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Ormat Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Reno, Nevada · Other Electric Power Generation · NAICS 221118

1inspections
1citation items
$3,060current penalties
Apr 13, 2018last inspection

OSHA has inspected Ormat Inc. once in Nevada.

The inspection began on Apr 13, 2018 on a referral, in Reno.

That inspection ended with 1 citation item: 1 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $3,060 and still stand at $3,060.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for utility employers since 2015 is $0, and Ormat Inc. averages $3,060 (1 cited inspection).

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

Ormat Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2018 to 2018
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343089702 OPENED APR 13, 2018Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 47 employees at the site · Closed Jun 6, 2018

1010 Power Plant Drive, Reno, NV 89511 · Other Electric Power Generation · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Apr 12, 2018: Employee's finger is amputated during gate drive chain insta

At 12:10 a.m. on April 12, 2018, an employee was reinstalling an automatic gate drive chain. The automatic gate began to move while the work was being conducted. The employee's right hand index finger was caught between the chain and sprocket, resulting in an amputation.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(2) · Machine guarding
 Serious$3,060$3,060May 15, 2018Final

Injury and illness logs

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

In 2024, the Reno site logged 2 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 215 workers: 1.2 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.0 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Corporate
Reno · 2024
215 201.21.0
Steamboat
Reno · 2024
38 000.01.0
Resource Cement
Reno · 2024
22 000.00.2
Nasc
Reno · 2024
10 1010.51.5
Electricity Segment
Reno · 2022
215 000.01.0
Geodrill LLC
Reno · 2021
286 1156.00.2

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(2)

(2) General requirements for machine guards. Guards shall be affixed to the machine where possible and secured elsewhere if for any reason attachment to the machine is not possible. The guard shall be such that it does not offer an accident hazard in itself.

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