OSHA inspectors have visited Enterprise Casting LLC in Maine one time.
It opened on Dec 17, 2018 on a referral, in Lewiston.
In all, OSHA issued 2 citation items: 2 serious.
The proposed penalties came to $15,912; today they stand at $9,547, 40% less.
Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,600 penalty. Enterprise Casting LLC averages $9,547 across 1 cited inspection.
Enterprise Casting LLC 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 Dec 4, 2018: Employee amputates fingertip when struck by muller's blade
At 12:20 p.m. on December 4, 2018, an employee was cleaning sand from the lip of a sand muller when the muller's blade struck and amputated his right hand's middle fingertip. Hospitalization was not required.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2023, the Lewiston site logged 2 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 38 workers: 5.1 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 5.4 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Enterprise Casting Corporation
Lewiston · 2023
38
2
0
5.1
5.4
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.
Dec 4, 2018, Lewiston: Amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)
An employee was cleaning a sand muller when their right hand slipped into the machine and the middle finger contacted the blade resulting in a fingertip amputation.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(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.
(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.
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.
