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Guhring Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

New Hudson, Michigan · Cutting Tool and Machine Tool Accessory Manufacturing · NAICS 333515

2inspections
17citation items
$8,660current penalties
Jun 20, 2016last inspection

OSHA has inspected Guhring Inc 2 times in Michigan since 2014.

The latest one began on Jun 20, 2016 as a planned inspection, in New Hudson.

Those inspections ended with 17 citation items: 12 serious and 5 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $17,950 and now stand at $8,660, 52% lower after settlements or reviews.

Lockout/tagout comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1910.147.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Guhring Inc averages $3,200 (1 cited inspection).

Guhring Inc also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Guhring Inc: OSHA citation items per year, 2014 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341561199 OPENED JUN 20, 2016Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 25 employees at the site · Closed Aug 2, 2016

29550 Wk Smith Dr Ste B, New Hudson, MI 48165 · Cutting Tool and Machine Tool Accessory Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 408.10034(9)
 Serious$2,400$1,200Jun 30, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 408.10731(1)
 Serious$4,000$2,000Jun 30, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 408.11115(1)
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 30, 2016Final

Inspection 312033020 OPENED MAR 20, 2014Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 22 employees at the site · Closed Jun 11, 2014

29550 Wk Smith Dr Ste B, New Hudson, MI 48165 · Cutting Tool and Machine Tool Accessory Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1 Serious$1,400$560May 9, 2014Closed
Citation 1, item 2 Serious$1,750$875May 9, 2014Closed
Citation 1, item 3a Serious$1,750$875May 9, 2014Closed
Citation 1, item 3b Serious$0$0May 9, 2014Closed
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.106(e)(6)(i) · Flammable liquids
 Serious$1,750$875May 9, 2014Closed
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.106(e)(6)(ii) · Flammable liquids
 Serious$1,400$700May 9, 2014Closed
Citation 1, item 6a
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$1,750$875May 9, 2014Closed
Citation 1, item 6b
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(5)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$0$0May 9, 2014Closed
Citation 1, item 6c
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(ia) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$0$0May 9, 2014Closed
Citation 1, item 7 Serious$1,750$700May 9, 2014Closed
Citation 2, item 1a Other-than-serious$0$0May 9, 2014Closed
Citation 2, item 1b Other-than-serious$0$0May 9, 2014Closed
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.305(b)(2)(i) · Electrical wiring methods
 Other-than-serious$0$0May 9, 2014Closed
Citation 2, item 3
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
 Other-than-serious$0$0May 9, 2014Closed

Injury and illness logs

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

In 2016, the New Hudson site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 22 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.3 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Guhring, Inc. - Michigan
New Hudson · 2016
22 000.02.3

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.106 · Flammable liquids

29 CFR 1910.106(e)(6)(i)

(6) Sources of ignition—(i) General. Adequate precautions shall be taken to prevent the ignition of flammable vapors. Sources of ignition include but are not limited to open flames; lightning; smoking; cutting and welding; hot surfaces; frictional heat; static, electrical, and mechanical sparks; spontaneous ignition, including heat-producing chemical reactions; and radiant heat.

29 CFR 1910.106(e)(6)(ii)

(ii) Grounding. Category 1 or 2 flammable liquids, or Category 3 flammable liquids with a flashpoint below 100 °F (37.8 °C), shall not be dispensed into containers unless the nozzle and container are electrically interconnected. Where the metallic floorplate on which the container stands while filling is electrically connected to the fill stem or where the fill stem is bonded to the container during filling operations by means of a bond wire, the provisions of this section shall be deemed to have been complied with.

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)

(e) Written hazard communication program. (1) Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

29 CFR 3254.7201

29 CFR 4081.124

29 CFR 4081.2154

29 CFR 4081.2617

29 CFR 4081.2648

29 CFR 4081.3308

29 CFR 4081.3312

Other cutting tool and machine tool accessory manufacturing employers in Michigan

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