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Cold Jet, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Loveland, Ohio · Industrial Machinery Manufacturing · NAICS 333298

1inspections
2citation items
$4,736current penalties
Dec 19, 2018last inspection

Cold Jet, LLC has one OSHA inspection on record in Ohio.

OSHA opened it on Dec 19, 2018 on a referral, in Loveland.

From that inspection OSHA issued 2 citation items: 2 serious.

OSHA proposed $9,472 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $4,736, down 50%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.147, lockout/tagout (2 items).

For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,600. Cold Jet, LLC averages $4,736 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

Cold Jet, LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Cold Jet, LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2018 to 2018
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343671335 OPENED DEC 19, 2018Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 100 employees at the site · Closed Sep 12, 2019

455 Wards Corner Road, Loveland, OH 45140 · Industrial Machinery Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Dec 7, 2018: Employee amputates finger when trapped between machine pisto

At 2:00p.m. on December 7, 2018, an employee was servicing an ice pellet making machine when the computer caused an error and put it into manual mode to release it's piston, trapping his left hand against the machine's housing. The employee amputated his index finger just below the knuckle. The employee was hospitalized.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(5)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$9,472$4,736Jan 24, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.147(d)(1) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$0$0Jan 24, 2019Final

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 Loveland site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 109 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.9 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Cold Jet Loveland
Loveland · 2019
109 000.01.9

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.

Dec 7, 2018, Loveland: Amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.

An employee was performing maintenance on a machine when their left index finger was caught and amputated between the piston and the back of the barrel.

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(5)(i)

(5) Protective materials and hardware. (i) Locks, tags, chains, wedges, key blocks, adapter pins, self-locking fasteners, or other hardware shall be provided by the employer for isolating, securing or blocking of machines or equipment from energy sources.

29 CFR 1910.147(d)(1)

(1) Preparation for shutdown. Before an authorized or affected employee turns off a machine or equipment, the authorized employee shall have knowledge of the type and magnitude of the energy, the hazards of the energy to be controlled, and the method or means to control the energy.

Other industrial machinery manufacturing employers in Ohio

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