OSHA has inspected Crest Bending, Inc. 13 times in Ohio since 1983.
The latest one began on Dec 20, 2022 on a referral, in New Washington.
Those inspections ended with 63 citation items: 36 serious, 1 willful, 5 repeat and 21 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $75,296 and now stand at $35,861, 52% lower after settlements or reviews.
Mechanical power presses comes up most often in these citations: 10 items under 1910.217.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Crest Bending, Inc. averages $7,607 (3 cited inspections).
Crest Bending, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the New Washington site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 23 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.4 for its industry.
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.
Dec 15, 2022, New Washington: Amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
On December 15, 2022, an employee was operating a hydraulic press. The machine actuated while the employee's hand was on the part being loaded into the machine, resulting in an amputation to the right middle and index fingers.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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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.