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Quad/Graphics, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma · Commercial Printing (except Screen and Books) · NAICS 323111

3inspections
4citation items
$14,650current penalties
Nov 8, 2021last inspection

Quad/Graphics, Inc. has 3 OSHA inspections on record in Oklahoma, the first in 2015.

OSHA's last visit started on Nov 8, 2021, in Oklahoma City.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 4 citation items: 3 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $14,650 in penalties and the amount has not been reduced.

For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $4,500. Quad/Graphics, Inc. averages $7,325 over 2 cited inspections in that time.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Quad/Graphics, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Quad/Graphics, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2015 to 2021
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345625388 OPENED NOV 8, 2021Closed

Programmed other · Partial · Safety · 15 employees at the site · Closed Nov 19, 2021

6801 S. Sunnylane Road, Oklahoma City, OK 73135 · Commercial Printing (except Screen and Books) · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 341078442 OPENED NOV 20, 2015Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 650 employees at the site · Closed Jun 2, 2017

6801 S. Sunnylane Rd, Oklahoma City, OK 73135 · Commercial Printing (except Screen and Books) · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9) · Grinders and abrasive wheels
Serious$2,550$2,550Jan 29, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.219(p)(1) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
Serious$2,550$2,550Jan 29, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.304(b)(4)(ii)(b) · Grounding and circuit protection
Other-than-serious$2,550$2,550Jan 29, 2016Final

Inspection 340596832 OPENED APR 24, 2015Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 700 employees at the site · Closed Jun 2, 2017

6801 S. Sunnylane Rd, Oklahoma City, OK 73135 · Commercial Printing (except Screen and Books) · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Apr 24, 2015 (fatal): Employee is killed when crushed by crane

At 5:00 a.m. on April 24, 2015 an employee was observing a lifting fixture of a crane being operated in a cylinder printing plant storage area. The crane lifting fixture descended onto the employee pushing the employee to the ground. The employee was found with his legs stretched out and his torso pushed down on his legs. His bent over body was compressed into a vertical space of about 10 inches. The employee was killed due to blunt force trauma to the torso and possible asphyxia.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.179(b)(6)(ii) · Overhead and gantry cranes
Serious$7,000$7,000Aug 19, 2015Final

Injury and illness logs

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

In 2021, the Oklahoma City site logged 3 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 76 workers: 3.4 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.0 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Oklahoma City OK
Oklahoma City · 2021
76 303.42.0
Oklahoma City OK - Air Depot Whse
Oklahoma City · 2019
12 000.02.0
Oklahoma City OK - Annex Wareh
Oklahoma City · 2016
18 000.02.0

Severe injury reports

Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.

Jul 13, 2015, Oklahoma City: Hospitalization · fractures · leg(s), unspecified

An employee operating a hand controlled forklift to remove pallets from a printing press fractured a leg when his leg was caught between the moving lift and a stationary I-beam guard.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.179 · Overhead and gantry cranes

29 CFR 1910.179(b)(6)(ii)

(ii) Where passageways or walkways are provided obstructions shall not be placed so that safety of personnel will be jeopardized by movements of the crane.

29 CFR 1910.215 · Grinders and abrasive wheels

29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9)

(9) Exposure adjustment. Safety guards of the types described in subparagraphs (3) and (4) of this paragraph, where the operator stands in front of the opening, shall be constructed so that the peripheral protecting member can be adjusted to the constantly decreasing diameter of the wheel. The maximum angular exposure above the horizontal plane of the wheel spindle as specified in paragraphs (b) (3) and (4) of this section shall never be exceeded, and the distance between the wheel periphery and the adjustable tongue or the end of the peripheral member at the top shall never exceed one-fourth inch. (See Figures O-18, O-19, O-20, O-21, O-22, and O-23.)

29 CFR 1910.219 · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts

29 CFR 1910.219(p)(1)

(p) Care of equipment—(1) General. All power-transmission equipment shall be inspected at intervals not exceeding 60 days and be kept in good working condition at all times.

29 CFR 1910.304 · Grounding and circuit protection

Other commercial printing (except screen and books) employers in Oklahoma

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