Enon, Ohio · Pump and Compressor Manufacturing · NAICS 333911
1inspections
2citation items
$4,000current penalties
Jan 22, 2020last inspection
OSHA has inspected Seepex Inc. once in Ohio.
The inspection began on Jan 22, 2020 on a referral, in Enon.
That inspection ended with 2 citation items: 1 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $22,554 and now stand at $4,000, 82% lower after settlements or reviews.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Seepex Inc. averages $4,000 (1 cited inspection).
Seepex Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Jan 14, 2020: Employee amputates finger when caught between lifting sling
At 10:45 a.m. on January 14, 2020, an employee was using a 2-ton crane to lift a mold utilizing lifting slings. As the employee tightened the sling and began to lift the mold, the employee's left hand was caught in between the sling and the mold. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputation of the left ring finger.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2018, the Enon site logged 4 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 117 workers: 3.3 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.9 for its industry. Those cases cost 180 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Seepex Inc.
Enon · 2018
117
4
1
3.3
1.9
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.
An employee was lifting a mold using an overhead wire sling when the employee's left ring finger was caught and crushed between the mold and the wire sling, resulting in a partial amputation of the finger.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(b) Compressed air used for cleaning. Compressed air shall not be used for cleaning purposes except where reduced to less than 30 p.s.i. and then only with effective chip guarding and personal protective equipment.
Other pump and compressor manufacturing employers in Ohio
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.
