OSHA has inspected Priority Envelope Inc. once in Iowa.
The inspection began on Oct 5, 2020 on a referral, in Nevada.
That inspection ended with 3 citation items: 2 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $16,006 and now stand at $12,000, 25% lower after settlements or reviews.
Lockout/tagout comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1910.147.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Priority Envelope Inc. averages $12,000 (1 cited inspection).
Priority Envelope Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Sep 23, 2020: Employee's fingertip and thumb tip are amputated in machine
At 9;30 a.m. on September 23, 2020, an employee was working for a firm that made envelopes. He was a machine operator. He was on the facility's work floor green. He was operating work floor green's Winkler + D�nnebier model 627 RC envelope production machine, with serial number15.982. He was setting it up for use. He was watching paper as it was fed through the machine. The paper that was being fed jammed in the machine. The employee reached into the machine while it was running at production speed to pull out the jammed paper. His fingers were pulled into the bottom flap-folding section of the machine. They came into contact with the revolving blade in that section. The tips of the employee's right middle finger and right thumb were amputated. The employee was treated without hospitalization. The guards had been removed from the machine in that the safety interlock that would have allowed the machine to run in "inching mode" had been disabled. This condition was noted, apparently during an inspection, on or about October 5, 2020. At the same time, it was noted that the employer had not ensured that the employee had been given authorized employee training. This condition exposed employees conducting service or maintenance to amputation hazards. Finally, it was also noted at that time that the employer had not ensured that employee lock out/tagout training had been administered and records kept of that training.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Nevada site logged 2 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 65 workers: 3.3 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.1 for its industry. Those cases cost 1 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Iowa
Nevada · 2025
65
2
1
3.3
2.1
Nevada, IA
Nevada · 2023
77
9
1
11.9
2.1
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(4) Energy control procedure. (i) Procedures shall be developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees are engaged in the activities covered by this section.
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(a)
(A) Each authorized employee shall receive training in the recognition of applicable hazardous energy sources, the type and magnitude of the energy available in the workplace, and the methods and means necessary for energy isolation and control.
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(iv)
(iv) The employer shall certify that employee training has been accomplished and is being kept up to date. The certification shall contain each employee's name and dates of training.
Other stationery product manufacturing employers in Iowa
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.
