OSHA has inspected Grede LLC 8 times in Michigan since 2014.
The latest one began on Aug 14, 2023 on a referral, in Kingsford.
Those inspections ended with 3 citation items: 3 serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $8,000 and now stand at $4,000, 50% lower after settlements or reviews.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Grede LLC averages $2,000 (2 cited inspections).
Grede LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Jul 31, 2017: Employee sustains amputation to fingertip when caught betwee
At 11:30 p.m. on July 31, 2017, Employee #1 was adjusting a cable on the skip hoist. The employee saw that the cable had crossed over itself on the skip hoist reel and was in the process of putting the cable back in line. The machine operator raised the skip hoist, which resulted in Employee #1's right index finger being caught between the reel and the cable of the hoist, causing an amputation of the right index finger tip.
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 341043891 OPENED NOV 12, 2015Closed
Referral · Partial · Safety · 309 employees at the site · Closed Jan 13, 2016
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2016, the Kingsford site logged 2 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 363 workers: 0.5 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.3 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Iron Mountain Casting Facility
Kingsford · 2016
363
2
0
0.5
2.3
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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.