Ets-Lindgren, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations
Durant, Oklahoma · Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals · NAICS 334515
2inspections
8citation items
$32,290current penalties
Oct 22, 2024last inspection
Since 2013, OSHA inspectors have visited Ets-Lindgren, Inc. in Oklahoma 2 times.
The most recent inspection opened on Oct 22, 2024 on a referral, in Durant.
In all, OSHA issued 8 citation items: 8 serious.
The proposed penalties came to $71,653; today they stand at $32,290, 55% less.
The rule cited most here is 1910.147 (lockout/tagout), 5 times.
Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,600 penalty. Ets-Lindgren, Inc. averages $29,790 across 1 cited inspection.
Ets-Lindgren, Inc. 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.
Oklahoma · latest 90 days of OSHA records
61employers cited
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From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2022, the Durant site logged 3 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 48 workers: 6.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 0.3 for its industry. Those cases cost 7 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Etsl DU
Durant · 2022
48
3
1
6.0
0.3
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.
Oct 18, 2024, Durant: Hospitalization · cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures · multiple body parts n.e.c.
An employee was performing maintenance and replacing a seal under a plexiglass viewing cylinder in a pre-expander machine. As the employee was testing the machine before putting it back into service, the viewing cylinder exploded and the employee sustained lacerations to their chest, face, right arm and hand.
An employee was working in the fabrication area of a vibratory sifter/dryer when they noticed the access door was not on the machine. As the employee bent down, moving parts on the machine contacted his right hand, resulting in broken ring, middle, and index fingers.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(2) Cleaning. All spraying areas shall be kept as free from the accumulation of deposits of combustible residues as practical, with cleaning conducted daily if necessary. Scrapers, spuds, or other such tools used for cleaning purposes shall be of nonsparking material.
(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)(7)(i)
(7) Training and communication. (i) The employer shall provide training to ensure that the purpose and function of the energy control program are understood by employees and that the knowledge and skills required for the safe application, usage, and removal of the energy controls are acquired by employees. The training shall include the following:
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