OSHA has inspected Scantron 2 times in Pennsylvania since 2009.
The latest one began on Mar 5, 2019 on a referral, in Columbia.
Those inspections ended with 1 citation item: 1 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $2,500 and now stand at $1,875, 25% lower after settlements or reviews.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Scantron averages $1,875 (1 cited inspection).
Scantron 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.
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Incident on Jan 15, 2019: Employee amputates thumb in printing press
At 11:10 p.m. on January 15, 2019, Employee #1 was evaluating a paper jam when the employee caught the hand in an air knife, amputating the left thumb in the printing press. The employee was hospitalized.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2021, the Columbia site logged 2 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 75 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.0 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Scantron-Columbia
Columbia · 2021
75
2
0
0.0
2.0
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.
Jan 15, 2019, Columbia: Amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)
An employee was removing paper stuck in a vacuum roller when the employee's left thumb was caught in a pinch point, resulting in an amputation at the mid-nail area (no bone loss).
Jan 16, 2018, Columbia: Hospitalization · fractures and other injuries, unspecified · multiple body parts, unspecified
While walking down three flights of steps, an employee tripped and fell, suffering broken bones and a concussion.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(2) Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA.
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.
