Spec Tool Co: OSHA Violations and Fines, Sparta MI

Since 1994, OSHA inspectors have visited Spec Tool Co in Michigan 3 times.

The most recent inspection opened on Dec 27, 2017 as a planned inspection, in Sparta.

In all, OSHA issued 24 citation items: 14 serious and 10 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $9,300; today they stand at $4,425, 52% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.147 (lockout/tagout), 4 times.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,600 penalty. Spec Tool Co averages $2,400 across 1 cited inspection.

Spec Tool Co also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Spec Tool Co: OSHA citation items per year, 1994 to 2017 — Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 342857976 OPENED DEC 27, 2017Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 85 employees at the site · Closed Mar 6, 2018

389 E Division St., Sparta, MI 49345 · Cutting Tool and Machine Tool Accessory Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and rule	Type	Proposed	Current	Issued	Status
Citation 1, item 1a 29 CFR 408.10231(1)	Serious	$1,500	$750	Feb 2, 2018	Final
Citation 1, item 1b 29 CFR 408.13390	Serious	$0	$0	Feb 2, 2018	Final
Citation 1, item 2 29 CFR 408.12635(1)(B)	Serious	$1,500	$750	Feb 2, 2018	Final
Citation 1, item 3a 29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout	Serious	$1,800	$900	Feb 2, 2018	Final
Citation 1, item 3b 29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(a) · Lockout/tagout	Serious	$0	$0	Feb 2, 2018	Final
Citation 2, item 1 29 CFR 1910.303(b)(7)(iv) · Electrical equipment, general requirements	Other-than-serious	$0	$0	Feb 2, 2018	Final
Citation 2, item 2 29 CFR 1910.305(e)(1) · Electrical wiring methods	Other-than-serious	$0	$0	Feb 2, 2018	Final

Inspection 127124055 OPENED AUG 8, 2001Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 85 employees at the site · Closed Feb 27, 2002

389 E Division, Sparta, MI 49345 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 124310434 OPENED MAY 27, 1994Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 75 employees at the site · Closed Jan 18, 1995

389 E. Division, Sparta, MI 49345 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and rule	Type	Proposed	Current	Issued	Status
Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 4081.213(5)	Serious	$450	$225	Jul 21, 1994	Closed
Citation 1, item 2 29 CFR 4081.727(1)	Serious	$450	$225	Jul 21, 1994	Closed
Citation 1, item 3 29 CFR 4081.3312(1)	Serious	$450	$225	Jul 21, 1994	Closed
Citation 1, item 4 29 CFR 4081.3312(1)	Serious	$450	$225	Jul 21, 1994	Closed
Citation 1, item 5 29 CFR 4081.3392(1)	Serious	$450	$225	Jul 21, 1994	Closed
Citation 1, item 6 29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout	Serious	$450	$225	Jul 21, 1994	Closed
Citation 1, item 7 29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(ia) · Lockout/tagout	Serious	$450	$225	Jul 21, 1994	Closed
Citation 1, item 8 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(1) · Permit-required confined spaces	Other-than-serious	$450	$0	Jul 21, 1994	Closed
Citation 1, item 11 29 CFR 1910.1200(h) · Hazard communication	Serious	$450	$225	Jul 21, 1994	Closed
Citation 1, item 12 29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(4) · Hazard communication	Serious	$450	$225	Jul 21, 1994	Closed
Citation 2, item 1 29 CFR 4080.1014(k)(2)	Other-than-serious	$0	$0	Jul 21, 1994	Closed
Citation 2, item 2 29 CFR 4080.1014(jj)	Other-than-serious	$0	$0	Jul 21, 1994	Closed
Citation 2, item 3 29 CFR 4081.36(1)	Other-than-serious	$0	$0	Jul 21, 1994	Closed
Citation 2, item 4 29 CFR 4081.174(1)	Other-than-serious	$0	$0	Jul 21, 1994	Closed
Citation 2, item 5 29 CFR 3090.250(5)(b)	Other-than-serious	$0	$0	Jul 21, 1994	Closed
Citation 2, item 6 29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication	Other-than-serious	$0	$0	Jul 21, 1994	Closed
Citation 2, item 7 29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1) · Hazard communication	Other-than-serious	$0	$0	Jul 21, 1994	Closed

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 Sparta site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 73 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.3 for its industry.

Site and year	Workers	Cases	Rate	Industry median
Spec Tool Company Sparta · 2023	73	0	0.0	2.3
Spec Tool Sparta · 2022	72	2	3.0	2.3
Spec Tool Company Inc Sparta · 2021	61	2	3.1	2.3

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)

(e) Written hazard communication program. (1) Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(4)

(f) Any organic peroxide which, in laboratory testing, neither detonates in the cavitated state nor deflagrates at all and shows only a low or no effect when heated under confinement as well as low or no explosive power shall be defined as organic peroxide TYPE F;

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1)

(g) Safety data sheets. (1) Chemical manufacturers and importers shall obtain or develop a safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical they produce or import. Employers shall have a safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they use.

29 CFR 1910.146 · Permit-required confined spaces

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

Other cutting tool and machine tool accessory manufacturing employers in Michigan

Primetals Technologies USA LLC Benton Harbor · 10 citations · $13,650
Frimo Incorporated Wixom · 17 citations · $4,650
Freer Tool and Supply Inc. Clinton Township · 18 citations · $3,150
Cameron Tool Company LLC Lansing · 40 citations · $11,884
Precision Tool & Mold LLC Ironwood · 1 citation · $500
Coxline, Inc. dba, Wellsaw Kalamazoo · 10 citations · $4,150

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.

Spec Tool Co: OSHA inspections and violations