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Oregon Tool: OSHA inspections and violations

Kansas City, Missouri · Lawn and Garden Tractor and Home Lawn and Garden Equipment Manufacturing · NAICS 333112

1inspections
2citation items
$14,043current penalties
Jun 16, 2021last inspection

Oregon Tool has one OSHA inspection on record in Missouri.

OSHA opened it on Jun 16, 2021 on a referral, in Kansas City.

From that inspection OSHA issued 2 citation items: 2 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $17,554 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $14,043, down 20%.

For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,600. Oregon Tool averages $14,043 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

Oregon Tool also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Oregon Tool: OSHA citation items per year, 2021 to 2021
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345364814 OPENED JUN 16, 2021Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 164 employees at the site · Closed Jan 13, 2022

4840 East 12th Street, Kansas City, MO 64127 · Lawn and Garden Tractor and Home Lawn and Garden Equipment Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
 Other-than-serious$12,288$9,830Oct 28, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(ii) · Lockout/tagout
 Other-than-serious$5,266$4,213Oct 28, 2021Final

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 Kansas City site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 101 workers: 1.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.6 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Oregon Tool - KC NADC
Kansas City · 2025
101 101.02.6
Oregon Tool - KC Blades
Kansas City · 2024
71 111.72.7
Blount - KC NADC
Kansas City · 2022
125 100.92.6

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(ii)

(ii) The employer shall certify that the periodic inspections have been performed. The certification shall identify the machine or equipment on which the energy control procedure was being utilized, the date of the inspection, the employees included in the inspection, and the person performing the inspection.

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1)

(a) Machine guarding—(1) Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks. Examples of guarding methods are—barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices, electronic safety devices, etc.

Other lawn and garden tractor and home lawn and garden equipment manufacturing employers in Missouri

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.