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KMS, Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

Luzerne, Pennsylvania · Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing · NAICS 332322

1inspections
1citation items
$9,136current penalties
Aug 18, 2022last inspection

OSHA inspectors have visited KMS, Inc in Pennsylvania one time.

It opened on Aug 18, 2022 on a referral, in Luzerne.

In all, OSHA issued 1 citation item: 1 other-than-serious.

The penalties, $9,136 in total, stand where OSHA first set them.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,600 penalty. KMS, Inc averages $9,136 across 1 cited inspection.

KMS, Inc also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

KMS, Inc: OSHA citation items per year, 2022 to 2022
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 346157969 OPENED AUG 18, 2022Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 50 employees at the site · Closed Jan 5, 2023

100 Parry Street, Luzerne, PA 18709 · Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii) · Machine guarding
Other-than-serious$9,136$9,136Nov 30, 2022Final

Injury and illness logs

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

In 2025, the Luzerne site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 58 workers: 1.9 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.4 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
KMS Inc
Luzerne · 2025
58 101.92.4

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)(3)(ii)

(ii) The point of operation of machines whose operation exposes an employee to injury, shall be guarded. The guarding device shall be in conformity with any appropriate standards therefor, or, in the absence of applicable specific standards, shall be so designed and constructed as to prevent the operator from having any part of his body in the danger zone during the operating cycle.

Other sheet metal work manufacturing employers in Pennsylvania

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