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MFP Automation Engineering: OSHA inspections and violations

Hudsonville, Michigan · Industrial Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers · NAICS 423830

3inspections
28citation items
$9,575current penalties
Aug 24, 2020last inspection

MFP Automation Engineering has 3 OSHA inspections on record in Michigan, the first in 2016.

OSHA's last visit started on Aug 24, 2020 as a planned inspection, in Hudsonville.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 28 citation items: 13 serious, 1 repeat and 14 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $19,150 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $9,575, down 50%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.147, lockout/tagout (5 items).

For context, across all wholesale employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,425. MFP Automation Engineering averages $3,192 over 3 cited inspections in that time.

MFP Automation Engineering also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

MFP Automation Engineering: OSHA citation items per year, 2016 to 2020
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 344894761 OPENED AUG 24, 2020Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 78 employees at the site · Closed Dec 9, 2020

4404 Central Pkwy, Hudsonville, MI 49426 · Industrial Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 408.11223(1)
Serious$2,400$1,200Oct 19, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 408.11411(1)
Serious$1,200$600Oct 19, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 408.11411(2)
Serious$0$0Oct 19, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 408.14912(1)
Serious$1,600$800Oct 19, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 408.14961
Serious$0$0Oct 19, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 3c
29 CFR 408.14965(1)
Serious$0$0Oct 19, 2020Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(a) · Lockout/tagout
Repeat$6,000$3,000Oct 19, 2020Final
Citation 3, item 1a
29 CFR 408.10632(5)
Other-than-serious$0$0Oct 19, 2020Final
Citation 3, item 1b
29 CFR 408.10685(3)
Other-than-serious$0$0Oct 19, 2020Final
Citation 3, item 2a
29 CFR 408.11222(1)
Other-than-serious$0$0Oct 19, 2020Final
Citation 3, item 2b
29 CFR 408.11222(5)
Other-than-serious$0$0Oct 19, 2020Final
Citation 3, item 3a
29 CFR 408.11854(5)
Other-than-serious$0$0Oct 19, 2020Final
Citation 3, item 3b
29 CFR 408.11871(2)
Other-than-serious$0$0Oct 19, 2020Final
Citation 3, item 4a
29 CFR 408.12171(1)
Other-than-serious$0$0Oct 19, 2020Final
Citation 3, item 4b
29 CFR 408.12176(1)
Other-than-serious$0$0Oct 19, 2020Final
Citation 3, item 5
29 CFR 408.13308(3)
Other-than-serious$0$0Oct 19, 2020Final
Citation 3, item 6
29 CFR 408.14923(1)
Other-than-serious$0$0Oct 19, 2020Final
Citation 3, item 7
29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
Other-than-serious$0$0Oct 19, 2020Final
Citation 3, item 8
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i) · Lockout/tagout
Other-than-serious$0$0Oct 19, 2020Final
Citation 3, item 9a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0Oct 19, 2020Final
Citation 3, item 9b
29 CFR 408.1014K(1)
Other-than-serious$0$0Oct 19, 2020Final

Inspection 341400505 OPENED APR 19, 2016Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 65 employees at the site · Closed Aug 15, 2016

4404 Central Pkwy, Hudsonville, MI 49426 · Industrial Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 408.13312(1)
Serious$450$225Jun 21, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$0$0Jun 21, 2016Final

Inspection 341400521 OPENED APR 19, 2016Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 65 employees at the site · Closed Aug 10, 2016

4404 Central Pkwy, Hudsonville, MI 49426 · Industrial Machinery and Equipment Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 408.10731(1)
Serious$2,500$1,250May 27, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 408.11441
Serious$2,500$1,250May 27, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$2,500$1,250May 27, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(a) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$0$0May 27, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 3c
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(b) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$0$0May 27, 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 2021, the Hudsonville site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 65 workers: 1.5 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.9 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
MFP Automation Engineering
Hudsonville · 2021
65 101.51.9

The rules behind these citations

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

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 1910.1200(h)(1)

(h) Employee information and training. (1) Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and safety data sheets.

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i)

(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.

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

Other industrial machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers 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.