Hazelwood, Missouri · Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing · NAICS 336413
7inspections
12citation items
$20,317current penalties
Sep 21, 2021last inspection
OSHA has inspected GKN Aerospace 7 times in Missouri since 2009.
The latest one began on Sep 21, 2021 on a referral, in Hazelwood.
Those inspections ended with 12 citation items: 12 serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $26,716 and now stand at $20,317, 24% lower after settlements or reviews.
Hazardous waste operations and emergency response comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1910.120.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and GKN Aerospace averages $6,659 (2 cited inspections).
GKN Aerospace 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.
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Referral · Partial · Health · 1,000 employees at the site · Closed Jan 24, 2022
142 James S. Mcdonnell Blvd, Hazelwood, MO 63042 · Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Sep 17, 2021: Employee sustains eye and breathing issues from chemical rel
At 3:00 p.m. on September 17, 2021, an employee working as a chemical technician for a an aerospace instrument manufacturer was working at his workstation. A chemical vapor plume released from the production line. The employee reported difficulty breathing and eye pain and required medical treatment without hospitalization.
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 344782677 OPENED JUN 9, 2020Closed
Referral · Partial · Safety · 974 employees at the site · Closed Oct 8, 2020
Incident on Jun 2, 2020: Employee amputates finger in router
At 10:00 p.m. on June 2, 2020, an employee was operating the NC 260 router. The spindle was still spinning. The employee reached in, and the tool grabbed his glove. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputated right index finger.
Complaint · Partial · Health · 850 employees at the site · Closed Mar 16, 2016
142 James S Mcdonnell Boulevard, Hazelwood, MO 63042 · Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 316181387 OPENED DEC 8, 2011Closed
Complaint · Partial · Safety · 1,276 employees at the site · Closed Jun 19, 2012
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2020, the Hazelwood site logged 19 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 971 workers: 1.8 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.1 for its industry. Those cases cost 16 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
GKN Aerospace St. Louis LLC
Hazelwood · 2020
971
19
2
1.8
1.1
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 4 reports on file.
Sep 17, 2021, Hazelwood: Hospitalization · other respiratory system symptoms-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect · body systems
After a chemical leak at the plant, an employee reported heavy breathing and eye pain. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was blowing chips off parts and fixtures with compressed air in preparation for the next machine set up when he tripped and fell over a tooling post, injuring his hip and requiring surgery.
Apr 9, 2015, Hazelwood: Hospitalization · amputations · lumbar region
On or about 11am, on 4/9/2015, a pipe fitter was working off an 8 ft. A-frame ladder about 5 feet off the ground, trying to loosen a valve on the nitric acid line. The valve broke loose spraying liquid onto the employee. As the employee attempted to block the spray, he lost his balance and fell off the ladder, cracking an L3 vertebrae. He was hospitalized.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1910.120 · Hazardous waste operations and emergency response
29 CFR 1910.120(q)(2)(ii)
(ii) Personnel roles, lines of authority, training, and communication.
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.
