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Merit Gage, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Watertown, South Dakota · Precision Turned Product Manufacturing · NAICS 332721

1inspections
3citation items
$9,831current penalties
Apr 8, 2025last inspection

Merit Gage, Inc. has one OSHA inspection on record in South Dakota.

OSHA opened it on Apr 8, 2025 as a planned inspection, in Watertown.

From that inspection OSHA issued 3 citation items: 2 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $16,385 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $9,831, down 40%.

For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,600. Merit Gage, Inc. averages $9,831 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

Merit Gage, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2025 to 2025
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 348164237 OPENED APR 8, 2025Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 15 employees at the site · Closed Aug 15, 2025

2801 Piper Avenue, Watertown, SD 57201 · Precision Turned Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$5,958$3,575Jul 7, 2025Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
 Serious$10,427$6,256Jul 7, 2025Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.178(q)(7) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jul 7, 2025Final

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1)

(c) General—(1) Energy control program. The employer shall establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performs any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, start up or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source, and rendered inoperative.

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.178(q)(7)

(7) Industrial trucks shall be examined before being placed in service, and shall not be placed in service if the examination shows any condition adversely affecting the safety of the vehicle. Such examination shall be made at least daily.

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1)

(a) Machine guarding—(1) Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks. Examples of guarding methods are—barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices, electronic safety devices, etc.

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