Rotex Global, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations
Cincinnati, Ohio · All Other Miscellaneous General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing · NAICS 333999
7inspections
12citation items
$52,075current penalties
Dec 5, 2024last inspection
Since 2020, OSHA inspectors have visited Rotex Global, LLC in Ohio 7 times.
The most recent inspection opened on Dec 5, 2024 after a complaint, in Cincinnati.
In all, OSHA issued 12 citation items: 9 serious and 3 other-than-serious.
The proposed penalties came to $66,116; today they stand at $52,075, 21% less.
The rule cited most here is 1910.134 (respiratory protection), 8 times.
Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,600 penalty. Rotex Global, LLC averages $17,358 across 3 cited inspections.
Rotex Global, LLC 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
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Incident on Apr 6, 2021: Employee's left hand is amputated while using miter saw
At 8:45 a.m. on April 6, 2021, an employee was building crates and using a miter saw to cut wood. While pushing the wood into the point of operation, the employee engaged the blade using a foot pedal while his left hand was inside the point of operation. The blade amputated the employee's left hand from the wrist down. The employee was hospitalized for treatment.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2024, the Cincinnati site logged 5 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 203 workers: 2.5 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.9 for its industry. Those cases cost 112 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Rotex Global LLC
Cincinnati · 2024
203
5
3
2.5
1.9
Rotex Global
Cincinnati · 2022
179
5
2
2.7
1.9
Rotex Global, LLC
Cincinnati · 2016
172
7
0
4.1
2.4
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.
An employee was using a cut-off saw when the saw blade amputated their left hand.
Jan 14, 2019, Cincinnati: Hospitalization · internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk · chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
An employee slipped on ice and fell resulting in a fractured rib and a bruised lung.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(1) The test instrument must have an effective audio-warning device, or a visual-warning device in the form of a screen tracing, that indicates when the test subject fails to hold his or her breath during the test. The test must be terminated and restarted from the beginning when the test subject fails to hold his or her breath during the test. The test subject then may be refitted and retested.
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1)
(1) General. The employer shall provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee is fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace. The employer may discontinue an employee's medical evaluations when the employee is no longer required to use a respirator.
29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2)
(2) Deep breathing. In a normal standing position, the subject shall breathe slowly and deeply, taking caution so as not to hyperventilate.
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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.
