OSHA has inspected Preco, LLC 2 times in Wisconsin since 2021.
The latest one began on Mar 7, 2024 on a referral, in Somerset.
Those inspections ended with 4 citation items: 2 serious, 1 willful and 1 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $168,472 and now stand at $117,930, 30% lower after settlements or reviews.
Machine guarding comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1910.212.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Preco, LLC averages $58,965 (2 cited inspections).
Preco, LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 2 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
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Watch this company500 Laser Drive, Somerset, WI 54025 · Welding and Soldering Equipment Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding |
Serious | $15,970 | $11,179 | Mar 19, 2024 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2 29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii) · Machine guarding |
Serious | $15,970 | $11,179 | Mar 19, 2024 | Final |
2251 Willis Miller Drive, Hudson, WI 54016 · Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Mar 24, 2021: Employee sustains multiple finger partial amputations
At 1:15 p.m. on March 24, 2021, Employee #1, a 21-year-old female production worker, was operating a Preco brand Rotary Converting Platform (Model RCP 7-14) to run spooled webbing for the production of a disposable medical device product. While attempting to verify that the incoming material was properly laminated, Employee #1 reached into the unguarded equipment and placed her right hand onto the material near the die and roller at process station no. 4. Her hand was caught between the top and bottom rollers, resulting in a partial amputation to the pinky, ring, and middle fingers. Employee #1 was transported to a local hospital, where she was admitted and received surgery for the injuries.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding |
Willful | $136,532 | $95,572 | Sep 14, 2021 | Final |
| Citation 2, item 1 29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i) · Lockout/tagout |
Other-than-serious | $0 | $0 | Sep 14, 2021 | Final |
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Somerset site logged 3 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 166 workers: 1.9 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.9 for its industry. Those cases cost 30 days away from work.
| Site and year | Workers | Cases | Days-away cases | Rate | Industry median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preco, LLC Somerset Somerset · 2025 | 166 | 3 | 1 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| Preco, LLC. Somerset Somerset · 2024 | 156 | 5 | 1 | 3.7 | 1.9 |
| Preco, LLC Somerset · 2024 | 156 | 5 | 1 | 3.7 | 1.9 |
| Preco, Inc. Somerset · 2021 | 157 | 2 | 1 | 1.3 | 1.5 |
| Preco, Inc. - MPS Hudson · 2021 | 56 | 2 | 1 | 4.2 | 1.1 |
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 2 reports on file.
Feb 29, 2024, Somerset: Amputation · amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified · finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
An employee was operating a CNC laser welding machine when their left ring fingertip was crushed between a part in the machine and a ram moving toward the machine to support the part. This resulted in surgical amputation of the fingertip.
Mar 24, 2021, Hudson: Hospitalization, amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
On March 24, 2021, an employee was running a 10-inch laminating rotary dye press machine when their right hand was caught in a raw material called "webbing" which pulled their hand between two rollers and caused a partial amputation to three fingers.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i)
(6) Periodic inspection. (i) The employer shall conduct a periodic inspection of the energy control procedure at least annually to ensure that the procedure and the requirements of this standard are being followed.
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1)
(a) Machine guarding—(1) Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks. Examples of guarding methods are—barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices, electronic safety devices, etc.
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.
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.