Exton, Pennsylvania · Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing · NAICS 339112
1inspections
1citation items
$13,494current penalties
Jul 16, 2020last inspection
OSHA has inspected DSM Biomedical once in Pennsylvania.
The inspection began on Jul 16, 2020 on a referral, in Exton.
That inspection ended with 1 citation item: 1 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $13,494 and still stand at $13,494.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and DSM Biomedical averages $13,494 (1 cited inspection).
DSM Biomedical 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.
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Incident on Jul 11, 2020: Employee's thumb is amputated while servicing equipment
At 7:30 a.m. on July 11, 2020, an employee was servicing an exhaust fan when the deenergized fan began to move due to wind as there was no mechanical energy isolation device installed to prevent the fan from freely moving. The employee tried to stop the fan by grabbing the fan belt but his hand got pulled in and caught between the belt and the pully. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputation of his thumb.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Exton site logged 2 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 360 workers: 0.5 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.1 for its industry. Those cases cost 44 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
DSM Biomedical
Exton · 2025
360
2
2
0.5
1.1
DSM Biomedical - Pennsylvania Drive Site
Exton · 2020
328
3
1
0.9
1.1
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.
(4) Energy control procedure. (i) Procedures shall be developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees are engaged in the activities covered by this section.
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