The inspection began on Oct 25, 2019 on a referral, in Vandalia.
That inspection ended with 1 citation item: 1 serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $13,260 and still stand at $13,260.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Mac Its LLC averages $13,260 (1 cited inspection).
Mac Its 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 Oct 17, 2019: Employee amputates fingertip while operating unguarded amp p
At 6:45 a.m. on October 17, 2019, an employee working for a fabricated wire manufacturer was clearing a jam from an AMP termination press. The machine, which never had the guarding installed, actuated while the employee had his hand in the machine. The employee caught his left index finger between the die and the ram collar. The employee amputated his fingertip to the first joint and required medical treatment without hospitalization.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2017, the Vandalia site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 77 workers: 0.8 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 0.0 for its industry. Those cases cost 4 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Mac Its, LLC
Vandalia · 2017
77
1
1
0.8
0.0
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.
Oct 17, 2019, Vandalia: Hospitalization, amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)
An employee was crimping six wires together using a crimping press. The dies closed on the employee's right index finger amputating the tip. The machine was unguarded at the time.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(a) Machine guarding—(1) Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks. Examples of guarding methods are—barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices, electronic safety devices, etc.
Other other fabricated wire product manufacturing employers in Ohio
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.
