MRT Partners, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations
Middletown, Ohio · Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance · NAICS 811310
2inspections
2citation items
$3,078current penalties
Sep 11, 2019last inspection
OSHA has inspected MRT Partners, LLC 2 times in Ohio since 2017.
The latest one began on Sep 11, 2019 to follow up on an earlier case, in Middletown.
Those inspections ended with 2 citation items: 2 serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $6,156 and now stand at $3,078, 50% lower after settlements or reviews.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for repair and personal services employers since 2015 is $1,200, and MRT Partners, LLC averages $3,078 (1 cited inspection).
MRT Partners, LLC 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.
Ohio · latest 90 days of OSHA records
275employers cited
4 of them in the same industry
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Follow-up · Partial · Safety · 25 employees at the site · Closed Sep 11, 2019
408 Vanderveer St, Middletown, OH 45044 · Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 342808532 OPENED DEC 4, 2017Closed
Referral · Partial · Safety · 22 employees at the site · Closed Feb 28, 2018
408 Vanderveer St, Middletown, OH 45044 · Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Dec 1, 2017: Employee lacerates arm on a lathe's cutting blade
At 11:30 a.m. on December 1, 2017, an employee was setting up a work piece to be machined. The employee used an indicator to ensure that a piece was aligned on a lathe. The indicator was placed in an area of an unguarded cutter (similar to a circular saw blade). The employee forgot to remove the indicator before starting the cutter and reached to remove the indicator. The employee's shirt sleeve was caught by the machine, and his arm was pulled into the cutter. The employee's arm was cut by the cutter.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Middletown site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 18 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.5 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
MRT Partners LLC / DBA MRT
Middletown · 2025
18
0
0
0.0
1.5
MRT Partners LLC
Middletown · 2017
24
1
1
4.8
1.5
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 attempting to grab an indicator near a lathe's cutting area when his shirt sleeve was caught on the lathe cutter. His arm was then pulled between the cutter and the roll, severing tendons in his arm.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(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.
29 CFR 1910.219 · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
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