OSHA has inspected Danuser Machine Company 7 times in Missouri since 1973.
The latest one began on Apr 12, 2018 on a referral, in Fulton.
Those inspections ended with 18 citation items: 8 serious and 10 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $8,951 and now stand at $6,224, 30% lower after settlements or reviews.
Machine guarding comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1910.212.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Danuser Machine Company averages $5,000 (1 cited inspection).
It reported 2 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Inspection 343080834 OPENED APR 12, 2018Closed
Referral · Partial · Safety · 120 employees at the site · Closed Jun 18, 2018
500 E. Third Street, Fulton, MO 65251 · Farm Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Apr 6, 2018: Employee's finger is amputated in fall
At 4:00 p.m. on April 6, 2018, Employee #1 was emptying a scrap metal cart. He lost his balance and fell. His finger was crushed, resulting in an amputation but was not hospitalized.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 |
Serious | $7,068 | $5,000 | May 8, 2018 | Final |
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 2 reports on file.
Oct 11, 2021, Fulton: Amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
An employee sustained a distal amputation of their right index finger.
Apr 6, 2018, Fulton: Amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
An employee was moving a chip cart to a chip pit to have the metal chips dumped when the employee fell approximately 3 feet into the pit, landing on a bin. The employee suffered a partial amputation of the left middle finger, bruising, and a possible broken rib.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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.
