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NU-Pak, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Boscobel, Wisconsin · Dairy Product (except Dried or Canned) Merchant Wholesalers · NAICS 424430

3inspections
8citation items
$8,154current penalties
Oct 3, 2017last inspection

OSHA has inspected NU-Pak, Inc. 3 times in Wisconsin since 2001.

The latest one began on Oct 3, 2017 after a complaint, in Boscobel.

Those inspections ended with 8 citation items: 3 serious and 5 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $11,739 and now stand at $8,154, 31% lower after settlements or reviews.

Lockout/tagout comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1910.147.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for wholesale employers since 2015 is $3,425, and NU-Pak, Inc. averages $6,929 (1 cited inspection).

NU-Pak, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

NU-Pak, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2001 to 2017
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 342685526 OPENED OCT 3, 2017Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 410 employees at the site · Closed Jun 19, 2018

801 E. Prairie Street, Boscobel, WI 53805 · Dairy Product (except Dried or Canned) Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Oct 3, 2017: Worker amputates finger while using meat slicer

At around 5:00 p.m. on September 22, 2017, an employee was working for a dairy packaging manufacturing wholesalers company. The employee was operating meat slicer. He was working alone. The slicer was a GROTE Model Number 613 VS2 slicer with Serial Number 175923. The employee was standing on a platform roughly 1.2 meters (4 feet) off the ground. The platform had the proper guardrails. The top opening of the slicer was roughly 1.2 meters (48 inches) above the platform where the employee stood. The blades of the slicer were roughly 500 millimeters (20 inches) below the top of the opening of the slicer. While the slicer was still running, the employee reached into the slicer to pull out a plastic ring. He sustained the amputation of the middle finger on his right hand to the knuckle. He further sustained the laceration of the index finger on that hand. The opening required 30 stiches. He was hospitalized. hospitalized.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2) · Reporting deaths and severe injuries
 Other-than-serious$9,239$6,929Mar 16, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1904.41(a)(1) · Electronic submission of Employer Identification Number (EIN) and injury and illness records to OSHA
 Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 16, 2018Final

Inspection 306105867 OPENED MAY 15, 2003Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 65 employees at the site · Closed Jul 2, 2003

305 1st Street, Boscobel, WI 53805 · Dairy Product (except Dried or Canned) Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$1,750$1,225May 30, 2003Closed
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(ii) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$0$0May 30, 2003Closed
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$0$0May 30, 2003Closed

Inspection 303864482 OPENED SEP 26, 2001Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 82 employees at the site · Closed Feb 4, 2002

305 1st Street, Boscobel, WI 53805 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Other-than-serious$750$0Oct 5, 2001Closed
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Other-than-serious$0$0Oct 5, 2001Closed
Citation 2, item 1 Other-than-serious$0$0Oct 5, 2001Closed

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 Boscobel site logged 2 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 208 workers: 0.9 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.9 for its industry. Those cases cost 6 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Nu-Pak North
Boscobel · 2019
208 210.91.9
Nu-Pak South
Boscobel · 2019
127 433.01.9
8027629-Nu-Pak, Inc.
Boscobel · 2019
227 217.00.0

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1904.39 · Reporting deaths and severe injuries

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2)

(2) Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA.

29 CFR 1904.41 · Electronic submission of Employer Identification Number (EIN) and injury and illness records to OSHA

29 CFR 1904.41(a)(1)

(a) Basic requirements—(1) Annual electronic submission of information from OSHA Form 300A Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses. (i) If your establishment had 20-249 employees at any time during the previous calendar year, and your establishment is classified in an industry listed in appendix A to subpart E of this part, then you must electronically submit information from OSHA Form 300A Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses to OSHA or OSHA's designee. You must submit the information once a year, no later than the date listed in paragraph (c) of this section of the year after the calendar year covered by the form.

29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1)

(d) Hazard assessment and equipment selection. (1) The employer shall assess the workplace to determine if hazards are present, or are likely to be present, which necessitate the use of personal protective equipment (PPE). If such hazards are present, or likely to be present, the employer shall:

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.95 · Noise

Other dairy product (except dried or canned) merchant wholesalers employers in Wisconsin

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