OSHA has inspected Moldtronics, Inc. 6 times in Illinois since 1975.
The latest one began on May 11, 2021 on a referral, in Downers Grove.
Those inspections ended with 20 citation items: 5 serious and 15 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $16,574 and still stand at $16,574.
Machine guarding comes up most often in these citations: 8 items under 1910.212.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Moldtronics, Inc. averages $16,384 (1 cited inspection).
Moldtronics, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on May 5, 2021: Employee's hand is caught in molding machine, resulting in a
At 8:30 a.m. on May 5, 2021, Employee #1, a machine operator, completed a cycle on a molding machine and reached into the point of operation to retrieve the part created by the machine. As the machine cycled, it came down on her right hand, causing severe injuries. The employee suffered an amputation of her right middle finger and severe burns to other fingers on her right hand. Emergency services were called, and the employee was transported to the hospital for admission and treatment.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2024, the Downers Grove site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 49 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.1 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Moldtronics, Inc.
Downers Grove · 2024
49
0
0
0.0
2.1
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.
An employee was removing plastic parts from an injection molding machine. The machine malfunctioned and closed on the employee's right hand, causing the amputation of the middle finger.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(a) General requirements. (1) The employer shall ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation.
(c) General—(1) Energy control program. The employer shall establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performs any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, start up or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source, and rendered inoperative.
(a) Machine guarding—(1) Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks. Examples of guarding methods are—barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices, electronic safety devices, etc.
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.
