OSHA inspectors have visited Esco Group, LLC in Mississippi one time.
It opened on Jan 31, 2019 on a referral, in Newton.
In all, OSHA issued 3 citation items: 2 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
The proposed penalties came to $10,565; today they stand at $6,339, 40% less.
The rule cited most here is 1910.147 (lockout/tagout), 3 times.
Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,600 penalty. Esco Group, LLC averages $6,339 across 1 cited inspection.
Esco Group, LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 2 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
Mississippi · latest 90 days of OSHA records
15employers cited
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Incident on Jan 29, 2019: Employee fractures forearm when caught by carriage door
At 5:30 p.m. on January 29, 2019, an employee was spraying lubricant on a casting and fractured his right forearm with a GK Feeder Carriage Door. The employee was hospitalized.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2022, the Newton site logged 10 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 352 workers: 2.8 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 5.4 for its industry. Those cases cost 218 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
ESCO Group LLC,
Newton · 2022
352
10
5
2.8
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. 2 reports on file.
Jan 29, 2019, Newton: Hospitalization · crushing injuries · forearm(s)
An employee was attempting to free a stuck casting from the casting feeder hopper door. The employee sprayed lubricant on the casting and the casting freed from the door. The employee's right forearm was inside the casting feeder hopper door when the casting was freed and the door closed on and crushed his forearm.
An employee was using a hand-held angle grinder to cut 1/8" wire. As he was cutting the wire it became entangled in the grinding wheel and the wire struck the employee. The employee sustained lacerations to the first and third fingers on the left hand and two tendons were cut on the left index finger.
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.
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i)
(6) Periodic inspection. (i) The employer shall conduct a periodic inspection of the energy control procedure at least annually to ensure that the procedure and the requirements of this standard are being followed.
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(a)
(A) Each authorized employee shall receive training in the recognition of applicable hazardous energy sources, the type and magnitude of the energy available in the workplace, and the methods and means necessary for energy isolation and control.
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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.
