Performance Pallet Corp. has 12 OSHA inspections on record in Wisconsin, the first in 2006.
OSHA's last visit started on Oct 26, 2021 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Seymour.
Across those inspections OSHA issued 34 citation items: 27 serious and 7 other-than-serious.
OSHA proposed $131,105 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $99,650, down 24%.
Most often, OSHA cited 1910.146, permit-required confined spaces (7 items).
For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $4,500. Performance Pallet Corp. averages $13,504 over 6 cited inspections in that time.
1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.
Performance Pallet Corp. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 7 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Inspection 345601801 OPENED OCT 26, 2021Closed
Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 215 employees at the site · Closed Jul 15, 2022
112 N Mainline Dr, Seymour, WI 54165 · Wood Container and Pallet Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Oct 25, 2021 (fatal): Employee is killed when crushed by loading dock plate
At 1:50 p.m. on October 25, 2021, an employee, a maintenance worker, was preparing a loading dock to install an airbag. A coworker, operating a wheel loader with fork attachment, lifted an outdoor loading dock plate and the employee braced the plate with a 4-inch wide, 4-inch deep, by 48-inch long wooden block. The wheel loader fork was removed, and the employee used hand tools, including a hoe and shovel, to remove dirt and debris from under the dock equipment. The employee was standing in front of the loading dock with the edge of the plate overhead when the dock plate fell and crushed him. The employee died due to crushing injuries to his head and neck.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|
| Citation 1, item 1a |
Serious | $13,052 | $13,052 | Apr 13, 2022 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 1b |
Serious | $0 | $0 | Apr 13, 2022 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 1c |
Serious | $0 | $0 | Apr 13, 2022 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 1d |
Serious | $0 | $0 | Apr 13, 2022 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2a |
Serious | $13,052 | $13,052 | Apr 13, 2022 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 3a |
Serious | $13,052 | $13,052 | Apr 13, 2022 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 3b |
Serious | $0 | $0 | Apr 13, 2022 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 4 |
Serious | $13,052 | $13,052 | Apr 13, 2022 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 5a |
Serious | $13,052 | $7,792 | Apr 13, 2022 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 5b |
Serious | $0 | $0 | Apr 13, 2022 | Final |
Inspection 345064737 OPENED DEC 9, 2020Closed
Monitoring · Partial · Safety · 190 employees at the site · Closed Dec 18, 2020
112 N Mainline Drive, Seymour, WI 54165 · Wood Container and Pallet Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 344196217 OPENED JUL 31, 2019Closed
Referral · Partial · Safety · 220 employees at the site · Closed Nov 21, 2019
112 North Mainline Drive, Seymour, WI 54165 · Wood Container and Pallet Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Jul 24, 2019: Employee cuts and fractures hand and forearm on saw blade af
At 8:40 p.m. on July 24, 2019, an employee was feeding board into a rip saw machine when the board jammed. The employee opened the machine's blade guard, reached one hand into the machine near the spinning blades to remove the board jam, and touched a hand to the blade. The employee sustained lacerations to his left hand and forearm, fractured his left ulna, and fractured the 4th and 5th metacarpal bones of his left hand. The employee was hospitalized for at least two days for treatment.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 |
Serious | $9,472 | $5,683 | Oct 15, 2019 | Final |
Inspection 342437886 OPENED JUN 26, 2017Closed
Referral · Partial · Safety · 168 employees at the site · Closed Sep 1, 2017
112 N Mainline Drive, Seymour, WI 54165 · Wood Container and Pallet Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Jun 19, 2017: Employee's finger is amputated when caught in nip point of c
At 9:40 a.m. on June 19, 2017, an employee was stacking firewood into a basket conveyor on a Wood Packer machine. As the employee reached between the moving basket conveyor and a support member on the firewood packaging line to adjust a piece of plastic that had fallen, his left middle finger was amputated at its first joint.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 |
Serious | $8,149 | $4,074 | Jul 17, 2017 | Final |
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Seymour site logged 7 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 165 workers: 5.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 4.6 for its industry.
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 7 reports on file, the 6 most recent shown.
May 17, 2021, Seymour: Hospitalization · fractures · forearm(s)
An employee was performing quality control on an 8-foot stack of pallets while standing on a 4-foot ladder. The employee was using an air hose to blow dust off of the pallets. The air hose was wrapped around the ladder. When the employee tugged on the air hose, they fell off the ladder onto the ground and fractured their forearm.
Sep 12, 2020, Seymour: Hospitalization · puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds · hand(s), unspecified
An employee was building pallets using a nail gun. He tripped on a board on the floor, and the gun shot a nail through his hand.
Jul 24, 2019, Seymour: Hospitalization · fractures · hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
An employee was unjamming boards from a rip saw and contacted the spinning blades. He sustained three lacerations to the left hand and forearm, broken fourth and fifth metacarpal bones in the left hand, and a broken ulna in the left forearm. The machine was unguarded at the time.
Jul 5, 2019, Seymour: Hospitalization · puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds · knee(s)
An employee was building pallets using a nail gun. As he bent down to nail a pallet, the gun fired into his leg, lodging a nail into his knee.
Jun 20, 2017, Seymour: Amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
An employee was performing maintenance work on a wood packaging line to fix a portion of plastic that was stuck when his left middle finger was pinched between the machine basket and a metal bar frame, amputating it above the first knuckle.
Oct 22, 2016, Seymour: Amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
On a three head saw machine, an employee was using a hand tool/bar to lift a chain that had a jammed buckle. The employee pressed the foot pedal to move the chain and free the buckle. When the pedal was pressed, the chain moved and caused the hand tool/bar to jerk, which pinched and amputated the employee's right-hand index finger between the chain guard and tool.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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.
