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Florida Tool, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Lakeland, Florida · Other Metal Container Manufacturing · NAICS 332439

2inspections
6citation items
$16,800current penalties
Mar 22, 2018last inspection

OSHA has inspected Florida Tool, Inc. 2 times in Florida since 2015.

The latest one began on Mar 22, 2018 as a planned inspection, in Lakeland.

Those inspections ended with 6 citation items: 4 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $21,000 and now stand at $16,800, 20% lower after settlements or reviews.

Lockout/tagout comes up most often in these citations: 5 items under 1910.147.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Florida Tool, Inc. averages $8,400 (2 cited inspections).

Florida Tool, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Florida Tool, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2015 to 2018
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343033619 OPENED MAR 22, 2018Closed

Planned · Complete · Health · 22 employees at the site · Closed Sep 20, 2018

4300 Maine Ave, Lakeland, FL 33801 · Other Metal Container Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3) · Exit routes
Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 20, 2018Final

Inspection 340453463 OPENED MAR 10, 2015Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 19 employees at the site · Closed Jan 11, 2016

4300 Maine Ave, Lakeland, FL 33801 · Other Metal Container Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a Serious$7,000$5,600Aug 7, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 1b Serious$0$0Aug 7, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$7,000$5,600Aug 7, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(a) · Lockout/tagout
Other-than-serious$7,000$5,600Aug 7, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(b) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$0$0Aug 7, 2015Final

Injury and illness logs

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

In 2017, the Lakeland site logged 4 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 20 workers: 18.9 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.8 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Florida Tool
Lakeland · 2017
20 4018.92.8

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.

Mar 7, 2015, Lakeland: Hospitalization, amputation · amputations · nonclassifiable

An employee was removing a die when another employee started the machine.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(ii)(b)

(B) Specific procedural steps for shutting down, isolating, blocking and securing machines or equipment to control hazardous energy;

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(ii)(c)

(C) Specific procedural steps for the placement, removal and transfer of lockout devices or tagout devices and the responsibility for them; and

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i)

(6) Periodic inspection. (i) The employer shall conduct a periodic inspection of the energy control procedure at least annually to ensure that the procedure and the requirements of this standard are being followed.

29 CFR 1910.37 · Exit routes

Other other metal container manufacturing employers in Florida

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.