OSHA has inspected Maplehurst Bakeries 10 times in Indiana since 1992.
The latest one began on Aug 28, 2019 as a planned inspection, in Lebanon.
Those inspections ended with 20 citation items: 7 serious and 13 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $11,250 and now stand at $4,208, 63% lower after settlements or reviews.
Process safety management comes up most often in these citations: 5 items under 1910.119.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,874, and Maplehurst Bakeries averages $650 (1 cited inspection).
Maplehurst Bakeries also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2018, the Brownsburg site logged 7 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 306 workers: 2.2 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.6 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Maplehurst Bakeries LLC
Brownsburg · 2018
306
7
0
2.2
3.6
Lebanon, IN
Lebanon · 2016
143
13
3
4.8
3.6
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1904.41 · Electronic submission of Employer Identification Number (EIN) and injury and illness records to OSHA
29 CFR 1904.41(a)(1)
(a) Basic requirements—(1) Annual electronic submission of information from OSHA Form 300A Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses. (i) If your establishment had 20-249 employees at any time during the previous calendar year, and your establishment is classified in an industry listed in appendix A to subpart E of this part, then you must electronically submit information from OSHA Form 300A Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses to OSHA or OSHA's designee. You must submit the information once a year, no later than the date listed in paragraph (c) of this section of the year after the calendar year covered by the form.
(A) A block flow diagram or simplified process flow diagram (see appendix B to this section);
29 CFR 1910.119(e)(5)
(5) The employer shall establish a system to promptly address the team's findings and recommendations; assure that the recommendations are resolved in a timely manner and that the resolution is documented; document what actions are to be taken; complete actions as soon as possible; develop a written schedule of when these actions are to be completed; communicate the actions to operating, maintenance and other employees whose work assignments are in the process and who may be affected by the recommendations or actions.
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.