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Fenix LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Wapakoneta, Ohio · Other Fabricated Wire Product Manufacturing · NAICS 332618

3inspections
5citation items
$7,458current penalties
Feb 22, 2018last inspection

OSHA has inspected Fenix LLC 3 times in Ohio since 2008.

The latest one began on Feb 22, 2018 after a complaint, in Wapakoneta.

Those inspections ended with 5 citation items: 4 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $12,847 and now stand at $7,458, 42% lower after settlements or reviews.

Machine guarding comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.212.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Fenix LLC averages $6,208 (1 cited inspection).

Fenix LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Fenix LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2008 to 2018
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 342967130 OPENED FEB 22, 2018Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 41 employees at the site · Closed May 11, 2018

820 South Willipie Street, Wapakoneta, OH 45895 · Steel Wire Drawing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.137(c)(2)(viii) · Electrical protective equipment
 Serious$6,467$3,880Apr 6, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.335(a)(1)(i) · Safeguards for personnel protection
 Serious$0$0Apr 6, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
 Serious$3,880$2,328Apr 6, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(7)(iii) · Permit-required confined spaces
 Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 6, 2018Final

Inspection 311603294 OPENED APR 24, 2008Closed

Follow-up · Partial · Safety · 33 employees at the site · Closed May 7, 2008

820 Willipie Street, Wapakoneta, OH 45895 · Other Fabricated Wire Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 311601876 OPENED FEB 4, 2008Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 33 employees at the site · Closed May 9, 2008

820 Willipie Street, Wapakoneta, OH 45895 · Other Fabricated Wire Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
 Serious$2,500$1,250Mar 12, 2008Closed

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2022, the Wapakoneta site logged 2 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 32 workers: 5.1 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.6 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Fenix LLC.
Wapakoneta · 2022
32 205.13.6
Fenix LLC
Wapakoneta · 2021
32 102.63.6

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

29 CFR 1910.137 · Electrical protective equipment

29 CFR 1910.137(c)(2)(viii)

(viii) Electrical protective equipment shall be subjected to periodic electrical tests. Test voltages and the maximum intervals between tests shall be in accordance with Table I-4 and Table I-5.

29 CFR 1910.146 · Permit-required confined spaces

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(7)(iii)

(iii) The employer shall document the basis for determining that all hazards in a permit space have been eliminated, through a certification that contains the date, the location of the space, and the signature of the person making the determination. The certification shall be made available to each employee entering the space or to that employee's authorized representative.

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1)

(a) Machine guarding—(1) Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks. Examples of guarding methods are—barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices, electronic safety devices, etc.

29 CFR 1910.335 · Safeguards for personnel protection

Other other fabricated wire product manufacturing employers in Ohio

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