OSHA has inspected Quad/Graphics, Inc. 6 times in West Virginia since 2000.
The latest one began on Nov 15, 2016 as a planned inspection, in Martinsburg.
Those inspections ended with 33 citation items: 27 serious and 6 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $41,754 and now stand at $26,800, 36% lower after settlements or reviews.
Permit-required confined spaces comes up most often in these citations: 8 items under 1910.146.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Quad/Graphics, Inc. averages $10,000 (1 cited inspection).
Quad/Graphics, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 6 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
West Virginia · latest 90 days of OSHA records
33employers cited
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From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2023, the Martinsburg site logged 23 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 511 workers: 4.3 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.0 for its industry. Those cases cost 72 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Martinsburg WV - Caperton BLVD
Martinsburg · 2023
511
23
4
4.3
2.0
Martinsburg WV - Annex
Martinsburg · 2023
68
2
0
2.2
2.0
Martinsburg WV Book - Baker RD
Martinsburg · 2019
257
16
6
5.5
2.0
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 6 reports on file.
Jan 13, 2025, Martinsburg: Hospitalization, amputation · amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified · finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
An employee was trying to remove a blockage in a dust collection system. The airlock fan activated and amputated three fingertips on the employee's right hand.
Mar 25, 2021, Martinsburg: Amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)
An employee was helping to change out a cylinder on a press. He was putting the cylinder arms down to put the cylinder in place. As he stepped over the driveshaft to pull the pin and roll the cylinders, he lost balance and started to fall forward. He dropped the cylinder arm to regain his balance and the arm came down on his right index finger and amputated the fingertip.
Mar 22, 2019, Martinsburg: Hospitalization · fractures · chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
An employee fell while walking down stairs, landing on the floor and suffering fractured ribs and a head contusion/hematoma.
Aug 8, 2018, Martinsburg: Hospitalization · internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk · chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
On 08/09/2018, an employee was installing a new baler when it shifted and he fell approximately 5'8" off the baler to the ground, suffering broken ribs, a broken collarbone, and a punctured lung. He was hospitalized.
On 10/25/2016, at approximately 12:00 p.m., an employee was injured as the press crew began webbing the paper through the press rollers at the beginning of a press run. During the "web up," an excessive amount of paper built up in the area. The employee attempted to push the paper through the energized machine with her right hand resulting in the laceration and fracture of the middle finger.
On April 23, 2016, at approximately 4:30am, an employee was troubleshooting a press guard that was shaking when the employee's fingertip was amputated by the machine's moving conveyor.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(6) Are there situations where I do not put the employee's name on the forms for privacy reasons? Yes, if you have a “privacy concern case,” you may not enter the employee's name on the OSHA 300 Log. Instead, enter “privacy case” in the space normally used for the employee's name. This will protect the privacy of the injured or ill employee when another employee, a former employee, or an authorized employee representative is provided access to the OSHA 300 Log under § 1904.35(b)(2). You must keep a separate, confidential list of the case numbers and employee names for your privacy concern cases so you can update the cases and provide the information to the government if asked to do so.
(4) Design and construction of inside storage rooms—(i) Construction. Inside storage rooms shall be constructed to meet the required fire-resistive rating for their use. Such construction shall comply with the test specifications set forth in Standard Methods of Fire Tests of Building Construction and Materials, NFPA 251-1969. Where an automatic sprinkler system is provided, the system shall be designed and installed in an acceptable manner. Openings to other rooms or buildings shall be provided with noncombustible liquid-tight raised sills or ramps at least 4 inches in height, or the floor in the storage area shall be at least 4 inches below the surrounding floor. Openings shall be provided with approved self-closing fire doors. The room shall be liquid-tight where the walls join the floor. A permissible alternate to the sill or ramp is an open-grated trench inside of the room which dra
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