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Masonite Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Algoma, Wisconsin · Wood Window and Door Manufacturing · NAICS 321911

2inspections
2citation items
$4,760current penalties
Mar 29, 2016last inspection

Masonite Inc. has 2 OSHA inspections on record in Wisconsin, the first in 2015.

OSHA's last visit started on Mar 29, 2016 after a complaint, in Marshfield.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 2 citation items: 2 serious.

OSHA proposed $6,800 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $4,760, down 30%.

For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $4,500. Masonite Inc. averages $4,760 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

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

It reported 2 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.

Masonite Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2015 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341357911 OPENED MAR 29, 2016Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 500 employees at the site · Closed Jun 15, 2016

1401 East 4th Street, Marshfield, WI 54449 · Wood Window and Door Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 340862291 OPENED AUG 20, 2015Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 200 employees at the site · Closed Feb 3, 2016

1001 Perry St, Algoma, WI 54201 · Wood Window and Door Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.23(a)(9) · Guarding floor and wall openings and holes
Serious$2,550$1,785Jan 12, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii) · Machine guarding
Serious$4,250$2,975Jan 12, 2016Final

Injury and illness logs

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

In 2023, the Marshfield site logged 15 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 389 workers: 4.5 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 4.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 162 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Masonite-Marshfield
Marshfield · 2023
389 1574.54.6
Masonite Corporation
Marshfield · 2020
547 24114.44.6

Severe injury reports

Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 2 reports on file.

Apr 1, 2020, Marshfield: Hospitalization · soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury · hand(s), unspecified

An employee was feeding product into a sizing machine. The employee's right hand was injured at the infeed point, and the employee was hospitalized.

Feb 19, 2015, Marshfield: Hospitalization · fractures · hip(s)

Employee missed a stair rise while descending a flight of stairs, but did not fall. After a few hours, the employee complained of pain and was brought to the emergency room. The doctor's diagnosis was a fractured hip. Employee was admitted to hospital for pending surgery.

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.

29 CFR 1910.23 · Guarding floor and wall openings and holes

Other wood window and door manufacturing employers in Wisconsin

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.