Maxion Wheels LLC has 2 OSHA inspections on record in Missouri, the first in 2019.
OSHA's last visit started on Mar 7, 2023 on a referral, in Sedalia.
Across those inspections OSHA issued 3 citation items: 3 serious.
OSHA proposed $26,886 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $16,132, down 40%.
For context, across all retail employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $1,750. Maxion Wheels LLC averages $8,066 over 2 cited inspections in that time.
Maxion Wheels LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 5 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Nov 5, 2019: Employee partially amputates finger when struck by flying wh
At 8:30 a.m. on November 5, 2019, an employee working as an assembler for a wheel manufacturer was attempting to determine why a part was stuck in an Accuturn B5 Shape Machine. The employee had his hand in a danger zone when a jammed tire suddenly released from the machine. The employee's right hand was struck by a wheel as a result. The employee partially amputated his index finger to the second knuckle 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 2022, the Sedalia site logged 4 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 215 workers: 1.4 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.7 for its industry. Those cases cost 11 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Maxion Wheels
Sedalia · 2022
215
4
1
1.4
2.7
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 5 reports on file.
Sep 29, 2025, Sedalia: Amputation · amputations involving bone loss · finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
An employee was working on a cushion ring (steel). As they lifted the cushion ring with both hands to flip it up, the ring slid down and the employee's right middle fingertip was crushed between the ring and the work table. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture, and their right middle fingertip was amputated.
Feb 27, 2023, Sedalia: Hospitalization · fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. · multiple body parts, n.e.c.
An employee was lifting a coil of steel with an overhead crane when they were caught between the suspended coil and the stationary coil of rim material behind him. The employee sustained hip and femur fractures as well as abdominal injuries.
Dec 21, 2020, Sedalia: Hospitalization · fractures · lower leg(s)
An employee was using a hoist to lift tooling into a tooling box. The tooling fell onto the employee's left leg, breaking the lower leg.
An employee was handling a wheel at the inspection station. While turning the wheel over onto the table, the flange of the wheel landed on the employee's left index finger causing an avulsion to the distal phalanx that resulted in a surgical amputation.
An employee was responding to an issue with a shape machine; a wheel was stuck in the upper punch retainer tooling. The wheel was under stored nitrogen energy and released from the tooling. The employee's right hand and index finger were caught between the wheel and the machine resulting in partial amputation of the right index finger.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(4) Energy control procedure. (i) Procedures shall be developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees are engaged in the activities covered by this section.
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.