OSHA has inspected Lightpath Technologies, Inc. once in New York.
The inspection began on Apr 24, 2018 on a referral, in Irvington.
That inspection ended with 4 citation items: 4 serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $36,216 and now stand at $20,400, 44% lower after settlements or reviews.
Lockout/tagout comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.147.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for retail employers since 2015 is $1,750, and Lightpath Technologies, Inc. averages $20,400 (1 cited inspection).
Lightpath Technologies, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Inspection 343176574 OPENED APR 24, 2018Closed
Referral · Partial · Safety · 50 employees at the site · Closed Sep 19, 2019
50 S Buckhout St # 106, Irvington, NY 10533 · Optical Goods Stores · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Apr 24, 2018: Employee is shocked while inspecting vacuum control unit and
At 2:30 p.m. on April 24, an employee was inspecting a vacuum control unit to ensure a cooling component was not leaking. The employee reached into an opened control unit cabinet. Water sprayed from hose fittings on a cooling component inside the control unit which was still energized by a 240V 1000w transformer and was shocked. Electric current traveled though the employee's left hand, the chest, and the right hand. The employee sustained burns to both hands and was hospitalized.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|
| Citation 1, item 1a |
Serious | $9,054 | $6,800 | Aug 31, 2018 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 1b |
Serious | $9,054 | $0 | Aug 31, 2018 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 3 |
Serious | $9,054 | $6,800 | Aug 31, 2018 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 4 |
Serious | $9,054 | $6,800 | Aug 31, 2018 | Final |
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2018, the Irvington site logged 3 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 29 workers: 9.8 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.3 for its industry. Those cases cost 4 days away from work.
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.
Apr 24, 2018, Irvington: Hospitalization · electrocutions, electric shocks · body systems
An employee was testing a machine to ensure it was not leaking when water sprayed from the machine, which had an electrical current running through it, and onto the employee's left hand. The employee received an electrical shock.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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.
