Since 1985, OSHA inspectors have visited Instrument Transformers, LLC in Florida 13 times.
The most recent inspection opened on Feb 29, 2024 on a referral, in Clearwater.
In all, OSHA issued 10 citation items: 4 serious and 6 other-than-serious.
The proposed penalties came to $37,573; today they stand at $23,749, 37% less.
The rule cited most here is 1910.147 (lockout/tagout), 3 times.
Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,600 penalty. Instrument Transformers, LLC averages $5,845 across 4 cited inspections.
Instrument Transformers, LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 4 severe injuries 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 2025, the Clearwater site logged 17 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 825 workers: 2.2 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.4 for its industry. Those cases cost 246 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
PT-NAM-ITI-Clearwater, FL
Clearwater · 2025
825
17
6
2.2
1.4
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.
Feb 21, 2024, Clearwater: Amputation · amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified · finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
An employee was adjusting a mechanical press and using a prybar on the shaft to reset the cutter and crankshaft to the home position. The employee went to move the shaft, but it caught the flywheel with the momentum. This caused the shaft and prybar to spin around. The prybar struck his left middle fingertip and amputated it.
An employee was training on a winding machine when their left hand was caught in the machine, resulting in a thumb amputation.
Mar 28, 2016, Clearwater: Amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)
While diagnosing a vacuum system, an employee removed an exhaust filter to access a vacuum port with his right thumb. The ball valve actuated while his thumb was in the port, amputating his thumb tip.
An employee was operating the winding machine and knelt down to get a better view. His knee gave out and he fell forward extending his hand to brace himself. His hand contacted the machine blade and amputated the right middle finger.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(d) Emergency situations—(1) Written plan. (i) A written plan for emergency situations shall be developed for each workplace where there is a possibility of an emergency. Appropriate portions of the plan shall be implemented in the event of an emergency.
(f) Any organic peroxide which, in laboratory testing, neither detonates in the cavitated state nor deflagrates at all and shows only a low or no effect when heated under confinement as well as low or no explosive power shall be defined as organic peroxide TYPE F;
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3)(ii)
(ii) The physical, health, simple asphyxiation, combustible dust, and pyrophoric gas hazards, as well as hazards not otherwise classified, of the chemicals in the work area;
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.
