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Schmitz LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Coldwater, Michigan · Urethane and Other Foam Product (except Polystyrene) Manufacturing · NAICS 326150

1inspections
7citation items
$4,250current penalties
Apr 24, 2024last inspection

OSHA has inspected Schmitz LLC once in Michigan.

The inspection began on Apr 24, 2024 as a planned inspection, in Coldwater.

That inspection ended with 7 citation items: 5 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $8,500 and now stand at $4,250, 50% lower after settlements or reviews.

Lockout/tagout comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.147.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Schmitz LLC averages $4,250 (1 cited inspection).

Schmitz LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Schmitz LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2024 to 2024
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 347434300 OPENED APR 24, 2024Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 43 employees at the site · Closed Jun 11, 2024

188 Treat Avenue, Coldwater, MI 49036 · Urethane and Other Foam Product (except Polystyrene) Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 408.10034(9)
 Serious$1,500$750May 6, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 408.10721(3)
 Serious$1,500$750May 6, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 408.10731(1)
 Serious$1,500$750May 6, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 4a
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$3,500$1,750May 6, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 4b
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i)(c) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$0$0May 6, 2024Final
Citation 2, item 1a
29 CFR 408.22132(2)(F)
 Other-than-serious$500$250May 6, 2024Final
Citation 2, item 1b
29 CFR 408.22141(1)
 Other-than-serious$0$0May 6, 2024Final

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2023, the Coldwater site logged 6 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 40 workers: 15.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 7 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Schmitz LLC
Coldwater · 2023
40 6115.02.6

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i)

(4) Energy control procedure. (i) Procedures shall be developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees are engaged in the activities covered by this section.

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i)(c)

(C) Where lockout is used for energy control, the periodic inspection shall include a review, between the inspector and each authorized employee, of that employee's responsibilities under the energy control procedure being inspected.

Other urethane and other foam product (except polystyrene) manufacturing employers in Michigan

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