Inspection 344563804 OPENED JAN 15, 2020Closed
510 East Huron St., Berlin, WI 54923 · Wood Container and Pallet Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
Precision Handling has 2 OSHA inspections on record in Wisconsin, the first in 2017.
OSHA's last visit started on Jan 15, 2020 to follow up on an earlier case, in Berlin.
Across those inspections OSHA issued 6 citation items: 5 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
OSHA proposed $11,951 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $8,692, down 27%.
Most often, OSHA cited 1910.213, woodworking machinery (2 items).
For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $4,500. Precision Handling averages $8,692 over 1 cited inspection in that time.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
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Inspection 342126638 OPENED FEB 23, 2017Closed
510 East Huron St., Berlin, WI 54923 · Wood Container and Pallet Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Feb 15, 2017: Employee amputates forearm while setting up manual notching
At 4:00 p.m. on February 15, 2017, an employee was notching pallet strings on a manually operated Trace Equipment Corporation Model EN10 manual single notching machine. The employee amputated half of his forearm when it came into contact with the cutting head of the notching machine. The employee was hospitalized and treated for his injuries.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1a 29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1) · Lockout/tagout |
Serious | $2,716 | $1,630 | Jun 2, 2017 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 1b 29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout |
Serious | $0 | $0 | Jun 2, 2017 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2 29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding |
Serious | $2,716 | $1,630 | Jun 2, 2017 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 3 29 CFR 1910.213(g)(1) · Woodworking machinery |
Serious | $2,716 | $1,630 | Jun 2, 2017 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 4 29 CFR 1910.213(r)(4) · Woodworking machinery |
Serious | $3,803 | $3,803 | Jun 2, 2017 | Final |
| Citation 2, item 1 29 CFR 1910.178(l)(6) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks |
Other-than-serious | $0 | $0 | Jun 2, 2017 | Final |
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.
Feb 15, 2017, Berlin: Hospitalization, amputation · amputations · upper extremities, unspecified
An employee's right arm was caught in a "notcher" machine and amputated above the wrist.
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)(1)
(c) General—(1) Energy control program. The employer shall establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performs any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, start up or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source, and rendered inoperative.
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i)
(4) Energy control procedure. (i) Procedures shall be developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees are engaged in the activities covered by this section.
29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(6)
(6) Certification. The employer shall certify that each operator has been trained and evaluated as required by this paragraph (l). The certification shall include the name of the operator, the date of the training, the date of the evaluation, and the identity of the person(s) performing the training or evaluation.
29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding
29 CFR 1910.213 · Woodworking machinery
Other wood container and pallet manufacturing employers in Wisconsin
- Primary Products Inc. Brillion · 8 citations · $7,412
- American Excelsior Company Rice Lake · 171 citations · $120,818
- Badger Custom Pallets, Inc. Fall River · 5 citations · $11,248
- Welter Forest Products, Inc. New London · 23 citations · $67,599
- Fox Valley Wood Products, Inc. Kaukauna · 22 citations · $7,346
- Lignetics Group Marathon · 15 citations · $41,490
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.