OSHA has inspected Minden Machine Shop 3 times in Nebraska since 2011.
The latest one began on Feb 27, 2020 as a planned inspection, in Minden.
Those inspections ended with 7 citation items: 7 serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $22,417 and now stand at $15,342, 32% lower after settlements or reviews.
Grinders and abrasive wheels comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.215.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Minden Machine Shop averages $8,832 (1 cited inspection).
Minden Machine Shop also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Minden site logged 6 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 65 workers: 10.7 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.7 for its industry. Those cases cost 3 days away from work.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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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.
