Nemschoff, Inc. has one OSHA inspection on record in Wisconsin.
OSHA opened it on Dec 22, 2020 on a referral, in Sheboygan.
From that inspection OSHA issued 1 citation item: 1 serious.
OSHA proposed $12,288 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $9,216, down 25%.
For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,600. Nemschoff, Inc. averages $9,216 over 1 cited inspection in that time.
Nemschoff, 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.
Wisconsin · latest 90 days of OSHA records
232employers cited
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Incident on Dec 15, 2020: Employee sustains laceration of right middle finger while us
At 9:30 a.m. on December 15, 2020, Employee #1 was trimming pieces of wood using a horizontal table router. While returning the form and piece of wood to the starting position, the employee pushed the wood past the unguarded cutting edge of the router. As he was doing so, his right middle finger contacted the cutting edge, resulting in a laceration. The employee was treated for the injury without hospitalization.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2023, the Sheboygan site logged 3 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 167 workers: 2.9 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.3 for its industry. Those cases cost 21 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Nemschoff Inc
Sheboygan · 2023
167
3
2
2.9
3.3
Nemschoff Riverside
Sheboygan · 2020
307
6
1
2.5
3.7
Nemschoff Parkside
Sheboygan · 2019
9
0
0
0.0
3.7
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.
Dec 15, 2020, Sheboygan: Amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)
An employee was holding a clamp while cutting a piece of wood with a horizontal table router. The employee's right hand slid off the clamp and struck the router bit, which caused a partial amputation to the middle fingertip.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(m) Wood shapers and similar equipment. (1) The cutting heads of each wood shaper, hand-fed panel raiser, or other similar machine not automatically fed, shall be enclosed with a cage or adjustable guard so designed as to keep the operator's hand away from the cutting edge. The diameter of circular shaper guards shall be not less than the greatest diameter of the cutter. In no case shall a warning device of leather or other material attached to the spindle be acceptable.
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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.
