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Priority Designs, Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

Whitehall, Ohio · Industrial Design Services · NAICS 541420

1inspections
2citation items
$17,403current penalties
Aug 16, 2022last inspection

OSHA inspectors have visited Priority Designs, Inc in Ohio one time.

It opened on Aug 16, 2022 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Whitehall.

In all, OSHA issued 2 citation items: 1 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

The penalties, $17,403 in total, stand where OSHA first set them.

Among professional services employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $1,821 penalty. Priority Designs, Inc averages $17,403 across 1 cited inspection.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Priority Designs, Inc: OSHA citation items per year, 2022 to 2022
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 346149636 OPENED AUG 16, 2022Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 77 employees at the site · Closed Jan 23, 2023

100 South Hamilton Road, Whitehall, OH 43213 · Industrial Design Services · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Aug 5, 2022 (fatal): Employee is struck by pressure pot lid, later dies

At 11:05 a.m. on August 5, 2022, an employee was pressure testing a pressure vessel for leaks with compressed air when the air pressure became too high within the vessel. The lid of the vessel flew open and struck the employee in the arm, abdomen, chest and head. The employee was taken to the hospital and died due to his injuries on September 27, 2022.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
OSH Act Section 5(a)(1) · General Duty Clause
 Serious$10,151$10,151Dec 21, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2) · Reporting deaths and severe injuries
 Other-than-serious$7,252$7,252Dec 21, 2022Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1904.39 · Reporting deaths and severe injuries

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2)

(2) Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA.

OSH Act Section 5 · General Duty Clause

OSH Act Section 5(a)(1)

Each employer shall furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees.

Other industrial design services employers in Ohio

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