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General Cable Corp.: OSHA inspections and violations

Manchester, New Hampshire · Spring and Wire Product Manufacturing · NAICS 332612

4inspections
7citation items
$11,025current penalties
Apr 24, 2019last inspection

OSHA has inspected General Cable Corp. 4 times in New Hampshire since 1994.

The latest one began on Apr 24, 2019 after a complaint, in Manchester.

Those inspections ended with 7 citation items: 7 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $37,850 and now stand at $11,025, 71% lower after settlements or reviews.

Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1910.219.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and General Cable Corp. averages $8,525 (1 cited inspection).

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

General Cable Corp. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

General Cable Corp.: OSHA citation items per year, 1994 to 2019
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343956231 OPENED APR 24, 2019Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 80 employees at the site · Closed Aug 28, 2019

345 Mcgregor St., Manchester, NH 03101 · Other Fabricated Wire Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$8,525$4,262Jun 28, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.333(a) · Working near live electrical parts
Serious$8,525$0Jun 28, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.335(a)(1)(i) · Safeguards for personnel protection
Serious$8,525$0Jun 28, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.303(e)(1)(ii) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
Serious$8,525$4,262Jun 28, 2019Final

Inspection 309551117 OPENED APR 13, 2006Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 165 employees at the site · Closed Apr 19, 2006

345 Mcgregor St., Manchester, NH 03102 · Other Communication and Energy Wire Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 306950858 OPENED JUN 1, 2005Closed

Complaint · Complete · Safety · 170 employees at the site · Closed Mar 21, 2008

345 Mcgregor St., Manchester, NH 03102 · Spring and Wire Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
Serious$2,500$1,250Nov 22, 2005Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.219(e)(3)(i) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
Serious$0$0Nov 22, 2005Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.219(f)(1) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
Serious$1,250$1,250Nov 22, 2005Final

Inspection 108778630 OPENED JUN 24, 1994Closed

Accident · Partial · Safety · 100 employees at the site · Closed Jun 24, 1994

345 Mcgregor St., Manchester, NH 03102 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Jun 22, 1994 (fatal): Employee dies while working at his desk

Employee #1 was at his desk doing paperwork when he collapsed and fell to the fl oor. He died despite attempts to revive him.

No citations from this inspection.

Injury and illness logs

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

In 2020, the Manchester site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 92 workers: 1.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.5 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
General Cable Manchester NH.
Manchester · 2020
92 101.01.5
GC Manchester, NH
Manchester · 2017
106 201.81.5

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i)

(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 1910.219 · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts

29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1)

(d) Pulleys—(1) Guarding. Pulleys, any parts of which are seven (7) feet or less from the floor or working platform, shall be guarded in accordance with the standards specified in paragraphs (m) and (o) of this section. Pulleys serving as balance wheels (e.g., punch presses) on which the point of contact between belt and pulley is more than six feet six inches (6 ft. 6 in.) from the floor or platform may be guarded with a disk covering the spokes.

29 CFR 1910.219(e)(3)(i)

(3) Vertical and inclined belts. (i) Vertical and inclined belts shall be enclosed by a guard conforming to standards in paragraphs (m) and (o) of this section.

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.333 · Working near live electrical parts

29 CFR 1910.335 · Safeguards for personnel protection

Other spring and wire product manufacturing employers in New Hampshire

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