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Stage FX, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Columbus, Montana · All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing · NAICS 325998

2inspections
4citation items
$7,878current penalties
Aug 4, 2025last inspection

Stage FX, Inc. has 2 OSHA inspections on record in Montana, the first in 2021.

OSHA's last visit started on Aug 4, 2025 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Columbus.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 4 citation items: 3 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $11,256 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $7,878, down 30%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.119, process safety management (3 items).

For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $4,500. Stage FX, Inc. averages $7,878 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

Stage FX, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Stage FX, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2021 to 2025
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 348419763 OPENED AUG 4, 2025Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 38 employees at the site · Closed Jan 27, 2026

184 Mcnaley Road, Columbus, MT 59019 · All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.119(e)(1) · Process safety management
 Serious$5,628$3,939Jan 5, 2026Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.119(e)(6) · Process safety management
 Serious$0$0Jan 5, 2026Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1) · Process safety management
 Serious$5,628$3,939Jan 5, 2026Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6)(ii) · Hazard communication
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 5, 2026Final

Inspection 345344550 OPENED JUN 4, 2021Closed

Referral · No inspection · Safety · 52 employees at the site · Closed Jun 4, 2021

184 Mcnaley Road, Columbus, MT 59019 · All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2019, the Columbus site logged 4 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 48 workers: 8.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.6 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Stage FX, Inc.
Columbus · 2019
48 408.01.6

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.119 · Process safety management

29 CFR 1910.119(e)(1)

(e) Process hazard analysis. (1) The employer shall perform an initial process hazard analysis (hazard evaluation) on processes covered by this standard. The process hazard analysis shall be appropriate to the complexity of the process and shall identify, evaluate, and control the hazards involved in the process. Employers shall determine and document the priority order for conducting process hazard analyses based on a rationale which includes such considerations as extent of the process hazards, number of potentially affected employees, age of the process, and operating history of the process. The process hazard analysis shall be conducted as soon as possible, but not later than the following schedule:

29 CFR 1910.119(e)(6)

(6) At least every five (5) years after the completion of the initial process hazard analysis, the process hazard analysis shall be updated and revalidated by a team meeting the requirements in paragraph (e)(4) of this section, to assure that the process hazard analysis is consistent with the current process.

29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1)

(f) Operating procedures. (1) The employer shall develop and implement written operating procedures that provide clear instructions for safely conducting activities involved in each covered process consistent with the process safety information and shall address at least the following elements.

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

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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.