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Contech Engineered Solutions, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Springfield, Illinois · Plastics Pipe and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing · NAICS 326122

1inspections
2citation items
$12,934current penalties
Sep 13, 2018last inspection

OSHA has inspected Contech Engineered Solutions, LLC once in Illinois.

The inspection began on Sep 13, 2018 on a referral, in Springfield.

That inspection ended with 2 citation items: 2 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $22,173 and now stand at $12,934, 42% lower after settlements or reviews.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Contech Engineered Solutions, LLC averages $12,934 (1 cited inspection).

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Contech Engineered Solutions, LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2018 to 2018
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343460580 OPENED SEP 13, 2018Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 39 employees at the site · Closed Jan 22, 2019

1110 Stevenson Drive, Springfield, IL 62703 · Plastics Pipe and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Sep 11, 2018: Employee's finger is amputated in baler machine

At 11:50 a.m. on September 11, 2018, an employee was aligning the baler head after changing from 10 inch to 8 inch head. The employee had his left hand in the machine attempting to tighten a bolt and his right hand on the controls when he inadvertently cycled the machine. The employee's finger was caught between a bolt and a limiting switch, resulting in an amputation of the tip of his left index finger. Hospitalization was not required.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.147(d) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$12,934$12,934Dec 11, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
 Serious$9,239$0Dec 11, 2018Final

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.

Sep 11, 2018, Springfield: Amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)

A maintenance employee was aligning a belling head when the machine amputated the tip of his index finger.

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(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

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1)

(a) Machine guarding—(1) Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks. Examples of guarding methods are—barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices, electronic safety devices, etc.

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