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Specsys, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Prentice, Wisconsin · All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing · NAICS 332999

3inspections
1citation items
$0current penalties
Feb 18, 2020last inspection

Specsys, Inc. has 3 OSHA inspections on record in Wisconsin, the first in 2019.

OSHA's last visit started on Feb 18, 2020 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Prentice.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 1 citation item: 1 other-than-serious.

OSHA did not attach a penalty to any of these citations.

For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,600. Specsys, Inc. averages $0 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Specsys, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2019 to 2020
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 344636667 OPENED FEB 18, 2020Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 78 employees at the site · Closed Jun 1, 2020

474 Birch Street, Prentice, WI 54556 · All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Feb 18, 2020 (fatal): Employee is run over by front-end wheeled loader, later dies

At 5:06 a.m. on February 18, 2020, Employee #1, employed by an engineering and manufacturing services company, was walking from the assembly department building toward the adjacent paint department. A coworker was removing snow between the two buildings with a Caterpillar brand front-end wheeled loader, model 930H, equipped with a box plow attachment. The loader was traveling forward with the box plow elevated above the ground while making a right-hand turn to make another pass at snow removal. Employee #1 was struck by the box plow attachment and run over by the left side tire(s) of the loader. He was transported to a hospital by Emergency Medical Services (EMS), but lost consciousness while in transit. Employee #1 died at the hospital as a result of crushing injuries.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
Other-than-serious$0$0May 4, 2020Final

Inspection 344474945 OPENED NOV 22, 2019Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 67 employees at the site · Closed Dec 18, 2019

474 Birch Street, Prentice, WI 54556 · All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Nov 22, 2019: Employee's right foot is crushed when struck by object

At 12:00 a.m. on November 22, 2019, Employee # 1 was utilizing a rare earth magnet to lift a piece of metal stock. The employee was injured when struck by a falling object. Employee # 1 sustained multiple skeletal fractures to the right foot. Employee # 1 was working in the small weld komatsu area. Employee # 1 was utilizing a rare earth magnet to lift a piece of steel stock onto a storage rack approximately 2 feet high. The magnet was rated for 2,000lbs. The steel stock was less than 2,000 lbs. The steel stock came free from the magnet and crushed Employee # 1's right foot. Employee # 1 had riggers training and had been told by management to keep all parts of the body away from and not underneath any product when lifting. Employee # 1 sustained fractures to the right foot and was hospitalized.

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 343909826 OPENED APR 4, 2019Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 275 employees at the site · Closed Nov 27, 2019

474 Birch Street, Prentice, WI 54556 · All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Apr 1, 2019: Employee catches thumb in press brake's nip point and lacera

At 12:45 p.m. on April 1, 2019, an employee was holding a metal piece to be bent in the Pullmax 440 ton press brake when a coworker stepped on the foot control pedal, catching the employee's thumb in a nip point. The employee's thumb was pinched and lacerated it. The employee was hospitalized.

No citations from this inspection.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii)

(iii) An evaluation of each powered industrial truck operator's performance shall be conducted at least once every three years.

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