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Comet Tool Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

Hopkins, Minnesota · Machine Shops · NAICS 332710

6inspections
19citation items
$15,425current penalties
Aug 26, 2025last inspection

OSHA has inspected Comet Tool Inc 6 times in Minnesota since 2007.

The latest one began on Aug 26, 2025 as a planned inspection, in Hopkins.

Those inspections ended with 19 citation items: 8 serious, 1 repeat and 10 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $15,800 and now stand at $15,425, 2% lower after settlements or reviews.

comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 5205.1200.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Comet Tool Inc averages $3,856 (4 cited inspections).

Comet Tool Inc also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Comet Tool Inc: OSHA citation items per year, 2007 to 2025
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 348468323 OPENED AUG 26, 2025Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 14 employees at the site · Closed Oct 20, 2025

1418 Fifth Street S, Hopkins, MN 55343 · Machine Shops · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1 Repeat$7,000$7,000Sep 17, 2025Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 182.676
Serious$350$350Sep 17, 2025Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.304(g)(5) · Grounding and circuit protection
Serious$1,750$1,750Sep 17, 2025Final
Citation 2, item 3
29 CFR 1910.242(b) · Hand and power tools
Serious$1,050$1,050Sep 17, 2025Final
Citation 2, item 4
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$1,050$1,050Sep 17, 2025Final
Citation 3, item 1
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$700$700Sep 17, 2025Final
Citation 3, item 2 Other-than-serious$350$350Sep 17, 2025Final
Citation 3, item 3 Other-than-serious$350$350Sep 17, 2025Final

Inspection 345728125 OPENED JAN 13, 2022Closed

Planned · Complete · Health · 10 employees at the site · Closed Feb 9, 2022

1418 Fifth Street S, Hopkins, MN 55343 · Machine Shops · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1 Other-than-serious$100$100Jan 27, 2022Final

Inspection 343325551 OPENED JUL 24, 2018Closed

Planned · Complete · Health · 20 employees at the site · Closed Aug 22, 2018

1418 Fifth Street S, Hopkins, MN 55343 · Machine Shops · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.242(b) · Hand and power tools
Serious$225$158Aug 2, 2018Final

Inspection 317977049 OPENED MAR 10, 2015Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 18 employees at the site · Closed Jun 15, 2015

1418 Fifth Street S, Hopkins, MN 55343 · Machine Shops · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.36(d)(1) · Exit route design
Serious$375$375Mar 27, 2015Closed
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
Serious$875$875Mar 27, 2015Closed
Citation 1, item 4 Other-than-serious$500$250Mar 27, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 5 Serious$500$500Mar 27, 2015Closed
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iv) · Electrical wiring methods
Other-than-serious$125$125Mar 27, 2015Closed
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3)(iv) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$250$250Mar 27, 2015Closed
Citation 2, item 3 Other-than-serious$125$125Mar 27, 2015Closed
Citation 2, item 4 Other-than-serious$125$68Mar 27, 2015Final
Citation 2, item 5 Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 27, 2015Closed

Inspection 315841502 OPENED AUG 29, 2011Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 24 employees at the site · Closed Sep 21, 2011

1418 Fifth Street S, Hopkins, MN 55343 · Machine Shops · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 311383889 OPENED SEP 6, 2007Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 15 employees at the site · Closed Sep 7, 2007

1418 Fifth Street S, Hopkins, MN 55343 · Machine Shops · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

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 Hopkins site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 12 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.7 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Comet Tool, Inc.
Hopkins · 2025
12 000.02.7

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8)

(8) The employer shall maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and shall ensure that they are readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they are in their work area(s). (Electronic access and other alternatives to maintaining paper copies of the safety data sheets are permitted as long as no barriers to immediate employee access in each workplace are created by such options.)

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 1910.1200(h)(3)(iv)

(iv) The details of the hazard communication program developed by the employer, including an explanation of the labels received on shipped containers and the workplace labeling system used by their employer; the safety data sheet, including the order of information and how employees can obtain and use the appropriate hazard information.

29 CFR 1910.219 · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts

29 CFR 1910.242 · Hand and power tools

29 CFR 1910.304 · Grounding and circuit protection

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

29 CFR 1910.36 · Exit route design

29 CFR 5205.116

29 CFR 5205.1200

29 CFR 5205.675

29 CFR 5206.700

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