Since 2016, OSHA inspectors have visited Spectra Technologies LLC in Arkansas 2 times.
The most recent inspection opened on Jul 24, 2023 on a referral, in Camden.
In all, OSHA issued 2 citation items: 2 serious.
The proposed penalties came to $20,363; today they stand at $12,291, 40% less.
Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $4,500 penalty. Spectra Technologies LLC averages $6,145 across 2 cited inspections.
Spectra Technologies LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 2 severe injuries 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 East Camden site logged 3 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 208 workers: 1.1 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.4 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Spectra Technologies LLC
East Camden · 2025
208
3
0
1.1
2.4
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 2 reports on file.
Jul 18, 2023, Camden: Hospitalization · effects of heat and light, unspecified · body systems
An employee was cutting grass and weeding outside when they were hospitalized for heat stress.
Mar 12, 2016, East Camden: Amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
An employee was running a crimper on the 40 mm line when her right thumb and index finger were crushed by the machine. Her thumb and index finger were surgically amputated.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(ii) The point of operation of machines whose operation exposes an employee to injury, shall be guarded. The guarding device shall be in conformity with any appropriate standards therefor, or, in the absence of applicable specific standards, shall be so designed and constructed as to prevent the operator from having any part of his body in the danger zone during the operating cycle.
Each employer shall furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees.
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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.