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Quaker Windows: OSHA inspections and violations

Freeburg, Missouri · Metal Window and Door Manufacturing · NAICS 332321

1inspections
2citation items
$8,000current penalties
Jul 30, 2019last inspection

OSHA has inspected Quaker Windows once in Missouri.

The inspection began on Jul 30, 2019 on a referral, in Freeburg.

That inspection ended with 2 citation items: 2 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $13,260 and now stand at $8,000, 40% lower after settlements or reviews.

Personal protective equipment, general requirements comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.132.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Quaker Windows averages $8,000 (1 cited inspection).

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Quaker Windows: OSHA citation items per year, 2019 to 2019
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 344195029 OPENED JUL 30, 2019Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 1,000 employees at the site · Closed Sep 10, 2019

504 Highway 63 South, Freeburg, MO 65035 · Metal Window and Door Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Jul 29, 2019: Employee amputates fingertip when glove is caught by drill b

At 7:30 a.m. on July 29, 2019, an employee was drilling an L-bracket on an aluminum screen when her gloved left hand was caught by the drill bit. The employee amputated her index fingertip and required medical treatment without hospitalization.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Other-than-serious$13,260$8,000Aug 6, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 6, 2019Final

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 29, 2019, Freeburg: Amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.

While drilling out a part in a milling machine, an employee's glove got caught in the drill bit resulting in amputation of the left index finger just past the nailbed.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1)

(d) Hazard assessment and equipment selection. (1) The employer shall assess the workplace to determine if hazards are present, or are likely to be present, which necessitate the use of personal protective equipment (PPE). If such hazards are present, or likely to be present, the employer shall:

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2)

(2) The employer shall verify that the required workplace hazard assessment has been performed through a written certification that identifies the workplace evaluated; the person certifying that the evaluation has been performed; the date(s) of the hazard assessment; and, which identifies the document as a certification of hazard assessment.

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