OSHA has inspected Mattco Forge Inc 3 times in California since 2006.
The latest one began on Jun 3, 2016 after a complaint, in Paramount.
Those inspections ended with 7 citation items: 2 serious and 5 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $28,050 and now stand at $7,590, 73% lower after settlements or reviews.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Mattco Forge Inc averages $5,250 (1 cited inspection).
Mattco Forge Inc also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Inspection 312660491 OPENED MAR 9, 2009Closed
Accident · Partial · Safety · 51 employees at the site · Closed Jan 16, 2010
16443 Minnesota Ave, Paramount, CA 90723 · Iron and Steel Forging · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Feb 12, 2009: Employee injures foot when crushed by falling metal ring
On February 12, 2009, Employee #1, a press operator working for Mattco Forge, In c., a privately owned small company that manufactured metal rings for the aerosp ace industry, was operating a metal ring expander machine. The dimensions of the rings after expansion were approximately 5 feet in diameter, with a width of ap proximately 11 inches, and they weighed approximately 400 pounds. A coworker pic ked up one of the metal rings from the expander with an industrial truck. He was stacking it vertically with other rings of same dimension in the work area, whe n the ring slid off the forks of the truck and struck the other stacked rings, c ausing a ring to fall onto the right foot of Employee #1. He had two toes amputa ted and was hospitalized.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|
| Citation 3, item 1 29 CFR 3241 C |
Other-than-serious | $14,400 | $2,000 | Apr 24, 2009 | Final |
Inspection 307180976 OPENED APR 27, 2006Closed
Accident · Partial · Safety · 44 employees at the site · Closed Nov 21, 2008
16443 Minnesota Ave, Paramount, CA 90723 · Nonferrous Forging · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Apr 21, 2006: Employee's ribs fractured when struck by forging tong
At approximately 7:00 a.m. on April 21, 2006, Employee #1 was operating a press in the Forging Department of Mattco Forge Inc. in Paramount, CA. Employee #1 and a coworker were operating a 1000-ton punch press, manufactured by Loewy, to for ge an aluminum part into a specific shape. While forging a hole through a solid billet of hot aluminum, the steel dies used to forge the hole shot out of the pr ess and hit the tong Employee #1 was using. The tong hit Employee #1 in the rib area and fractured three of his ribs. He was hospitalized at Kaiser Permanente M edical Facility in Bellflower, California, where he remained 5 nights for treatm ent.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 5097 A |
Other-than-serious | $340 | $340 | Sep 18, 2006 | Closed |
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2024, the Paramount site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 139 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 4.0 for its industry.
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.
