OSHA has inspected Ohio Processors, Inc. 10 times in Ohio since 1979.
The latest one began on Sep 12, 2019 on a referral, in London.
Those inspections ended with 30 citation items: 15 serious and 15 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $11,162 and now stand at $6,899, 38% lower after settlements or reviews.
Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1910.219.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,873, and Ohio Processors, Inc. averages $5,569 (1 cited inspection).
Ohio Processors, 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.
Ohio · latest 90 days of OSHA records
275employers cited
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Incident on Sep 5, 2019: Employee's fingertip is amputated by chain and sprocket
At 7:45 a.m. on September 5, 2019, an employee was working on a creamer production line when a box got stuck after filling and caused creamer cups to fall to the floor. The employee told a coworker that the box was stuck then bent down to the floor to pick up the creamers that had fallen, including some that were located near the chain and sprocket. At the same time that the employee had a hand near the pinch point of the chain and sprocket, the coworker unjammed the box which caused the chain and sprocket to move and pulled the employee's finger into the pinch point. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputation of his right index finger.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2024, the London site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 25 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 4.2 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Ohio Processors, Inc.
London · 2024
25
0
0
0.0
4.2
Ohio Processors Inc
London · 2020
23
2
1
9.6
4.2
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.
On September 05, 2019, an employee was clearing out a creamer filling machine when the chain activated, catching and causing an amputation injury to their right index finger.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1903.2 · Posting of notice; availability of the Act, regulations and applicable standards
29 CFR 1903.2(a)(1)
(a)(1) Each employer shall post and keep posted a notice or notices, to be furnished by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, informing employees of the protections and obligations provided for in the Act, and that for assistance and information, including copies of the Act and of specific safety and health standards, employees should contact the employer or the nearest office of the Department of Labor. Such notice or notices shall be posted by the employer in each establishment in a conspicuous place or places where notices to employees are customarily posted. Each employer shall take steps to insure that such notices are not altered, defaced, or covered by other material.
29 CFR 1904.2 · Partial exemption for establishments in certain industries
(3) How do I certify the annual summary? A company executive must certify that he or she has examined the OSHA 300 Log and that he or she reasonably believes, based on his or her knowledge of the process by which the information was recorded, that the annual summary is correct and complete.
(a) Basic requirement. When an authorized government representative asks for the records you keep under part 1904, you must provide copies of the records within four (4) business hours.
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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.
