OSHA has inspected Digico Imaging Inc. 2 times in Ohio since 2012.
The latest one began on Mar 7, 2023 on a referral, in Columbus.
Those inspections ended with 8 citation items: 6 serious and 2 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $29,126 and now stand at $15,451, 47% lower after settlements or reviews.
Woodworking machinery comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1910.213.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Digico Imaging Inc. averages $9,376 (1 cited inspection).
Digico Imaging Inc. 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.
Ohio · latest 90 days of OSHA records
275employers cited
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From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2021, the Columbus site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 42 workers: 2.3 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.0 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Digico Imaging
Columbus · 2021
42
1
0
2.3
2.0
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 8, 2023, Columbus: Hospitalization, amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)
On February 8, 2023, an employee was using a carpentry table saw to cut wooden 2-by-4s. The sawblade caught fibers on the wood and kicked the wood back toward the employee, who tried to stabilize it. The unguarded sawblade then struck the employee's left hand, amputating a fingertip just below the nail. The employee was hospitalized.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(2) Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA.
29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2)
(2) The employer shall verify that the required workplace hazard assessment has been performed through a written certification that identifies the workplace evaluated; the person certifying that the evaluation has been performed; the date(s) of the hazard assessment; and, which identifies the document as a certification of hazard assessment.
29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(6)
(6) Certification. The employer shall certify that each operator has been trained and evaluated as required by this paragraph (l). The certification shall include the name of the operator, the date of the training, the date of the evaluation, and the identity of the person(s) performing the training or evaluation.
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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.
