Prime Inc has 5 OSHA inspections on record in Missouri, the first in 1982.
OSHA's last visit started on Oct 30, 2019 on a referral, in Springfield.
Across those inspections OSHA issued 13 citation items: 13 serious.
OSHA proposed $84,288 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $31,520, down 63%.
Most often, OSHA cited 1910.215, grinders and abrasive wheels (3 items).
For context, across all transportation and warehousing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $2,408. Prime Inc averages $6,260 over 2 cited inspections in that time.
Prime Inc also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 3 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
The Wage and Hour Division has 1 case on it since 2015, with $0 in back wages owed to workers.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Oct 25, 2019: Employee clearing debris amputates finger when caught in con
At 1:30 p.m. on October 25, 2019, an employee working for a tire retreading company was using a 2 by 4 to clear debris from a conveyor belt. The 2 by 4 was pulled into the machine along with the employee injuring his head, left arm and shoulder and left hand. The employee amputated his left ring finger and was hospitalized.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2017, the Springfield site logged 120 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 5,023 workers: 2.3 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 4,302 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Prime, Inc. HQ
Springfield · 2017
5,023
120
70
2.3
3.6
Ramada Oasis
Springfield · 2017
163
2
0
2.1
3.5
Campus Inn
Springfield · 2017
58
2
0
4.5
3.5
Prime East
Springfield · 2017
22
1
0
4.5
3.6
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 3 reports on file.
An employee was clearing debris from a conveyor belt using a 2 X 4. The 2 X 4 was sucked into the machine along with the employee's body, injuring his left arm and shoulder, his head, and causing part of his left ring finger to be amputated.
Jan 16, 2016, Springfield: Hospitalization · fractures · multiple face locations
An employee was testing tractor brake air springs by holding the air springs under water and looking for leaks. An air spring exploded and the employee sustained facial fractures.
Aug 17, 2015, Springfield: Hospitalization · fractures · thigh(s)
An employee on a ladder was drilling holes in the wall to run fiber optic wire for a breakroom television monitor. As he tried to pull the wire through the hole, the ladder slipped out from under him and slid down the wall it was leaning on. He landed on the ladder and the floor, fracturing his right femur.
Wage and hour cases
Cases by the Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division since 2015: unpaid minimum wage or overtime, child labor, family leave and more.
Period reviewed
Violations
Workers owed
Back wages
Penalties
Mar 23, 2022 to Sep 22, 2022
Springfield
3
0
$0
$0
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(3) The employer shall ensure that each affected employee who wears prescription lenses while engaged in operations that involve eye hazards wears eye protection that incorporates the prescription in its design, or wears eye protection that can be worn over the prescription lenses without disturbing the proper position of the prescription lenses or the protective lenses.
(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 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
29 CFR 1910.178(p)(1)
(p) Operation of the truck. (1) If at any time a powered industrial truck is found to be in need of repair, defective, or in any way unsafe, the truck shall be taken out of service until it has been restored to safe operating condition.
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.
