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Joining Metals Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

Perry, Ohio · Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing · NAICS 332312

2inspections
15citation items
$4,316current penalties
Feb 15, 2022last inspection

Joining Metals Inc has 2 OSHA inspections on record in Ohio, the first in 2010.

OSHA's last visit started on Feb 15, 2022 on a referral, in Perry.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 15 citation items: 12 serious and 3 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $7,201 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $4,316, down 40%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.1200, hazard communication (4 items).

For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,600. Joining Metals Inc averages $2,616 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Joining Metals Inc: OSHA citation items per year, 2010 to 2022
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345789036 OPENED FEB 15, 2022Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 8 employees at the site · Closed May 24, 2023

3314 Blackmore Rd, Perry, OH 44081 · Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Feb 8, 2022: Employees amputates fingertip on horizontal bandsaw

At 9:00 a.m. on February 8, 2022, an employee was operating a horizontal bandsaw to cut materials. The materials had coolant fluids on them, so he reached up to wipe off the fluids, contacting the sawblade. The employee was hospitalized for treatment of a right middle fingertip amputation.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
 Serious$4,351$2,616Mar 21, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii) · Machine guarding
 Serious$0$0Mar 21, 2022Final

Inspection 314066903 OPENED JAN 11, 2010Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 7 employees at the site · Closed Mar 17, 2010

3314 Blackmore Rd, Perry, OH 44081 · Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$450$270Jan 22, 2010Closed
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5)(i) · Hazard communication
 Serious$0$0Jan 22, 2010Closed
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5)(ii) · Hazard communication
 Serious$0$0Jan 22, 2010Closed
Citation 1, item 1d
29 CFR 1910.1200(h) · Hazard communication
 Serious$0$0Jan 22, 2010Closed
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.157(e)(2) · Portable fire extinguishers
 Serious$750$450Jan 22, 2010Closed
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.157(g)(1) · Portable fire extinguishers
 Serious$0$0Jan 22, 2010Closed
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.178(g)(1) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$450$270Jan 22, 2010Closed
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.242(b) · Hand and power tools
 Serious$450$260Jan 22, 2010Closed
Citation 1, item 5a
29 CFR 1910.303(b)(1)(iii) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
 Serious$750$450Jan 22, 2010Closed
Citation 1, item 5b
29 CFR 1910.334(a)(2)(i) · Using electrical equipment
 Serious$0$0Jan 22, 2010Closed
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3) · Exit routes
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 22, 2010Closed
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 22, 2010Closed
Citation 2, item 3
29 CFR 1910.1026(d)(1) · Hexavalent chromium
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 22, 2010Closed

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.

Feb 8, 2022, Perry: Amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)

An employee was operating a bandsaw when coolant began to drip down the side of the bandsaw. The employee attempted to wipe the coolant, when their middle finger contacted the saw blade, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1026 · Hexavalent chromium

29 CFR 1910.1026(d)(1)

(d) Exposure determination—(1) General. Each employer who has a workplace or work operation covered by this section shall determine the 8-hour TWA exposure for each employee exposed to chromium (VI). This determination shall be made in accordance with either paragraph (d)(2) or paragraph (d)(3) of this section.

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)

(e) Written hazard communication program. (1) Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5)(i)

(5) Transportation. (i) Chemical manufacturers, importers, or distributors shall ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals leaving the workplace is labeled, tagged, or marked in accordance with this section in a manner which does not conflict with the requirements of the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.) and regulations issued under that Act by the Department of Transportation (49 CFR subtitle B).

29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.157 · Portable fire extinguishers

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.242 · Hand and power tools

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.334 · Using electrical equipment

29 CFR 1910.37 · Exit routes

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