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Diversified Machine Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

Waite Park, Minnesota · Industrial Machinery Manufacturing · NAICS 333298

4inspections
6citation items
$732current penalties
Apr 17, 2018last inspection

Diversified Machine Inc has 4 OSHA inspections on record in Minnesota, the first in 2011.

OSHA's last visit started on Apr 17, 2018 as a planned inspection, in Waite Park.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 6 citation items: 1 serious and 5 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $875 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $732, down 16%.

Most often, OSHA cited 5206.700, (2 items).

For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,600. Diversified Machine Inc averages $150 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

Diversified Machine Inc: OSHA citation items per year, 2011 to 2018
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343098984 OPENED APR 17, 2018Closed

Planned · Complete · Health · 15 employees at the site · Closed Jul 9, 2018

307 31st Avenue South, Waite Park, MN 56387 · Special Die and Tool, Die Set, Jig, and Fixture Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1 Other-than-serious$150$150May 16, 2018Final

Inspection 317883031 OPENED OCT 9, 2014Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 9 employees at the site · Closed Dec 3, 2014

307 31st Avenue South, Waite Park, MN 56387 · Special Die and Tool, Die Set, Jig, and Fixture Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
Serious$375$262Nov 4, 2014Closed
Citation 2, item 1 Other-than-serious$100$70Nov 4, 2014Closed

Inspection 315455121 OPENED MAR 31, 2011Closed

Planned · No inspection · Safety · 7 employees at the site · Closed Apr 13, 2011

307 31st Avenue South, Waite Park, MN 56387 · Industrial Machinery Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 315164418 OPENED JAN 4, 2011Closed

Planned · Complete · Health · 10 employees at the site · Closed Feb 16, 2011

307 31st Avenue South, Waite Park, MN 56387 · Industrial Machinery Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9) · Grinders and abrasive wheels
Other-than-serious$125$125Jan 11, 2011Closed
Citation 2, item 2 Other-than-serious$125$125Jan 11, 2011Closed
Citation 2, item 3 Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 11, 2011Closed

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1)

(a) Machine guarding—(1) Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks. Examples of guarding methods are—barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices, electronic safety devices, etc.

29 CFR 1910.215 · Grinders and abrasive wheels

29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9)

(9) Exposure adjustment. Safety guards of the types described in subparagraphs (3) and (4) of this paragraph, where the operator stands in front of the opening, shall be constructed so that the peripheral protecting member can be adjusted to the constantly decreasing diameter of the wheel. The maximum angular exposure above the horizontal plane of the wheel spindle as specified in paragraphs (b) (3) and (4) of this section shall never be exceeded, and the distance between the wheel periphery and the adjustable tongue or the end of the peripheral member at the top shall never exceed one-fourth inch. (See Figures O-18, O-19, O-20, O-21, O-22, and O-23.)

29 CFR 5205.116

29 CFR 5205.1200

29 CFR 5206.700

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