OSHA has inspected Featherlite, Inc. 3 times in Iowa since 1989.
The latest one began on Jul 15, 2015 on a referral, in Cresco.
Those inspections ended with 18 citation items: 8 serious, 4 repeat and 6 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $6,900 and now stand at $3,650, 47% lower after settlements or reviews.
Respiratory protection comes up most often in these citations: 6 items under 1910.134.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Featherlite, Inc. averages $1,462 (1 cited inspection).
Featherlite, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2018, the Cresco site logged 2 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 11 workers: 21.5 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 5.2 for its industry. Those cases cost 52 days away from work.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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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.
