OSHA has inspected Fisher Controls 9 times in Iowa since 1980.
The latest one began on Apr 14, 2017 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Marshalltown.
Those inspections ended with 27 citation items: 14 serious and 13 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $10,100 and now stand at $8,450, 16% lower after settlements or reviews.
Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts comes up most often in these citations: 4 items under 1910.219.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Fisher Controls averages $6,300 (1 cited inspection).
1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.
Inspection 342252616 OPENED APR 14, 2017Closed
Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Health · 446 employees at the site · Closed Dec 6, 2018
1702 S 12th Avenue, Marshalltown, IA 50158 · Industrial Valve Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Apr 13, 2017 (fatal): Employee is struck by a burst pipe plug and is killed
At 7:30 p.m. on April 13, 2017, an employee was checking air tank for leaks. The employee had not removed 125 psi air pressure from tank and was struck in their head by the pipe plug when it blew off from the tank.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 88.4 - CODE OF IOWA (2017) |
Serious | $6,300 | $6,300 | May 24, 2017 | Final |
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Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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