Lemaster Group LLC: OSHA inspections and violations
Tonawanda, New York · Wood Container and Pallet Manufacturing · NAICS 321920
1inspections
7citation items
$23,000current penalties
Aug 9, 2019last inspection
OSHA has inspected Lemaster Group LLC once in New York.
The inspection began on Aug 9, 2019 on a referral, in Tonawanda.
That inspection ended with 7 citation items: 5 serious and 2 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $37,886 and now stand at $23,000, 39% 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 Lemaster Group LLC averages $23,000 (1 cited inspection).
Lemaster Group LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Aug 5, 2019: Employee is injured when clothing is caught by rotating shaf
At 7:30 a.m. on August 5, 2019, an employee was adjusting wood on a conveyor when his loose clothing became entangled in the drive shaft of the conveyor. The employee sustained an injury to the groin and was hospitalized.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2018, the Tonawanda site logged 3 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 29 workers: 9.4 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 4.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 81 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Tonawanda Facility
Tonawanda · 2018
29
3
2
9.4
4.6
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.
An employee had entered the auto stacker area to straighten wood when his clothing became entangled in a rotating shaft. The employee was hospitalized with a pelvic injury that required surgery.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(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.
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(ii)(c)
(C) Specific procedural steps for the placement, removal and transfer of lockout devices or tagout devices and the responsibility for them; and
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(5)(ii)(b)
(B) Standardized. Lockout and tagout devices shall be standardized within the facility in at least one of the following criteria: Color; shape; or size; and additionally, in the case of tagout devices, print and format shall be standardized.
29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
29 CFR 1910.219 · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
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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.
