Fram Group Operations LLC: OSHA inspections and violations
Greenville, Ohio · Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing · NAICS 336390
6inspections
19citation items
$292,748current penalties
Nov 14, 2023last inspection
OSHA has inspected Fram Group Operations LLC 6 times in Ohio since 2016.
The latest one began on Nov 14, 2023 on a referral, in Greenville.
Those inspections ended with 19 citation items: 13 serious, 5 repeat and 1 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $348,215 and now stand at $292,748, 16% lower after settlements or reviews.
Lockout/tagout comes up most often in these citations: 10 items under 1910.147.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Fram Group Operations LLC averages $58,550 (5 cited inspections).
Fram Group Operations LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 4 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
Ohio · latest 90 days of OSHA records
273employers cited
2 of them in the same industry
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Incident on Jun 28, 2021: Two employees amputate fingers in machines in two separate i
At 11:30 p.m. on June 28, 2021, Employee #1 who was working as a machine operator for a motor vehicle parts manufacturer was attempting to free a part jammed in the point of operation. Employee #1 pushed the auto cycle stop to remove the jammed part. The point of operation was not guarded when Employee #1 removed the part. A proximity sensor activated causing the machine to cycle and the base to come up. This caused Employee #1 to catch her right index fingertip between the base and the top of the electrodes. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputated fingertip. On an earlier date, Employee #2 was performing cleanup of the buildup machine while not using lockout procedures. The procedure required that the machine be turned off and the parts that dropped into the motor area be cleaned. There are two doors on the machine. One is equipped with an interlock and the other is not equipped with an interlock. Employee #2 entered the door that does not have interlock capabilities without turning off the machinery. The employee caught two fingers when the magnetic cleanup wand became caught in the motor chain on the sprocket. Employee #2's finger was amputated and was treated without hospitalization.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2022, the Greenville site logged 8 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 438 workers: 1.9 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.7 for its industry. Those cases cost 82 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Fram Group - Greenville
Greenville · 2022
438
8
7
1.9
2.7
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Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 4 reports on file.
Nov 2, 2023, Greenville: Hospitalization · cuts, lacerations · shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
An employee was emptying a tip dumpster attached to a forklift into a scrap metal trailer. The employee's right arm was caught in the tip dumpster resulting in injury to the right shoulder and arm. The employee suffered a lacerated shoulder.
An employee was cleaning buildup in a machine using a magnetic wand. The wand got caught in a moving chain and sprocket on the machine, resulting in the amputation of their ring and index fingers.
Oct 24, 2016, Greenville: Amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)
An employee was reaching into a 6-inch opening under a machine conveyor to retrieve a part when the employee's right hand contacted the rotating sprocket, amputating the ring fingertip and avulsing the middle finger.
Oct 19, 2016, Greenville: Hospitalization · electrocutions, electric shocks · body systems
On or about October 19, 2016, an electrician was setting up a 480-VAC line and received an electrical shock. The employee was hospitalized.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(g) Safety data sheets. (1) Chemical manufacturers and importers shall obtain or develop a safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical they produce or import. Employers shall have a safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they use.
(4) Energy control procedure. (i) Procedures shall be developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees are engaged in the activities covered by this section.
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(ii)
(ii) The procedures shall clearly and specifically outline the scope, purpose, authorization, rules, and techniques to be utilized for the control of hazardous energy, and the means to enforce compliance including, but not limited to, the following:
29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
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