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Kato Engineering Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Mc Cook, Illinois · Motor and Generator Manufacturing · NAICS 335312

1inspections
1citation items
$13,494current penalties
Mar 10, 2020last inspection

OSHA has inspected Kato Engineering Inc. once in Illinois.

The inspection began on Mar 10, 2020 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Mc Cook.

That inspection ended with 1 citation item: 1 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $13,494 and still stand at $13,494.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Kato Engineering Inc. averages $13,494 (1 cited inspection).

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Kato Engineering Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2020 to 2020
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 344686449 OPENED MAR 10, 2020Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 448 employees at the site · Closed Jan 11, 2023

9301 W. 55th St., Mc Cook, IL 60525 · Motor and Generator Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Mar 10, 2020 (fatal): Employee is killed when struck by floating ball

At approximately 9:46 a.m on March 10, 2020, an employee was using a horizontal double-acting hydraulic ram with a piston (Enerpac Model Number RR-1006) to remove the hub unit at the drive end of a locomotive alternator/generator (Kato Engineering Model Number AA2907300), powered by an electric hydraulic pump (Enerpac Model Number PER-2222). Only one end of the double-acting cylinder had a hose hooked up to it, which was the hydraulic fluid supply coupling. The other coupling, which was used for the removal of hydraulic fluid in the cylinder to return to the pump, did not have a hose attached to it. Additionally, there was a plug installed where the relief valve was supposed to be placed. The employee was on the west side of the hydraulic ram, providing hydraulic pressure to the ram cylinder with a remote switch. A ball that was discharged from the ram attachment and struck the employee in the face and neck. The employee was killed.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.9(b) · Compliance duties owed to each employee
 Other-than-serious$13,494$13,494Jun 16, 2020Final

The rules behind these citations

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29 CFR 1910.9 · Compliance duties owed to each employee

29 CFR 1910.9(b)

(b) Training. Standards in this part requiring training on hazards and related matters, such as standards requiring that employees receive training or that the employer train employees, provide training to employees, or institute or implement a training program, impose a separate compliance duty with respect to each employee covered by the requirement. The employer must train each affected employee in the manner required by the standard, and each failure to train an employee may be considered a separate violation.

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