Corning Incorporated: OSHA inspections and violations
Kennebunk, Maine · All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · NAICS 326199
3inspections
2citation items
$26,520current penalties
Feb 28, 2019last inspection
Corning Incorporated has 3 OSHA inspections on record in Maine, the first in 1998.
OSHA's last visit started on Feb 28, 2019 on a referral, in Kennebunk.
Across those inspections OSHA issued 2 citation items: 2 other-than-serious.
OSHA proposed $26,520 in penalties and the amount has not been reduced.
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 $4,500. Corning Incorporated averages $26,520 over 1 cited inspection in that time.
Corning Incorporated 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.
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Incident on Feb 15, 2019: Employee's fingertips are amputated by hopper mechanisms
At 12:05 p.m. on February 15, 2019, an employee was performing preventive maintenance on a hooper machine. While lubricating the machine's pulley chain with a rag, the machine cycled, pulling the rag and the employee's right hand into the mechanism. The fingertips of two fingers were amputated just above the finger nails. The employee was hospitalized.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Kennebunk site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 350 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.6 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Corning Life Sciences
Kennebunk · 2025
350
0
0
0.0
2.6
CLS Kennebunk
Kennebunk · 2022
450
7
0
1.7
2.6
Corning Life Sciences-Kennebunk, Maine
Kennebunk · 2021
545
2
1
0.5
2.6
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.
Feb 15, 2019, Kennebunk: Amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)
An employee was performing preventive maintenance on a machine. He was lubricating the pulley chain using a rag when the machine cycled and the rag and his right hand were pulled into the pulley chain causing two fingertip amputations.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(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.
Other all other plastics product manufacturing employers in Maine
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.
