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Electro Controls, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Sidney, Ohio · All Other Miscellaneous Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing · NAICS 335999

1inspections
3citation items
$9,830current penalties
Dec 16, 2020last inspection

Electro Controls, Inc. has one OSHA inspection on record in Ohio.

OSHA opened it on Dec 16, 2020 on a referral, in Sidney.

From that inspection OSHA issued 3 citation items: 2 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $16,384 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $9,830, down 40%.

For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,600. Electro Controls, Inc. averages $9,830 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

Electro Controls, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Electro Controls, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2020 to 2020
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345068803 OPENED DEC 16, 2020Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 80 employees at the site · Closed May 5, 2022

1625 Ferguson Court, Sidney, OH 45365 · All Other Miscellaneous Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Dec 7, 2020: Employee sustains partial amputation of left thumb while ope

At 3:00 p.m. on December 7, 2020, Employee #1 (male, age 22) was operating a pneumatic wire cutting machine. The employee was performing his normal job duties of cutting cable wire to length. While holding a more rigid type of wire straight to cut it into 12-inch lengths, his thumb was caught by the guillotine blade. The wire cutter machine, operated by a foot pedal, was not guarded to prevent workers' fingers or hands from being in the point of operation when the machine cycled. Employee #1 sustained a partial amputation injury to his left thumb. There were no witnesses to the incident. The employee was treated without hospitalization.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$6,827$4,096Feb 10, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii) · Machine guarding
 Serious$9,557$5,734Feb 10, 2021Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Other-than-serious$0$0Feb 10, 2021Final

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2025, the Sidney site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 108 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.4 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Electro Controls, Inc.
Sidney · 2025
108 000.01.4
Electro Controls
Sidney · 2021
110 323.01.4

The rules behind these citations

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

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 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1)

(c) General—(1) Energy control program. The employer shall establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performs any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, start up or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source, and rendered inoperative.

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii)

(ii) The point of operation of machines whose operation exposes an employee to injury, shall be guarded. The guarding device shall be in conformity with any appropriate standards therefor, or, in the absence of applicable specific standards, shall be so designed and constructed as to prevent the operator from having any part of his body in the danger zone during the operating cycle.

Other all other miscellaneous electrical equipment and component manufacturing 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.