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Omnitool Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

Minneapolis, Minnesota · Industrial Mold Manufacturing · NAICS 333511

5inspections
26citation items
$9,260current penalties
Apr 9, 2025last inspection

OSHA has inspected Omnitool Inc 5 times in Minnesota since 2017.

The latest one began on Apr 9, 2025 as a planned inspection, in Minneapolis.

Those inspections ended with 26 citation items: 17 serious and 9 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $15,300 and now stand at $9,260, 39% lower after settlements or reviews.

Electrical wiring methods comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1910.305.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Omnitool Inc averages $4,630 (2 cited inspections).

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

Omnitool Inc: OSHA citation items per year, 2017 to 2025
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 348178773 OPENED APR 9, 2025Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 30 employees at the site · Closed Jul 10, 2025

3500 48th Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55429 · Special Die and Tool, Die Set, Jig, and Fixture Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
Serious$1,000$600May 30, 2025Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.138(a) · Gloves and hand protection
Serious$1,000$600May 30, 2025Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.212(b) · Machine guarding
Serious$600$360May 30, 2025Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.213(c)(1) · Woodworking machinery
Serious$1,000$600May 30, 2025Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.213(c)(3) · Woodworking machinery
Serious$1,000$600May 30, 2025Final
Citation 1, item 6
29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
Serious$1,000$600May 30, 2025Final
Citation 1, item 7 Serious$600$360May 30, 2025Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
Other-than-serious$400$240May 30, 2025Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9) · Grinders and abrasive wheels
Other-than-serious$200$120May 30, 2025Final
Citation 2, item 3 Other-than-serious$400$240May 30, 2025Final
Citation 2, item 4 Other-than-serious$400$240May 30, 2025Final

Inspection 345047054 OPENED OCT 27, 2020Closed

Planned · Complete · Health · 36 employees at the site · Closed Jan 8, 2021

3500 48th Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55429 · Industrial Mold Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 343336863 OPENED JUL 26, 2018Closed

Follow-up · Partial · Safety · 35 employees at the site · Closed Jul 31, 2018

3500 48th Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55429 · Industrial Mold Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 343038279 OPENED MAR 22, 2018Closed

Follow-up · Partial · Safety · 35 employees at the site · Closed Apr 29, 2019

3500 48th Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55429 · Industrial Mold Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 342804556 OPENED DEC 1, 2017Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 38 employees at the site · Closed Apr 29, 2019

3500 48th Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55429 · Industrial Mold Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 182.653(08)
Serious$300$170Dec 18, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$900$520Dec 18, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$900$520Dec 18, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
Serious$450$260Dec 18, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.242(b) · Hand and power tools
Serious$450$260Dec 18, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 6
29 CFR 1910.303(b)(2) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
Serious$750$430Dec 18, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 7
29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(ii) · Electrical wiring methods
Serious$450$260Dec 18, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 8
29 CFR 1910.305(b)(2)(i) · Electrical wiring methods
Serious$750$430Dec 18, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 9
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$750$430Dec 18, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 10 Serious$900$520Dec 18, 2017Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i) · Lockout/tagout
Other-than-serious$0$0Dec 18, 2017Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.305(g)(2)(iii) · Electrical wiring methods
Other-than-serious$150$150Dec 18, 2017Final
Citation 2, item 3
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$500$500Dec 18, 2017Final
Citation 2, item 4 Other-than-serious$300$170Dec 18, 2017Final
Citation 2, item 5 Other-than-serious$150$80Dec 18, 2017Final

Injury and illness logs

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

In 2025, the Minneapolis site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 32 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.3 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Omnitool, Inc.
Minneapolis · 2025
32 000.02.3
Omnitool
Minneapolis · 2022
35 000.02.7

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)

(e) Written hazard communication program. (1) Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1)

(h) Employee information and training. (1) Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and safety data sheets.

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 1910.138 · Gloves and hand protection

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.213 · Woodworking machinery

29 CFR 1910.215 · Grinders and abrasive wheels

29 CFR 1910.219 · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts

29 CFR 1910.242 · Hand and power tools

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

29 CFR 5205.116

29 CFR 5205.675

29 CFR 5206.700

Other industrial mold manufacturing employers in Minnesota

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