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Powerdrive LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Michigan City, Indiana · All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing · NAICS 339999

1inspections
18citation items
$8,700current penalties
Jul 2, 2015last inspection

OSHA has inspected Powerdrive LLC once in Indiana.

The inspection began on Jul 2, 2015 after a complaint, in Michigan City; the case is still open.

That inspection ended with 18 citation items: 18 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $9,200 and now stand at $8,700, 5% lower after settlements or reviews.

Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks comes up most often in these citations: 5 items under 1910.178.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Powerdrive LLC averages $8,700 (1 cited inspection).

Powerdrive LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2015 to 2015
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 317867877 OPENED JUL 2, 2015Open

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 15 employees at the site · Open

1401 Kentucky Street, Michigan City, IN 46360 · All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1) · General requirements
Serious$600$100Oct 28, 2015Open
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.23(c)(1) · Guarding floor and wall openings and holes
Serious$1,000$1,000Oct 28, 2015Open
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.36(d)(1) · Exit route design
Serious$800$800Oct 28, 2015Open
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.36(g)(2) · Exit route design
Serious$800$800Oct 28, 2015Open
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.151(c) · First aid and eyewash
Serious$1,000$1,000Oct 28, 2015Open
Citation 1, item 6
29 CFR 1910.157(g)(1) · Portable fire extinguishers
Serious$800$800Oct 28, 2015Open
Citation 1, item 7a
29 CFR 1910.178(a)(6) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
Serious$800$800Oct 28, 2015Open
Citation 1, item 7b
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
Serious$0$0Oct 28, 2015Open
Citation 1, item 7c
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(6) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
Serious$0$0Oct 28, 2015Open
Citation 1, item 7d
29 CFR 1910.178(q)(1) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
Serious$0$0Oct 28, 2015Open
Citation 1, item 7e
29 CFR 1910.178(q)(7) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
Serious$0$0Oct 28, 2015Open
Citation 1, item 8
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(5) · Machine guarding
Serious$1,000$1,000Oct 28, 2015Open
Citation 1, item 9
29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(ii) · Electrical wiring methods
Serious$800$800Oct 28, 2015Open
Citation 1, item 10
29 CFR 1910.334(a)(2)(ii) · Using electrical equipment
Serious$800$800Oct 28, 2015Open
Citation 1, item 11a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$800$800Oct 28, 2015Open
Citation 1, item 11b
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6)(ii) · Hazard communication
Serious$0$0Oct 28, 2015Open
Citation 1, item 11c
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8) · Hazard communication
Serious$0$0Oct 28, 2015Open
Citation 1, item 11d
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$0$0Oct 28, 2015Open

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(f)(6)(ii)

(ii) Product identifier and words, pictures, symbols, or combination thereof, which provide at least general information regarding the hazards of the chemicals, and which, in conjunction with the other information immediately available to employees under the hazard communication program, will provide employees with the specific information regarding the physical and health hazards of the hazardous chemical.

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8)

(8) The employer shall maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and shall ensure that they are readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they are in their work area(s). (Electronic access and other alternatives to maintaining paper copies of the safety data sheets are permitted as long as no barriers to immediate employee access in each workplace are created by such options.)

29 CFR 1910.151 · First aid and eyewash

29 CFR 1910.157 · Portable fire extinguishers

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.22 · General requirements

29 CFR 1910.23 · Guarding floor and wall openings and holes

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

29 CFR 1910.334 · Using electrical equipment

29 CFR 1910.36 · Exit route design

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