Hoffmaster Group Inc: OSHA inspections and violations
Oshkosh, Wisconsin · Sanitary Paper Product Manufacturing · NAICS 322291
5inspections
19citation items
$75,374current penalties
Nov 21, 2019last inspection
Since 2013, OSHA inspectors have visited Hoffmaster Group Inc in Wisconsin 5 times.
The most recent inspection opened on Nov 21, 2019 to monitor an earlier case, in Oshkosh.
In all, OSHA issued 19 citation items: 18 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
The proposed penalties came to $188,528; today they stand at $75,374, 60% less.
The rule cited most here is 1910.212 (machine guarding), 4 times.
Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $4,500 penalty. Hoffmaster Group Inc averages $22,150 across 3 cited inspections.
Hoffmaster Group Inc also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 4 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
The Wage and Hour Division has 1 case on it since 2015, with $1,500 in back wages owed to workers.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2022, the Oshkosh site logged 11 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 470 workers: 2.4 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.1 for its industry. Those cases cost 245 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Hoffmaster Group, Inc.
Oshkosh · 2022
470
11
4
2.4
2.1
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.
Apr 9, 2025, Oshkosh: Amputation · amputations involving bone loss · other finger(s) n.e.c.
On April 9, 2025, an employee was cleaning anilox rollers in a machine with a rag. The machine caught the rag and then the employee's left hand, resulting in amputation of the middle finger.
An employee wearing cut resistant gloves was utilizing a retractable knife when the knife slipped resulting in a partial amputation to the left thumb.
May 23, 2018, Clintonville: Amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)
An employee was attempting to retrieve paper that had fallen into a labeler machine when the employee contacted the timing belt, amputating the left ring fingertip. The machine was running and guarded at the time of the incident.
Dec 17, 2016, Clintonville: Amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)
On December 17, 2016, at 7:30 a.m., an employee was jogging a machine while attempting to adjust a poly wrapper when a plate came down and amputated his left middle fingertip.
Wage and hour cases
Cases by the Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division since 2015: unpaid minimum wage or overtime, child labor, family leave and more.
Period reviewed
Violations
Workers owed
Back wages
Penalties
Oct 23, 2017 to Jul 9, 2018
Oshkosh
1231
1
$1,500
$0
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(viii) Electrical protective equipment shall be subjected to periodic electrical tests. Test voltages and the maximum intervals between tests shall be in accordance with Table I-4 and Table I-5.
(d) Application of control. The established procedures for the application of energy control (the lockout or tagout procedures) shall cover the following elements and actions and shall be done in the following sequence:
(b) Secure storage. Storage of material shall not create a hazard. Bags, containers, bundles, etc., stored in tiers shall be stacked, blocked, interlocked and limited in height so that they are stable and secure against sliding or collapse.
29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
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.
