OSHA SearchOSHA records by employer

Defcon Force, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Aberdeen, Ohio · Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance · NAICS 811310

2inspections
4citation items
$20,934current penalties
Apr 26, 2017last inspection

Defcon Force, LLC has 2 OSHA inspections on record in Ohio, the first in 2016.

OSHA's last visit started on Apr 26, 2017 on a referral, in Moscow.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 4 citation items: 4 serious.

OSHA proposed $24,664 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $20,934, down 15%.

For context, across all repair and personal services employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $1,200. Defcon Force, LLC averages $10,467 over 2 cited inspections in that time.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Defcon Force, LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2016 to 2017
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

Want to know if OSHA cites Defcon Force, LLC again? Add it to a watchlist and we will email you the morning the citation shows up.

Watch this company

Inspection history

Inspection 342278561 OPENED APR 26, 2017Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 15 employees at the site · Closed Jul 9, 2018

1781 U.s. Rt 52, Moscow, OH 45153 · All Other Miscellaneous General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Apr 19, 2017: Employee falls from basket and is injured

At 10:00 a.m. on April 19, 2017, an employee was working from an elevated basket that was lifted by the tines of a forklift. As the employee was removing bolts to a door, the basket he was working from fell to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured wrist and multiple lacerations to the side of his body. of his body.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.140(c)(12) · Personal fall protection systems
 Serious$5,577$5,577Jun 14, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.178(a)(5) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$4,780$4,780Jun 14, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$5,577$5,577Jun 14, 2017Final

Inspection 341348977 OPENED MAR 24, 2016Closed

Referral · Partial · Health · 13 employees at the site · Closed Dec 8, 2016

725 Us 52, Aberdeen, OH 45101 · Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.146(d)(2) · Permit-required confined spaces
 Serious$8,730$5,000Sep 15, 2016Final

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.

Mar 20, 2016, Aberdeen: Hospitalization · third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns · multiple body parts, n.e.c.

An employee was cutting welds inside a coal pulverizer when coal dust fell from above and caused a flash fire. The employee suffered 2nd and 3rd degree burns to the face, hand, and arm.

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

29 CFR 1910.140 · Personal fall protection systems

29 CFR 1910.140(c)(12)

(12) Anchorages used to attach to personal fall protection equipment must be independent of any anchorage used to suspend employees or platforms on which employees work. Anchorages used to attach to personal fall protection equipment on mobile work platforms on powered industrial trucks must be attached to an overhead member of the platform, at a point located above and near the center of the platform.

29 CFR 1910.146 · Permit-required confined spaces

29 CFR 1910.146(d)(2)

(2) Identify and evaluate the hazards of permit spaces before employees enter them;

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.178(a)(5)

(5) If the truck is equipped with front-end attachments other than factory installed attachments, the user shall request that the truck be marked to identify the attachments and show the approximate weight of the truck and attachment combination at maximum elevation with load laterally centered.

29 CFR 1926.451 · Scaffolds, general requirements

Other commercial and industrial machinery and equipment (except automotive and electronic) repair and maintenance employers in Ohio

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.