Depew, New York · Artificial and Synthetic Fibers and Filaments Manufacturing · NAICS 325220
3inspections
4citation items
$12,984current penalties
Jun 29, 2023last inspection
OSHA has inspected Sefar Inc. 3 times in New York since 2021.
The latest one began on Jun 29, 2023 on a referral, in Depew.
Those inspections ended with 4 citation items: 3 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $26,863 and now stand at $12,984, 52% lower after settlements or reviews.
Lockout/tagout comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1910.147.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Sefar Inc. averages $6,492 (2 cited inspections).
Sefar 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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From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Depew site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 114 workers: 0.9 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.4 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Sefar Inc.
Depew · 2025
114
1
0
0.9
1.4
Sefar Inc. - Headquarters
Depew · 2017
123
7
2
6.0
1.4
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.
Jun 27, 2023, Depew: Amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)
An employee's thumb tip was amputated in a chain and sprocket.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(8) Energy isolation. Lockout or tagout shall be performed only by the authorized employees who are performing the servicing or maintenance.
29 CFR 1910.147(e)(3)
(3) Lockout or tagout devices removal. Each lockout or tagout device shall be removed from each energy isolating device by the employee who applied the device. Exception to paragraph (e)(3): When the authorized employee who applied the lockout or tagout device is not available to remove it, that device may be removed under the direction of the employer, provided that specific procedures and training for such removal have been developed, documented and incorporated into the employer's energy control program. The employer shall demonstrate that the specific procedure provides equivalent safety to the removal of the device by the authorized employee who applied it. The specific procedure shall include at least the following elements:
29 CFR 1910.147(f)(1)(ii)
(ii) Remove employees from the machine or equipment area in accordance with paragraph (e)(2) of this section;
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.
