Moraine, Ohio · Other Engine Equipment Manufacturing · NAICS 333618
9inspections
17citation items
$31,340current penalties
Oct 14, 2025last inspection
OSHA has inspected Dmax, Ltd. 9 times in Ohio since 2004.
The latest one began on Oct 14, 2025 on a referral, in Moraine.
Those inspections ended with 17 citation items: 12 serious and 5 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $51,315 and now stand at $31,340, 39% lower after settlements or reviews.
Lockout/tagout comes up most often in these citations: 4 items under 1910.147.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Dmax, Ltd. averages $6,620 (2 cited inspections).
1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.
Dmax, Ltd. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 3 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on May 18, 2023 (fatal): One employee is killed, two are injured in work-related shoo
At 9:00 p.m. on May 18, 2023, three employees were working at their workstations, assembling engines. Employee #1 and Employee #2 had a personal dispute related to their personal lives. Employee #2 brought a handgun to work. Employee #2 shot and killed Employee #1. Employee #2 shot Employee #3 in the leg. Employee #2 went out the backside of the building and shot himself/herself in the head, resulting in a head injury. Employee's #2 and #3 were hospitalized.
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 346296551 OPENED OCT 20, 2022Closed
Complaint · Partial · Safety · 1,000 employees at the site · Closed Oct 20, 2022
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Moraine site logged 30 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 955 workers: 2.6 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.1 for its industry. Those cases cost 149 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
DMAX, Ltd.
Moraine · 2025
955
30
9
2.6
2.1
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 3 reports on file.
Oct 13, 2025, Moraine: Hospitalization · multiple surface and flesh wounds · head unspecified
An employee was moving a hoist to the end of a bridge rail to create space for another hoist on the same rail. The hoist being moved, along with its supporting beam, detached from the bridge rail and fell, striking the employee in the head. He suffered a contusion and laceration to the head and was hospitalized.
Oct 12, 2025, Moraine: Hospitalization · sprains, strains, minor tears · exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back unspecified
An employee was operating a machine. When they performed a motion to push a machined engine block away from their body, they experienced a back strain, resulting in hospitalization.
Oct 7, 2022, Moraine: Hospitalization · fractures · ankle(s)
An employee was removing empty dunnage from a work area after loading product. The employee's right ankle was caught and broken between an electric motor hand truck and a fixed step stool.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(iii) Waste and residue. Combustible waste material and residues in a building or unit operating area shall be kept to a minimum, stored in covered metal receptacles and disposed of daily.
29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
29 CFR 1910.132(a)
(a) Application. Protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, shall be provided, used, and maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition wherever it is necessary by reason of hazards of processes or environment, chemical hazards, radiological hazards, or mechanical irritants encountered in a manner capable of causing injury or impairment in the function of any part of the body through absorption, inhalation or physical contact.
29 CFR 1910.132(b)
(b) Employee-owned equipment. Where employees provide their own protective equipment, the employer shall be responsible to assure its adequacy, including proper maintenance, and sanitation of such equipment.
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.