PLY Gem has one OSHA inspection on record in Virginia.
OSHA opened it on Oct 19, 2020 on a referral, in Rocky Mount.
From that inspection OSHA issued 1 citation item: 1 serious.
OSHA proposed $13,277 in penalties and the amount has not been reduced.
For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,600. PLY Gem averages $13,277 over 1 cited inspection in that time.
PLY Gem also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Oct 15, 2020: Employee amputates thumb in table saw
At 1:00 p.m. on October 15, 2020, an employee was pushing stock through the table saw. The employee's hand went into the saw. The employee suffered an amputation of the thumb and was hospitalized.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2019, the Rocky Mount site logged 16 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 1,330 workers: 1.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 4.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 101 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Ply Gem Windows/MW Manufacturers, Inc
Rocky Mount · 2019
1,330
16
2
1.0
4.6
Lineal Technologies, Inc
Rocky Mount · 2019
170
2
0
1.1
2.6
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(c) Hand-fed ripsaws. (1) Each circular hand-fed ripsaw shall be guarded by a hood which shall completely enclose that portion of the saw above the table and that portion of the saw above the material being cut. The hood and mounting shall be arranged so that the hood will automatically adjust itself to the thickness of and remain in contact with the material being cut but it shall not offer any considerable resistance to insertion of material to saw or to passage of the material being sawed. The hood shall be made of adequate strength to resist blows and strains incidental to reasonable operation, adjusting, and handling, and shall be so designed as to protect the operator from flying splinters and broken saw teeth. It shall be made of material that is soft enough so that it will be unlikely to cause tooth breakage. The hood shall be so mounted as to insure that its operation will be po
Other metal window and door manufacturing employers in Virginia
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.
