OSHA inspectors have visited G-Con Manufacturing in Texas one time.
It opened on Mar 24, 2020 on a referral, in College Station.
In all, OSHA issued 1 citation item: 1 other-than-serious.
The proposed penalties came to $12,145; today they stand at $9,000, 26% less.
Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,600 penalty. G-Con Manufacturing averages $9,000 across 1 cited inspection.
G-Con Manufacturing 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.
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Incident on Mar 17, 2020: Employee crushes hand and fingers while using press brake
At 11:00 a.m. on March 17, 2020, an employee was rotating the die on a press brake. The employee inadvertently put his hand in the danger zone, between the die and press blade, when his coworker lowered the press. The employee sustained crushing injuries to his hand and fingers and was hospitalized.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2024, the College Station site logged 2 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 80 workers: 2.4 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 0.6 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
G-CON Manufacturing
College Station · 2024
80
2
0
2.4
0.6
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.
Mar 17, 2020, College Station: Hospitalization · crushing injuries · finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
An employee was operating a press brake. The press brake came down on the employee's left hand, crushing three fingers.
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.
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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.
