OSHA has inspected Factory Pipe, LLC 3 times in California since 1991.
The latest one began on Jun 15, 2017 after a complaint, in Ukiah.
Those inspections ended with 9 citation items: 9 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $2,050 and still stand at $2,050.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Factory Pipe, LLC averages $1,650 (1 cited inspection).
Factory Pipe, LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Incident on Sep 3, 1991: Employee's finger amputated by swinging vise
Employee #1 has worked as a die maker for Factory Pipe for about two years. On S eptember 3, 1991, he had finished welding a motorcycle exhaust pipe and was goin g to cut a hole in it using a hole saw attachment on a Powermate drill press. Em ployee #1 placed the exhaust pipe in a hand vise and secured it to the drill pre ss table. Still wearing the cotton gloves he had had on during the welding opera tion, Employee #1 held the pipe with his left hand (thumb on top). As the saw st arted to cut through the pipe, the vise swung around and caught Employee #1's th umb between the hole saw and the pipe. Employee #1's thumb was amputated.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 3203 A |
Other-than-serious | $0 | $0 | Sep 26, 1991 | Closed |
| Citation 1, item 2 |
Other-than-serious | $0 | $0 | Sep 26, 1991 | Closed |
| Citation 1, item 3 29 CFR 3384 B |
Other-than-serious | $0 | $0 | Sep 26, 1991 | Closed |
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Ukiah site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 43 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.7 for its industry.
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.