his hand was crushed in it.
Nov 12, 2020, Saint Joseph: Hospitalization · dislocation of joints · finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
An employee was cleaning and doing preventive maintenance on a pasting line. A piece of equipment moved and pinned his left index finger, dislocating it. He was hospitalized and underwent surgery.
May 15, 2019, Saint Joseph: Amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
An employee was operating a pasting line when several plates fell. The employee attempted to remove the plates from under the moving V-belt flattener and suffered a partial amputation to the right ring finger.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1910.1025 · Lead in general industry
29 CFR 1910.1025(e)(1)(i)
(e) Methods of compliance—(1) Engineering and work practice controls. (i) Where any employee is exposed to lead above the permissible exposure limit for more than 30 days per year, the employer shall implement engineering and work practice controls (including administrative controls) to reduce and maintain employee exposure to lead in accordance with the implementation schedule in Table I below, except to the extent that the employer can demonstrate that such controls are not feasible. Wherever the engineering and work practice controls which can be instituted are not sufficient to reduce employee exposure to or below the permissible exposure limit, the employer shall nonetheless use them to reduce exposures to the lowest feasible level and shall supplement them by the use of respiratory protection which complies with the requirements of paragraph (f) of this section.
29 CFR 1910.1025(f)(1)(ii)
(ii) Work operations for which engineering and work-practice controls are not sufficient to reduce employee exposures to or below the permissible exposure limit.
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 1910.134 · Respiratory protection
29 CFR 1910.146 · Permit-required confined spaces
29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout
29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding
Other primary battery manufacturing employers in Missouri
- Milbank Manufacturing Co Kansas City · 66 citations · $78,767
- National Park Service Saint Louis · 11 citations · $0
- Engineered Power Systems, Inc. Maryland Heights · 2 citations · $1,702
- Enersys Energy Products, Inc. Warrensburg · 3 citations · $30,743
- Eaglepicher Technologies, LLC/Seneca Facility Seneca · 1 citation · $1,339
- Zoltek Corporation Saint Peters · 24 citations · $18,275
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