OSHA has inspected Evapco, Inc. 10 times in Maryland since 1986.
The latest one began on Jan 12, 2022 after an accident, in Taneytown.
Those inspections ended with 52 citation items: 27 serious and 25 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $42,637 and now stand at $19,182, 55% lower after settlements or reviews.
Machine guarding comes up most often in these citations: 5 items under 1910.212.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Evapco, Inc. averages $0 (1 cited inspection).
Evapco, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Inspection 345728406 OPENED JAN 12, 2022Closed
Accident · Partial · Safety · 10 employees at the site · Closed Jan 11, 2023
5151 Allendale Lane, Taneytown, MD 21787 · Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Jan 11, 2022: Employee fractures pelvis when struck by unattended pit
At 11:10 p.m. on January 11, 2022, an employee was operating a trash compactor as his Baoli Forklift powered industrial truck (PIT) sat idling behind him. The PIT, which was equipped with a 1030 pound trash hopper attachment, drifted toward the employee and struck him before he could react. The employee fractured his pelvis and was hospitalized.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|
| Citation 1, item 3 |
Other-than-serious | $0 | $0 | Apr 11, 2022 | Final |
Inspection 345089288 OPENED JAN 7, 2021Closed
Accident · Partial · Safety · 542 employees at the site · Closed Mar 16, 2021
2910 Francis Scott Key Highway, Taneytown, MD 21787 · Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 340453323 OPENED MAR 12, 2015Closed
Complaint · Partial · Safety · 438 employees at the site · Closed Apr 8, 2015
5151 Allendale Lane, Taneytown, MD 21787 · Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2023, the Taneytown site logged 39 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 674 workers: 6.1 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.4 for its industry. Those cases cost 366 days away from work.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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.
