Since 2007, OSHA inspectors have visited Stoneridge in Massachusetts 2 times.
The most recent inspection opened on Jul 23, 2015 on a referral, in Canton.
In all, OSHA issued 8 citation items: 7 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
The proposed penalties came to $30,375; today they stand at $15,678, 48% less.
The rule cited most here is 1910.212 (machine guarding), 2 times.
Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,600 penalty. Stoneridge averages $11,000 across 1 cited inspection.
Stoneridge also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury 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 2018, the Canton site logged 5 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 277 workers: 1.7 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.7 for its industry. Those cases cost 202 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Stoneridge Control Devices, Canton
Canton · 2018
277
5
4
1.7
2.7
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.
Jan 24, 2018, Canton: Hospitalization · soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury · back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
An employee was walking to the facility from the company parking lot when she slipped on ice and injured her back, requiring hospitalization.
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.
(a) Machine guarding—(1) Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks. Examples of guarding methods are—barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices, electronic safety devices, etc.
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii)
(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.
29 CFR 1910.219 · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements
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.
