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Metrix, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Watertown, South Dakota · Metal Coating, Engraving (except Jewelry and Silverware), and Allied Services to Manufacturers · NAICS 332812

3inspections
13citation items
$14,150current penalties
Jan 3, 2024last inspection

Since 2019, OSHA inspectors have visited Metrix, LLC in South Dakota 3 times.

The most recent inspection opened on Jan 3, 2024 as a planned inspection, in Watertown.

In all, OSHA issued 13 citation items: 10 serious and 3 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $27,206; today they stand at $14,150, 48% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.134 (respiratory protection), 6 times.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,600 penalty. Metrix, LLC averages $7,075 across 2 cited inspections.

Metrix, LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Metrix, LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2019 to 2024
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 347192882 OPENED JAN 3, 2024Closed

Planned · No inspection · Safety · 20 employees at the site · Closed Jan 4, 2024

300 Pheasant Ridge Drive, Watertown, SD 57201 · Metal Coating, Engraving (except Jewelry and Silverware), and Allied Services to Manufacturers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 345415970 OPENED JUL 8, 2021Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 8 employees at the site · Closed Aug 2, 2022

501 Oakwood Road, Watertown, SD 57201 · Metal Coating, Engraving (except Jewelry and Silverware), and Allied Services to Manufacturers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.107(c)(5) · Spray painting and finishing
Serious$3,433$1,716Dec 14, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1)(i) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
Serious$3,433$1,716Dec 14, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1) · Respiratory protection
Serious$0$0Dec 14, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 2c
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(6)(i) · Respiratory protection
Serious$0$0Dec 14, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 2d
29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1) · Respiratory protection
Serious$0$0Dec 14, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 2e
29 CFR 1910.134(h)(2)(i) · Respiratory protection
Serious$0$0Dec 14, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$3,433$1,716Dec 14, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0Dec 14, 2021Final

Inspection 344021944 OPENED MAY 16, 2019Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 44 employees at the site · Closed Jun 14, 2021

300 Pheasant Ridge Drive, Watertown, SD 57201 · Metal Coating, Engraving (except Jewelry and Silverware), and Allied Services to Manufacturers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1)(i) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
Serious$6,763$3,500Oct 23, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.134(g)(1)(i)(a) · Respiratory protection
Serious$3,381$2,000Oct 23, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.134(g)(1)(iii) · Respiratory protection
Other-than-serious$0$0Oct 23, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.151(c) · First aid and eyewash
Serious$6,763$3,500Oct 23, 2019Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1904.41(a)(2) · Electronic submission of Employer Identification Number (EIN) and injury and illness records to OSHA
Other-than-serious$0$0Oct 23, 2019Final

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2021, the Watertown site logged 9 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 37 workers: 22.4 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.0 for its industry. Those cases cost 3 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Metrix LLC
Watertown · 2021
37 9322.42.0

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1904.41 · Electronic submission of Employer Identification Number (EIN) and injury and illness records to OSHA

29 CFR 1904.41(a)(2)

(2) Annual electronic submission of information from OSHA Form 300 Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses and OSHA Form 301 Injury and Illness Incident Report by establishments with 100 or more employees in designated industries. If your establishment had 100 or more employees at any time during the previous calendar year, and your establishment is classified in an industry listed in appendix B to subpart E of this part, then you must electronically submit information from OSHA Forms 300 and 301 to OSHA or OSHA's designee. You must submit the information once a year, no later than the date listed in paragraph (c) of this section of the year after the calendar year covered by the forms.

29 CFR 1910.107 · Spray painting and finishing

29 CFR 1910.107(c)(5)

(5) Combustible residues, areas. Unless specifically approved for locations containing both deposits of readily ignitable residue and explosive vapors, there shall be no electrical equipment in any spraying area, whereon deposits of combustible residues may readily accumulate, except wiring in rigid conduit or in boxes or fittings containing no taps, splices, or terminal connections.

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)

(e) Written hazard communication program. (1) Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:

29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.151 · First aid and eyewash

Other metal coating, engraving (except jewelry and silverware), and allied services to manufacturers employers in South Dakota

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