OSHA has inspected Midwest Manufacturing 7 times in Ohio since 2009.
The latest one began on Sep 1, 2015 on a referral, in Holiday City.
Those inspections ended with 7 citation items: 6 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $18,250 and now stand at $12,000, 34% lower after settlements or reviews.
Lockout/tagout comes up most often in these citations: 4 items under 1910.147.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Midwest Manufacturing averages $4,000 (1 cited inspection).
It reported 3 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
Ohio · latest 90 days of OSHA records
273employers cited
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On September 1, 2017, an employee was nailing wooden trusses using a nail gun. As the employee went to kneel down, the nail gun fired a nail into his right knee, requiring hospitalization.
Aug 24, 2015, Holiday City: Amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)
An employee amputated the tip of the left pinky finger in a roller conveyor.
An employee was cleaning a concrete mixer when the mixer's blade pinched the employee's finger. The employee sustained a partial finger amputation and compound finger fracture on the right-hand, third finger. The mixer was not locked out at the time.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(iii) The employer shall document the basis for determining that all hazards in a permit space have been eliminated, through a certification that contains the date, the location of the space, and the signature of the person making the determination. The certification shall be made available to each employee entering the space or to that employee's authorized representative.
(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 1910.147(c)(7)(i)
(7) Training and communication. (i) The employer shall provide training to ensure that the purpose and function of the energy control program are understood by employees and that the knowledge and skills required for the safe application, usage, and removal of the energy controls are acquired by employees. The training shall include the following:
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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.