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Precision Liquid Construction: OSHA inspections and violations

Thompson, Iowa · Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing · NAICS 332322

1inspections
1citation items
$3,511current penalties
Dec 20, 2021last inspection

Precision Liquid Construction has one OSHA inspection on record in Iowa.

OSHA opened it on Dec 20, 2021 on a referral, in Thompson.

From that inspection OSHA issued 1 citation item: 1 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $3,511 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. Precision Liquid Construction averages $3,511 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

Precision Liquid Construction also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Precision Liquid Construction: OSHA citation items per year, 2021 to 2021
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345696926 OPENED DEC 20, 2021Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 4 employees at the site · Closed Mar 22, 2022

105 South Jackson Street, Thompson, IA 50478 · Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Dec 13, 2021: Employee amputates finger on metal shear

At 3:39 p.m. on December 13, 2021, an employee was positioning sheet metal on a shear with his foot on the initiating pedal while he was marking the sheet metal to be cut. The employee accidentally initiated the hold down device and his finger was caught between the device and the metal. The employee suffered an amputation of his left index finger to the first digit and was treated without hospitalization.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii) · Machine guarding
Other-than-serious$3,511$3,511Feb 1, 2022Final

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2025, the Thompson site logged 3 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 18 workers: 17.5 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.8 for its industry. Those cases cost 84 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Precision Liquid Construction, LLC
Thompson · 2025
18 3117.52.8

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii)

(ii) The point of operation of machines whose operation exposes an employee to injury, shall be guarded. The guarding device shall be in conformity with any appropriate standards therefor, or, in the absence of applicable specific standards, shall be so designed and constructed as to prevent the operator from having any part of his body in the danger zone during the operating cycle.

Other sheet metal work manufacturing employers in Iowa

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