Since 2023, OSHA inspectors have visited Fourinox Inc. in Wisconsin 2 times.
The most recent inspection opened on Dec 12, 2024 to follow up on an earlier case, in Green Bay.
In all, OSHA issued 5 citation items: 5 serious.
The proposed penalties came to $59,668; today they stand at $20,126, 66% less.
The rule cited most here is 1910.212 (machine guarding), 4 times.
Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,600 penalty. Fourinox Inc. averages $10,063 across 2 cited inspections.
Fourinox Inc. 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.
Wisconsin · latest 90 days of OSHA records
232employers cited
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From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Green Bay site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 41 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.6 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Fourinox, Inc.
Green Bay · 2025
41
0
0
0.0
3.6
Fourinox Inc
Green Bay · 2023
40
3
1
8.0
3.6
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.
Feb 16, 2023, Green Bay: Hospitalization · fractures · thigh(s)
An employee was utilizing a brake press when the piece of steel supported by the crane fell out of the machine clamp and onto the employee. The employee sustained a broken left leg approximately 6 inches above the knee.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(a) Machine guarding—(1) Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks. Examples of guarding methods are—barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices, electronic safety devices, etc.
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii)
(ii) The point of operation of machines whose operation exposes an employee to injury, shall be guarded. The guarding device shall be in conformity with any appropriate standards therefor, or, in the absence of applicable specific standards, shall be so designed and constructed as to prevent the operator from having any part of his body in the danger zone during the operating cycle.
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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.