Residential Elevators, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations
Cairo, Georgia · Elevator and Moving Stairway Manufacturing · NAICS 333921
1inspections
1citation items
$12,288current penalties
Sep 9, 2021last inspection
OSHA has inspected Residential Elevators, Inc. once in Georgia.
The inspection began on Sep 9, 2021 on a referral, in Cairo.
That inspection ended with 1 citation item: 1 serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $12,288 and still stand at $12,288.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Residential Elevators, Inc. averages $12,288 (1 cited inspection).
Residential Elevators, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Sep 3, 2021: Employee amputates thumb tip when bending metal with press b
At 9:00 a.m. on September 3, 2021, an employee working for an elevator manufacturer operating a press brake to bend metal parts. The employee caught his right thumb in the point of operation. The employee received medical treatment without hospitalization for an amputated thumb tip.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Cairo site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 15 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.9 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Cairo Plant
Cairo · 2025
15
0
0
0.0
1.9
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.
An employee was using a brake press to bend metal for production. The press caught the employee's right thumb, removing the fingernail and flesh about a quarter inch from the thumb tip.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(a) Machine guarding—(1) Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks. Examples of guarding methods are—barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices, electronic safety devices, etc.
Other elevator and moving stairway manufacturing employers in Georgia
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.
