Since 2004, OSHA inspectors have visited Infinity Foods in Wisconsin 3 times.
The most recent inspection opened on Oct 31, 2016 after a complaint, in Plover.
In all, OSHA issued 3 citation items: 2 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
The proposed penalties came to $22,091; today they stand at $8,635, 61% less.
The rule cited most here is 1910.147 (lockout/tagout), 2 times.
Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $4,873 penalty. Infinity Foods averages $4,318 across 2 cited inspections.
Infinity Foods 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.
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From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2017, the Plover site logged 7 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 240 workers: 2.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.4 for its industry. Those cases cost 5 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Infinity
Plover · 2017
240
7
3
2.0
3.4
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.
Aug 12, 2016, Plover: Hospitalization · fractures · wrist(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
An employee was removing cheese product from a mixer exit when the rotating auger caught the employee's right arm, fracturing the right wrist and forearm and causing a laceration.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(iii) The measures employees can take to protect themselves from these hazards, including specific procedures the employer has implemented to protect employees from exposure to hazardous chemicals, such as appropriate work practices, emergency procedures, and personal protective equipment to be used; and,
(4) Energy control procedure. (i) Procedures shall be developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees are engaged in the activities covered by this section.
29 CFR 1910.147(d)
(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:
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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.