OSHA has inspected RX Systems, Inc. 7 times in Missouri since 1996.
The latest one began on Jul 22, 2019 on a referral, in Saint Charles.
Those inspections ended with 15 citation items: 5 serious and 10 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $26,398 and now stand at $16,449, 38% lower after settlements or reviews.
Hazard communication comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1910.1200.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and RX Systems, Inc. averages $7,712 (2 cited inspections).
It reported 3 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Inspection 344172515 OPENED JUL 22, 2019Closed
Referral · Partial · Safety · 120 employees at the site · Closed Jan 6, 2020
121 Point West Boulevard, Saint Charles, MO 63301 · Industrial and Personal Service Paper Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Jul 15, 2019: Employee injures thumb and index finger when hand is caught
At 01:00 p.m. on July 15, 2019, an employee was attempting to connect a wire when a cog grabbed their right hand. The employee was admitte and treated at the hospital for damaged tissue in between the right thumb and index finger by the knuckles.
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 343446878 OPENED SEP 6, 2018Closed
Follow-up · Partial · Safety · 165 employees at the site · Closed Sep 13, 2018
121 Point West Boulevard, Saint Charles, MO 63301 · Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 3 reports on file.
Mar 29, 2021, Saint Charles: Hospitalization · fractures · finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
An employee was adjusting a roller in a press. Her right hand was pulled in and crushed between a rubber tent sleeve roller and another, stainless steel roller. She suffered cuts, contusions, and fractures to the middle, ring, and little fingers and was hospitalized.
Jul 15, 2019, Saint Charles: Hospitalization · soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury · hand(s) and finger(s)
At approximately 1:00 a.m., on 7/15/2019, a machine operator was performing a maintenance procedure on a board press. The operator was connecting a wire when a cog (wheel) grabbed her right hand and damaged the tissue between the thumb and index finger and knuckles.
Mar 9, 2016, Saint Charles: Hospitalization, amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
An employee was loading paper into a printing press when the press did not move the paper along as designed. The employee jogged the machine and turned it off and then on, attempting to get the paper to move along. The employee's left index finger was caught in the machine, amputating the first digit of the finger.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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.
