Quantum Metals, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations
Lebanon, Ohio · Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers · NAICS 423930
4inspections
6citation items
$18,528current penalties
Dec 12, 2019last inspection
Since 2008, OSHA inspectors have visited Quantum Metals, Inc. in Ohio 4 times.
The most recent inspection opened on Dec 12, 2019 on a referral, in Lebanon.
In all, OSHA issued 6 citation items: 5 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
The penalties, $18,528 in total, stand where OSHA first set them.
Among wholesale employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,425 penalty. Quantum Metals, Inc. averages $7,645 across 2 cited inspections.
Quantum Metals, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 2 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
Ohio · latest 90 days of OSHA records
275employers cited
3 of them in the same industry
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Incident on Dec 4, 2019: Employee amputates thumb when caught between fork of forklif
At 1:15 p.m. on December 4, 2019, an employee was assisting a forklift operator to move an I-beam onto a roller system that feeds a bandsaw. As the operator was putting the I-beam onto the rollers, the employee's right thumb was caught between the I-beam and one of the forks. The employee suffered an amputation of the tip of the right thumb at the nail. The employee was treated without hospitalization.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2018, the Lebanon site logged 2 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 48 workers: 3.1 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.3 for its industry. Those cases cost 10 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Quantum Metals
Lebanon · 2018
48
2
2
3.1
2.3
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 2 reports on file.
Dec 4, 2019, Lebanon: Amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)
On December 4, 2019, an employee was trying to position an I-beam that was being supported by a forklift when the employee's right thumb was pinched between the forklift fork and the I-beam, resulting in a thumb tip amputation.
An employee at Quantum Metals in Lebanon, Ohio, was using an industrial belt sander when his finger got caught in the machine. His right ring finger was amputated from the first segment down to the first joint, and his right middle finger was amputated just below the nail.
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(a)
(a) Application. Protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, shall be provided, used, and maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition wherever it is necessary by reason of hazards of processes or environment, chemical hazards, radiological hazards, or mechanical irritants encountered in a manner capable of causing injury or impairment in the function of any part of the body through absorption, inhalation or physical contact.
(6) The basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in appendix D of this section, shall be provided by the employer in any written or oral format, to employees who wear respirators when such use is not required by this section or by the employer.
(6) Periodic inspection. (i) The employer shall conduct a periodic inspection of the energy control procedure at least annually to ensure that the procedure and the requirements of this standard are being followed.
29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
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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.
