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Forestar Industries: OSHA inspections and violations

Springfield, Missouri · Plate Work Manufacturing · NAICS 332313

1inspections
18citation items
$32,182current penalties
Jan 5, 2021last inspection

OSHA has inspected Forestar Industries once in Missouri.

The inspection began on Jan 5, 2021 after a complaint, in Springfield; the case is still open.

That inspection ended with 18 citation items: 18 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $58,513 and now stand at $32,182, 45% lower after settlements or reviews.

Respiratory protection comes up most often in these citations: 4 items under 1910.134.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Forestar Industries averages $32,182 (1 cited inspection).

Forestar Industries also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Forestar Industries: OSHA citation items per year, 2021 to 2021
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345085708 OPENED JAN 5, 2021Open

Complaint · Complete · Health · 24 employees at the site · Open

2221 North Belcrest, Springfield, MO 65806 · Plate Work Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1 Serious$5,461$5,344Jun 23, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Serious$3,901$3,784Jun 23, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$5,461$5,344Jun 23, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$0$0Jun 23, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 3c
29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$0$0Jun 23, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 3d
29 CFR 1910.134(k)(1) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$0$0Jun 23, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(ii) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$3,901$3,121Jun 23, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 5a
29 CFR 1910.179(b)(5) · Overhead and gantry cranes
 Serious$3,901$2,146Jun 23, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 5b
29 CFR 1910.179(g)(2)(i) · Overhead and gantry cranes
 Serious$3,901$0Jun 23, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 5c
29 CFR 1910.179(j)(2)(iii) · Overhead and gantry cranes
 Serious$3,901$0Jun 23, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 9a
29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$3,901$2,146Jun 23, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 9b
29 CFR 1910.219(e)(1)(i) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$0$0Jun 23, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 9c
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
 Serious$5,461$0Jun 23, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 10
29 CFR 1910.242(b) · Hand and power tools
 Serious$3,901$2,146Jun 23, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 11
29 CFR 1910.252(b)(2)(iii) · Welding fire safety
 Serious$3,901$2,146Jun 23, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 12a
29 CFR 1910.303(b)(2) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
 Serious$5,461$3,004Jun 23, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 12b
29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iv)(a) · Electrical wiring methods
 Serious$0$0Jun 23, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 13
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$5,461$3,004Jun 23, 2021Final

Injury and illness logs

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

In 2021, the Springfield site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 30 workers: 3.3 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.9 for its industry. Those cases cost 1 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
foreStar Springfield
Springfield · 2021
30 113.31.9

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)

(e) Written hazard communication program. (1) Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:

29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2)

(2) The employer shall verify that the required workplace hazard assessment has been performed through a written certification that identifies the workplace evaluated; the person certifying that the evaluation has been performed; the date(s) of the hazard assessment; and, which identifies the document as a certification of hazard assessment.

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)

(1) The test instrument must have an effective audio-warning device, or a visual-warning device in the form of a screen tracing, that indicates when the test subject fails to hold his or her breath during the test. The test must be terminated and restarted from the beginning when the test subject fails to hold his or her breath during the test. The test subject then may be refitted and retested.

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.179 · Overhead and gantry cranes

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.219 · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts

29 CFR 1910.242 · Hand and power tools

29 CFR 1910.252 · Welding fire safety

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

29 CFR 1910.95 · Noise

Other plate work manufacturing employers in Missouri

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