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Community Tissue Services: OSHA inspections and violations

Kettering, Ohio · Blood and Organ Banks · NAICS 621991

2inspections
7citation items
$42,100current penalties
Jul 28, 2025last inspection

OSHA has inspected Community Tissue Services 2 times in Ohio since 2024.

The latest one began on Jul 28, 2025 after a complaint, in Kettering.

Those inspections ended with 7 citation items: 6 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $121,632 and now stand at $42,100, 65% lower after settlements or reviews.

Lockout/tagout comes up most often in these citations: 5 items under 1910.147.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for health care employers since 2015 is $1,050, and Community Tissue Services averages $21,050 (2 cited inspections).

Community Tissue Services also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Community Tissue Services: OSHA citation items per year, 2024 to 2025
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 348406604 OPENED JUL 28, 2025Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 681 employees at the site · Closed May 18, 2026

2900 College Drive, Kettering, OH 45420 · Blood and Organ Banks · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.147(d) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$16,550$8,275Jan 5, 2026Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(a) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$16,550$0Jan 5, 2026Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
 Serious$16,550$8,275Jan 5, 2026Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$39,720$15,550Jan 5, 2026Final
Citation 3, item 1
29 CFR 1910.1030(h)(5)(i) · Bloodborne pathogens
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 5, 2026Final

Inspection 347201014 OPENED JAN 9, 2024Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 732 employees at the site · Closed Jun 14, 2024

2900 College Drive, Kettering, OH 45420 · Blood and Organ Banks · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$16,131$10,000Apr 11, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.147(f)(1) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$16,131$0Apr 11, 2024Final

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2024, the Kettering site logged 43 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 798 workers: 6.3 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.8 for its industry. Those cases cost 236 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
CTS-K-OH
Kettering · 2024
798 43116.33.8
Community Tissue Services 1
Kettering · 2022
605 62412.03.8
Community Tissue Services
Kettering · 2021
505 4179.43.8

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1030 · Bloodborne pathogens

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i)

(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.

29 CFR 1910.147(d)

(d) Application of control. The established procedures for the application of energy control (the lockout or tagout procedures) shall cover the following elements and actions and shall be done in the following sequence:

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

Other blood and organ banks employers in Ohio

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