OSHA has inspected Star Forge Inc. 3 times in Illinois since 1994.
The latest one began on Mar 15, 2018 on a referral, in Freeport.
Those inspections ended with 3 citation items: 1 serious and 2 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $5,691 and now stand at $3,500, 38% lower after settlements or reviews.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Star Forge Inc. averages $3,500 (1 cited inspection).
Star Forge Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Mar 7, 2018: Forklift operator is injured in a collision and sustains a c
At 10:00 a.m. on March 7, 2018, an employee was working for a manufacturer of farm machinery and equipment. She was working as an operator of a powered industrial vehicle (PIV), specifically a forklift. She was standing to the left of the elevated forks of her assigned forklift. She was marking parts with a magic marker. The parts she was marking were gang bolts. They weighed approximately 14 to 18 kilograms (30 to 40 pounds) each. There were 16 bolts held on a cradle on the forklift's forks. A second powered industrial vehicle passed her forklift. It was making a turn between departments of the facility. The counterweight of the moving PIV struck the counterweight of the employee's parked forklift. The impact of the collision impact caused the parts the employee was marking to shift and strike her. She was struck in the chest. She sustained bruising that resulted in a collapsed lung. She was hospitalized for two or more days.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2018, the Freeport site logged 9 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 62 workers: 12.7 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 4.0 for its industry. Those cases cost 79 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Star Forge Inc
Freeport · 2018
62
9
4
12.7
4.0
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1904.41 · Electronic submission of Employer Identification Number (EIN) and injury and illness records to OSHA
29 CFR 1904.41(a)(2)
(2) Annual electronic submission of information from OSHA Form 300 Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses and OSHA Form 301 Injury and Illness Incident Report by establishments with 100 or more employees in designated industries. If your establishment had 100 or more employees at any time during the previous calendar year, and your establishment is classified in an industry listed in appendix B to subpart E of this part, then you must electronically submit information from OSHA Forms 300 and 301 to OSHA or OSHA's designee. You must submit the information once a year, no later than the date listed in paragraph (c) of this section of the year after the calendar year covered by the forms.
(6) Periodic inspection. (i) The employer shall conduct a periodic inspection of the energy control procedure at least annually to ensure that the procedure and the requirements of this standard are being followed.
29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
29 CFR 1910.178(m)(5)(iii)
(iii) When the operator of an industrial truck is dismounted and within 25 ft. of the truck still in his view, the load engaging means shall be fully lowered, controls neutralized, and the brakes set to prevent movement.
Other farm machinery and equipment manufacturing employers in Illinois
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.
