Since 2016, OSHA inspectors have visited McWane Ductile in Ohio 2 times.
The most recent inspection opened on Sep 9, 2022 on a referral, in Coshocton.
In all, OSHA issued 2 citation items: 2 serious.
The proposed penalties came to $17,360; today they stand at $13,860, 20% less.
Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,600 penalty. McWane Ductile averages $6,930 across 2 cited inspections.
McWane Ductile 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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From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Coshocton site logged 25 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 581 workers: 4.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 5.4 for its industry. Those cases cost 371 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
McWane Ductile
Coshocton · 2025
581
25
5
4.0
5.4
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.
A machine operator and a mechanic were troubleshooting the loading mechanism for a paint booth when the loader arm was activated while carrying an 8-inch pipe. Both employees were caught between the pipe and the wall/gate of the paint booth resulting in crushing injuries. The operator was taken to the hospital and released. The mechanic was hospitalized with fractures to the pelvis and spine.
An employee was rolling 12" pipe from the exit of the large line paint booth to a transfer car. He rolled two pipes by hand onto the transfer car and then rolled the third pipe toward the transfer car. He turned and reached for the fourth pipe when the third pipe began to roll away from the transfer car and pinched his right middle and ring fingers between the two pipes resulting in a partial…
On September 18, 2017, an employee was holding a bar that loosened tension on the spring of the garage door with his left hand. While he was loosening set screws with his right hand, something let loose and caused the bar to swing around and smash the left middle finger between the bar and the metal structure.
At about 5:00 a.m., on April 25, 2016, an employee fell approximately 15 feet into the pipe shop basement while removing spill iron from the back of a casting machine. The employee was hospitalized with a broken right hip and right wrist.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1910.23 · Guarding floor and wall openings and holes
Each employer shall furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees.
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.