Miniature Precision Components, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations
Walworth, Wisconsin · All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · NAICS 326199
25inspections
59citation items
$38,180current penalties
May 16, 2019last inspection
Since 1976, OSHA inspectors have visited Miniature Precision Components, Inc. in Wisconsin 25 times.
The most recent inspection opened on May 16, 2019 on a referral, in Walworth.
In all, OSHA issued 59 citation items: 30 serious and 29 other-than-serious.
The proposed penalties came to $99,342; today they stand at $38,180, 62% less.
The rule cited most here is 1910.147 (lockout/tagout), 8 times.
Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $4,500 penalty. Miniature Precision Components, Inc. averages $10,268 across 2 cited inspections.
Miniature Precision Components, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 2 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
Wisconsin · latest 90 days of OSHA records
232employers cited
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Incident on May 9, 2019: Employee falls from elevated work surface and fractures leg
At approximately 2:45 a.m. on May 9, 2019, an employee was connecting a water jacket hose to a plastic mold injection tool (mold) platen. The employee was standing on the lower door jam and platen shoe track and reached up to attach the water jacket hose when the employee slipped and fell breaking a femur bone. The employee was working at an elevated surface of 56 inches however the surface was slippery from the grease. The platen shoe track was self-greasing and had grease to reduce the traveling friction of the platen. Some of the contributing factors were no fall protection while working at heights greater than four feet and slippery surfaces. The employee was hospitalized for these injuries.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2020, the Janesville site logged 8 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 225 workers: 4.8 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 2 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
JVL
Janesville · 2020
225
8
2
4.8
2.6
PDC
Prairie Du Chien · 2020
115
1
1
0.8
2.6
WW2
Walworth · 2020
135
0
0
0.0
2.6
WW4
Walworth · 2020
80
0
0
0.0
2.6
RC
Richland Center · 2020
58
4
2
11.1
2.6
MPC, Inc Walworth
Walworth · 2016
551
31
5
5.4
2.6
MPC, Inc Prairie Du Chien
Prairie Du Chien · 2016
146
10
1
6.6
2.6
MPC, Inc. Janesville
Janesville · 2016
132
7
4
5.1
2.6
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 2 reports on file.
May 9, 2019, Walworth: Hospitalization · fractures · upper and lower limb(s)
An employee was standing on the doorway less than four feet high while setting up a press. The employee was stepping across tie bars and fell to the floor below. The employee was hospitalized for a fractured femur and wrist.
Aug 25, 2018, Walworth: Hospitalization · second degree heat (thermal) burns · hand(s) and finger(s)
An employee was working to free a press feed that became stuck when hot plastic resin contacted the employee's left hand, causing a second degree burn to the palm and fingers. Personal protective equipment was not worn at the time of the incident.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(a) Upon receipt of any citation under the Act, the employer shall immediately post such citation, or a copy thereof, unedited, at or near each place an alleged violation referred to in the citation occurred, except as provided below. Where, because of the nature of the employer's operations, it is not practicable to post the citation at or near each place of alleged violation, such citation shall be posted, unedited, in a prominent place where it will be readily observable by all affected employees. For example, where employers are engaged in activities which are physically dispersed (see § 1903.2(b)), the citation may be posted at the location to which employees report each day. Where employees do not primarily work at or report to a single location (see § 1903.2(b)), the citation may be posted at the location from which the employees operate to carry out their activities. The employer
29 CFR 1904.2 · Partial exemption for establishments in certain industries
(2) Hepatitis B Vaccination. (i) Hepatitis B vaccination shall be made available after the employee has received the training required in paragraph (g)(2)(vii)(I) and within 10 working days of initial assignment to all employees who have occupational exposure unless the employee has previously received the complete hepatitis B vaccination series, antibody testing has revealed that the employee is immune, or the vaccine is contraindicated for medical reasons.
(2) Initial monitoring. Each employer who has a place of employment in which AN is present shall monitor each such workplace and work operation to accurately determine the airborne concentrations of AN to which employees may be exposed.
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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.
