OSHA has inspected Component Manufacturing Company 11 times in South Dakota since 1985.
The latest one began on May 28, 2021 after a complaint, in Sioux Falls.
Those inspections ended with 27 citation items: 18 serious and 9 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $30,237 and now stand at $19,751, 35% lower after settlements or reviews.
Electrical wiring methods comes up most often in these citations: 5 items under 1910.305.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Component Manufacturing Company averages $5,813 (3 cited inspections).
Component Manufacturing Company 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.
South Dakota · latest 90 days of OSHA records
30employers cited
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Incident on Feb 15, 2018: Employee's flingers slip underneath table saw guide and ampu
At 5:30 a.m. on February 15, 2018, an employee was rip cutting a header on a Delta-Rockwell 12-in.-14-in. tilting arbor saw and his fingers slipped underneath the guard. The employee amputated his right hand's index and middle fingers. The employee was hospitalized.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2023, the Sioux Falls site logged 2 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 56 workers: 3.4 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.9 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Component Manufacturing Company - Plant 1
Sioux Falls · 2023
56
2
0
3.4
3.9
Component Manfuacturing Company - Plant 4
Sioux Falls · 2022
13
2
2
13.0
3.9
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.
(e) Written hazard communication program. (1) Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:
29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
29 CFR 1910.132(a)
(a) Application. Protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, shall be provided, used, and maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition wherever it is necessary by reason of hazards of processes or environment, chemical hazards, radiological hazards, or mechanical irritants encountered in a manner capable of causing injury or impairment in the function of any part of the body through absorption, inhalation or physical contact.
(a) General requirements. (1) The employer shall ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation.
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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.
