OSHA has inspected Intigral, Inc. 5 times in Ohio since 2017.
The latest one began on Mar 5, 2024 on a referral, in Walton Hills.
Those inspections ended with 8 citation items: 7 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $65,443 and now stand at $48,191, 26% 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 $4,500, and Intigral, Inc. averages $12,048 (4 cited inspections).
Intigral, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 3 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Nov 15, 2018: Employee fractures arm when caught by rotating drive shaft
At 5:15 p.m. on November 15, 2018, an employee was changing a belt when his arm was caught by the rotating quench drive shaft. The employee sustained compound fractures to his arm and was hospitalized.
Incident on Jul 21, 2017: Employee fractures wrist when struck by washing machine lid
At 6:30 p.m. on July 21, 2017, an employee was working for a manufacturer of metal windows and doors. He was clearing some broken glass from a washing machine. The washer was part of a horizontal industrial washing drying unit. The glass had become jammed under the lid of the machine prior to its going into an oven. The employee stopped the machine and opened the washer door. The door did not stay open, as one of the arms used to lock the door open in place was not fully engaged. As the door started to fall onto the employee's arm, he jerked back. He was struck in the shoulder and wrist. He sustained a fractured left wrist and a laceration to his upper left shoulder. He was hospitalized.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2023, the Walton Hills site logged 3 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 65 workers: 5.1 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.1 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Intigral-Walton Hills
Walton Hills · 2023
65
3
0
5.1
3.1
Walton Hills Intigral
Walton Hills · 2018
177
8
1
5.3
3.1
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 3 reports on file.
Mar 1, 2024, Walton Hills: Hospitalization, amputation · amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified · finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
An employee was trying to change a broken band on an oven conveyor pulley. The pulley caught the employee's fingers, causing crushing injuries and amputations to two fingertips. The equipment was not locked out at the time.
On November 15, 2018, an employee was changing the bands on the rollers of an automated rolling line. The employee's left arm was caught in the rollers, causing compound fractures that required surgery and hospitalization. The equipment was not locked out or powered off at the time of the incident. Gloves and long sleeves were being worn.
Jul 21, 2017, Cleveland: Hospitalization · fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. · wrist(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
An employee was working on a dryer operation and was removing a piece of glass when the machine's lid began to close unexpectedly. He was attempting to get his arm out of the machine when his wrist struck the structure and his arm was pinched between the lid and the machine. He suffered a fractured right wrist and right bicep cut, requiring hospitalization.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(ii) Product identifier and words, pictures, symbols, or combination thereof, which provide at least general information regarding the hazards of the chemicals, and which, in conjunction with the other information immediately available to employees under the hazard communication program, will provide employees with the specific information regarding the physical and health hazards of the hazardous chemical.
(ii) If an energy isolating device is capable of being locked out, the employer's energy control program under paragraph (c)(1) of this section shall utilize lockout, unless the employer can demonstrate that the utilization of a tagout system will provide full employee protection as set forth in paragraph (c)(3) of this section.
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i)
(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.
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.
