OSHA has inspected Forming Technologies LLC 13 times in Michigan since 2007.
The latest one began on Oct 9, 2024 on a referral, in Muskegon.
Those inspections ended with 33 citation items: 16 serious, 6 repeat and 11 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $73,100 and now stand at $38,925, 47% lower after settlements or reviews.
Lockout/tagout comes up most often in these citations: 12 items under 1910.147.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Forming Technologies LLC averages $4,303 (9 cited inspections).
Forming Technologies LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Inspection 346630247 OPENED APR 13, 2023Closed
Fatality or catastrophe · No inspection · Safety · 145 employees at the site · Closed Sep 28, 2023
1885 E Laketon Ave, Muskegon, MI 49442 · All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 345801922 OPENED FEB 24, 2022Closed
Follow-up · Partial · Safety · 45 employees at the site · Closed Mar 18, 2022
1885 E. Laketon Ave, Muskegon, MI 49442 · All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 344568829 OPENED JAN 27, 2020Closed
Referral · Partial · Safety · 70 employees at the site · Closed Mar 4, 2020
1885 E Laketon Ave, Muskegon, MI 49442 · All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Dec 23, 2019: Employee incurs brain bleed in fall while descending ladder
At 8:00 p.m. on December 23, 2019, an employee working as a maintenance technician for a plastics manufacturer was using a portable ladder stand to access a tank to check the level. When descending the ladder stand, it tipped over to the right side. The employee fell to the concrete floor below. He fractured his eye socket and sustained a brain bleed, requiring hospitalization.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 |
Serious | $2,400 | $1,200 | Feb 6, 2020 | Final |
| Citation 2, item 1 29 CFR 408.22139(2) |
Other-than-serious | $3,000 | $1,500 | Feb 6, 2020 | Final |
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Muskegon site logged 9 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 98 workers: 10.7 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.1 for its industry. Those cases cost 40 days away from work.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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.
