Carthage, Missouri · All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing · NAICS 332999
6inspections
19citation items
$7,195current penalties
Nov 18, 2021last inspection
OSHA has inspected Flex-O-Lators 6 times in Missouri since 1973.
The latest one began on Nov 18, 2021 on a referral, in Carthage.
Those inspections ended with 19 citation items: 3 serious and 16 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $11,421 and now stand at $7,195, 37% lower after settlements or reviews.
Machine guarding comes up most often in these citations: 4 items under 1910.212.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Flex-O-Lators averages $6,340 (1 cited inspection).
Flex-O-Lators also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Nov 10, 2021: Employee's finger tip is amputated by nip point
At 3:30 p.m. on November 10, 2021, an employee was watching an employee work on an extruder when she set her hand on the machine belt while it was running. The tip of her left hand's pinky finger was amputated at the nip point, and she was treated without hospitalization.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Carthage site logged 4 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 167 workers: 2.5 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.3 for its industry. Those cases cost 6 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Leggett & Platt Incorporated
Carthage · 2025
167
4
2
2.5
3.3
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.
Nov 10, 2021, Carthage: Amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)
An employee was watching a maintenance employee work on an extruder. The employee's left hand was caught in a pinch point between the pulley and the conveyor belt, and the little fingertip was amputated. The extruder was running at the time.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1910.110 · Storage and handling of liquefied petroleum gases
29 CFR 1910.110(h)(11)(vic)
(h) Liquefied petroleum gas service stations—(1) Application. This paragraph applies to storage containers, and dispensing devices, and pertinent equipment in service stations where LP-Gas is stored and is dispensed into fuel tanks of motor vehicles. See paragraph (e) of this section for requirements covering use of LP-Gas as a motor fuel. All requirements of paragraph (b) of this section apply to this paragraph unless otherwise noted.
29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
29 CFR 1910.178(k)(1)
(k) Trucks and railroad cars. (1) The brakes of highway trucks shall be set and wheel chocks placed under the rear wheels to prevent the trucks from rolling while they are boarded with powered industrial trucks.
29 CFR 1910.178(n)(4)
(4) The driver shall be required to slow down and sound the horn at cross aisles and other locations where vision is obstructed. If the load being carried obstructs forward view, the driver shall be required to travel with the load trailing.
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.
