Since 2010, OSHA inspectors have visited Schuetz Container Systems in Ohio 4 times.
The most recent inspection opened on Jun 15, 2022 after a complaint, in Perrysburg.
In all, OSHA issued 7 citation items: 5 serious and 2 other-than-serious.
The proposed penalties came to $53,234; today they stand at $30,761, 42% less.
Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $4,500 penalty. Schuetz Container Systems averages $11,380 across 2 cited inspections.
It reported 2 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 2 reports on file.
Feb 9, 2024, Perrysburg: Hospitalization · fractures · ankle(s)
On February 9, 2024, at 10:15 a.m., an employee was assisting a forklift operator in moving a regrind silo bin. The regrind silo bin was sitting on a stand and measured approximately 7 feet tall. The employee and operator were utilizing lifting straps around the equipment and on the forks of the forklift to move the bin when it tipped and fell onto the employee's right foot and ankle. The…
Jun 7, 2022, Perrysburg: Amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)
An employee was using a handheld drill to remove a screw between a cage and a pallet. The gauze of a previous non work-related injury to their fingers was caught in the rotating parts of the battery powered hand drill and pulled on the employee's ring and middle fingers, resulting in two fingertip amputations.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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