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Methods Machine Tools Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

Wixom, Michigan · Machine Tool Manufacturing · NAICS 333517

2inspections
7citation items
$4,900current penalties
Sep 17, 2024last inspection

Methods Machine Tools Inc has 2 OSHA inspections on record in Michigan, the first in 2016.

OSHA's last visit started on Sep 17, 2024 as a planned inspection, in Wixom.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 7 citation items: 3 serious and 4 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $9,800 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $4,900, down 50%.

For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,600. Methods Machine Tools Inc averages $2,450 over 2 cited inspections in that time.

Methods Machine Tools Inc also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Methods Machine Tools Inc: OSHA citation items per year, 2016 to 2024
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 347758435 OPENED SEP 17, 2024Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 42 employees at the site · Closed Jan 23, 2025

50531 Varsity Ct, Wixom, MI 48393 · Machine Tool Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 408.11223(1)
 Other-than-serious$0$0Oct 31, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 408.13308(3)
 Other-than-serious$0$0Oct 31, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
 Other-than-serious$0$0Oct 31, 2024Final

Inspection 341527711 OPENED JUN 7, 2016Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 40 employees at the site · Closed Oct 19, 2016

50531 Varsity Ct, Wixom, MI 48393 · Machine Tool Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 408.12176(1)
 Serious$3,500$1,750Aug 5, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 408.12635(1)(A)
 Serious$3,500$1,750Aug 5, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 408.14954(1)
 Serious$2,800$1,400Aug 5, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 408.11223(1)
 Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 5, 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 Wixom site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 37 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.4 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Methods Machine Tools, Inc - Michigan
Wixom · 2023
37 000.01.4

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1)

(1) Space about electric equipment. Sufficient access and working space shall be provided and maintained about all electric equipment to permit ready and safe operation and maintenance of such equipment.

Other machine tool manufacturing employers in Michigan

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.