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Precision Laser Services: OSHA inspections and violations

Fort Wayne, Indiana · Plate Work Manufacturing · NAICS 332313

3inspections
11citation items
$4,425current penalties
Oct 25, 2022last inspection

Since 1998, OSHA inspectors have visited Precision Laser Services in Indiana 3 times.

The most recent inspection opened on Oct 25, 2022 as a planned inspection, in Fort Wayne.

In all, OSHA issued 11 citation items: 6 serious and 5 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $8,625; today they stand at $4,425, 49% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.305 (electrical wiring methods), 2 times.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,600 penalty. Precision Laser Services averages $4,200 across 1 cited inspection.

Precision Laser Services also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Precision Laser Services: OSHA citation items per year, 1998 to 2022
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 346301963 OPENED OCT 25, 2022Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 36 employees at the site · Closed May 26, 2023

14730 Lima Road, Fort Wayne, IN 46818 · Plate Work Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
Serious$4,200$2,100Feb 14, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii) · Machine guarding
Serious$4,200$2,100Feb 14, 2023Final

Inspection 305198889 OPENED MAY 20, 2002Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 12 employees at the site · Closed Jul 15, 2002

14730 Lima Road, Fort Wayne, IN 46818 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.303(g)(2)(i) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
Serious$225$225Jun 21, 2002Closed
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.304(f)(4) · Grounding and circuit protection
Serious$0$0Jun 21, 2002Closed
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1) · Electrical wiring methods
Serious$0$0Jun 21, 2002Closed
Citation 1, item 1d
29 CFR 1910.305(b)(2) · Electrical wiring methods
Serious$0$0Jun 21, 2002Closed
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.38(a)(1) · Emergency action plans
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 21, 2002Closed
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 21, 2002Closed
Citation 2, item 3
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1) · Lockout/tagout
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 21, 2002Closed
Citation 2, item 4
29 CFR 1910.303(e) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 21, 2002Closed
Citation 2, item 5
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 21, 2002Closed

Inspection 125409565 OPENED AUG 5, 1998Closed

Planned · No inspection · Safety · 10 employees at the site · Closed Nov 30, 1998

314 E. Wallace Street, Fort Wayne, IN 46803 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

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 Fort Wayne site logged 3 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 36 workers: 10.6 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.4 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Precision Laser Services, Inc.
Fort Wayne · 2024
36 3010.62.4

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 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2)

(2) The employer shall verify that the required workplace hazard assessment has been performed through a written certification that identifies the workplace evaluated; the person certifying that the evaluation has been performed; the date(s) of the hazard assessment; and, which identifies the document as a certification of hazard assessment.

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 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.304 · Grounding and circuit protection

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

29 CFR 1910.38 · Emergency action plans

Other plate work manufacturing employers in Indiana

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