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NLC, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Jackson, Missouri · Welding and Soldering Equipment Manufacturing · NAICS 333992

3inspections
12citation items
$11,470current penalties
Jun 20, 2019last inspection

NLC, Inc. has 3 OSHA inspections on record in Missouri, the first in 1991.

OSHA's last visit started on Jun 20, 2019 on a referral, in Jackson.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 12 citation items: 10 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $12,257 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $11,470, down 6%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.1025, lead in general industry (7 items).

For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,600. NLC, Inc. averages $9,282 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

NLC, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

NLC, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 1991 to 2019
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 344105259 OPENED JUN 20, 2019Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 54 employees at the site · Closed Oct 9, 2019

319 W Main Street, Jackson, MO 63755 · Welding and Soldering Equipment Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Jun 17, 2019: Employee amputates fingertips and fractures finger while cut

At approximately 3:30 p.m. on June 17, 2019, an employee was cutting welding lead parts on a homemade machine. The employee's gloved left hand was pulled into a cutting saw. He amputated two fingers tips and broke a third finger and was treated but not hospitalized.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
Serious$9,282$9,282Aug 21, 2019Final

Inspection 109585182 OPENED SEP 21, 2005Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 64 employees at the site · Closed Feb 21, 2006

319 W Main, Jackson, MO 63755 · Welding and Soldering Equipment Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(ii) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$525$262Sep 29, 2005Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(ic) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$525$262Sep 29, 2005Closed
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(5)(i) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$525$262Sep 29, 2005Closed
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.303(f) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
Other-than-serious$0$0Sep 30, 2005Closed

Inspection 106536287 OPENED JAN 16, 1991Closed

Planned · Complete · Health · 70 employees at the site · Closed May 7, 1991

319 W Main, Jackson, MO 63755 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.1025(c)(1) · Lead in general industry
Serious$350$350Apr 8, 1991Closed
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.1025(e)(2) · Lead in general industry
Serious$0$0Apr 8, 1991Closed
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.1025(f)(4)(i) · Lead in general industry
Serious$0$0Apr 8, 1991Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.1025(g)(1) · Lead in general industry
Serious$350$350Apr 8, 1991Closed
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.1025(i)(1) · Lead in general industry
Serious$350$350Apr 8, 1991Closed
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.1025(j)(1)(i) · Lead in general industry
Serious$350$350Apr 8, 1991Closed
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.1025(m)(2)(i) · Lead in general industry
Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 8, 1991Closed

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2019, the Jackson site logged 2 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 61 workers: 3.6 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.9 for its industry. Those cases cost 70 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
NLC, Inc.
Jackson · 2019
61 213.61.9
NLC Inc
Jackson · 2018
52 204.11.9

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.

Jun 17, 2019, Jackson: Amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.

An employee was operating a mill saw. The saw caught his gloves, broke his middle finger, and amputated his left ring and little fingers at the first knuckle.

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

29 CFR 1910.1025 · Lead in general industry

29 CFR 1910.1025(c)(1)

(c) Permissible exposure limit (PEL). (1) The employer shall assure that no employee is exposed to lead at concentrations greater than fifty micrograms per cubic meter of air (50 µg/m 3) averaged over an 8-hour period.

29 CFR 1910.1025(e)(2)

(2) Respiratory protection. Where engineering and work practice controls do not reduce employee exposure to or below the 50 µg/m 3 permissible exposure limit, the employer shall supplement these controls with respirators in accordance with paragraph (f).

29 CFR 1910.1025(g)(1)

(g) Protective work clothing and equipment—(1) Provision and use. If an employee is exposed to lead above the PEL, without regard to the use of respirators or where the possibility of skin or eye irritation exists, the employer shall provide at no cost to the employee and assure that the employee uses appropriate protective work clothing and equipment such as, but not limited to:

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

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