OSHA has inspected Great Dane LLC once in Nebraska.
The inspection began on Sep 26, 2023 on a referral, in Wayne.
That inspection ended with 1 citation item: 1 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $15,625 and still stand at $15,625.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Great Dane LLC averages $15,625 (1 cited inspection).
Great Dane LLC 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.
Nebraska · latest 90 days of OSHA records
36employers 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 2021, the Wayne site logged 14 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 483 workers: 2.7 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 5.2 for its industry. Those cases cost 50 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Great Dane - Wayne
Wayne · 2021
483
14
5
2.7
5.2
Great Dane LLC
Wayne · 2020
396
35
5
7.6
5.2
Great Dane Trailers
Wayne · 2019
657
25
5
3.8
5.2
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.
On September 19, 2023, an employee was stretching a trailer lining when the air supplying the stretching table was released. The two I-beams of the lining table closed on the employee's finger, resulting in an amputation to the ring finger.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1910.219 · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
29 CFR 1910.219(c)(2)(ii)
(ii) Shafting under bench machines shall be enclosed by a stationary casing, or by a trough at sides and top or sides and bottom, as location requires. The sides of the trough shall come within at least six (6) inches of the underside of table, or if shafting is located near floor within six (6) inches of floor. In every case the sides of trough shall extend at least two (2) inches beyond the shafting or protuberance.
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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.