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Interroll Engineering West Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Canon City, Colorado · Conveyor and Conveying Equipment Manufacturing · NAICS 333922

2inspections
3citation items
$36,202current penalties
Feb 7, 2019last inspection

OSHA has inspected Interroll Engineering West Inc. 2 times in Colorado since 2016.

The latest one began on Feb 7, 2019 on a referral, in Canon City.

Those inspections ended with 3 citation items: 3 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $38,202 and now stand at $36,202, 5% lower after settlements or reviews.

Machine guarding comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.212.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Interroll Engineering West Inc. averages $18,101 (2 cited inspections).

Interroll Engineering West Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Interroll Engineering West Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2016 to 2019
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343854071 OPENED FEB 7, 2019Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 102 employees at the site · Closed Aug 12, 2019

One Forge Rd, Canon City, CO 81212 · Machine Shops · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Jan 31, 2019: Employee amputes fingertip while operating vertical mill

At 11:00 a.m. on January 31, 2019, an employee was cleaning off metal shavings from an air bar being milled down on a Atrump model K5V manual vertical knee mill. The employee caught his hand on the rotating drill bit and amputated his fingertip, requiring hospitalization.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
Serious$13,260$11,260Jul 19, 2019Final

Inspection 341603256 OPENED JUL 6, 2016Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 101 employees at the site · Closed Dec 22, 2016

1 Forge Road, Canon City, CO 81212 · Conveyor and Conveying Equipment Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
Serious$12,471$12,471Sep 30, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.219(c)(2)(i) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
Serious$12,471$12,471Sep 30, 2016Final

Injury and illness logs

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

In 2023, the Canon City site logged 3 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 74 workers: 4.3 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.9 for its industry. Those cases cost 1 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Interroll Engineering West
Canon City · 2023
74 314.31.9

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1)

(a) Machine guarding—(1) Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks. Examples of guarding methods are—barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices, electronic safety devices, etc.

29 CFR 1910.219 · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts

29 CFR 1910.219(c)(2)(i)

(2) Guarding horizontal shafting. (i) All exposed parts of horizontal shafting seven (7) feet or less from floor or working platform, excepting runways used exclusively for oiling, or running adjustments, shall be protected by a stationary casing enclosing shafting completely or by a trough enclosing sides and top or sides and bottom of shafting as location requires.

Other conveyor and conveying equipment manufacturing employers in Colorado

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.