New Century, Kansas · Printing · NAICS 323110
OSHA has inspected Stouse, LLC. 5 times in Kansas since 2001.
The latest one began on Dec 7, 2020 on a referral, in New Century.
Those inspections ended with 12 citation items: 10 serious and 2 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $64,271 and now stand at $36,167, 44% lower after settlements or reviews.
Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.219.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Stouse, LLC. averages $16,490 (2 cited inspections).
Stouse, LLC. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 2 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
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Watch this company300 New Century Pkwy., New Century, KS 66031 · Commercial Printing (except Screen and Books) · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.178(p)(1) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks |
Serious | $9,753 | $5,364 | Feb 9, 2021 | Final |
| Citation 2, item 1 29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii) · Machine guarding |
Serious | $27,306 | $15,018 | Feb 9, 2021 | Final |
300 New Century Parkway, New Century, KS 66031 · Printing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Jun 6, 2019: Employee suffers amputation of four fingers in press machine
At 2:30 p.m. on June 6, 2019, an employee was exchanging the die cut on a Preco Die-Cutting Press machine that was still energized when his fingers got caught in between the die cut and the chaser. The employee was hospitalized and suffered amputation to four fingers.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i) · Lockout/tagout |
Serious | $7,577 | $5,304 | Aug 23, 2019 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2 29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii) · Machine guarding |
Serious | $13,260 | $7,293 | Aug 23, 2019 | Final |
300 New Century Parkway, New Century, KS 66031 · Printing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
300 New Century Parkway, New Century, KS 66031 · Printing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1a 29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts |
Serious | $1,500 | $750 | Oct 3, 2008 | Closed |
| Citation 1, item 1b 29 CFR 1910.219(e)(3)(i) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts |
Serious | $0 | $0 | Oct 3, 2008 | Closed |
| Citation 1, item 2 29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1) · Electrical wiring methods |
Serious | $1,125 | $562 | Oct 3, 2008 | Closed |
300 New Century Parkway, New Century, KS 66031 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1a 29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1) · Respiratory protection |
Serious | $1,125 | $562 | Feb 1, 2002 | Closed |
| Citation 1, item 1b 29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii) · Respiratory protection |
Serious | $0 | $0 | Feb 1, 2002 | Closed |
| Citation 1, item 2 29 CFR 1910.1052(c)(1) · Methylene chloride |
Serious | $2,625 | $1,312 | Jan 25, 2002 | Closed |
| Citation 2, item 1 29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements |
Other-than-serious | $0 | $0 | Feb 1, 2002 | Closed |
| Citation 2, item 2 29 CFR 1910.333(b)(2)(i) · Working near live electrical parts |
Other-than-serious | $0 | $0 | Feb 1, 2002 | Closed |
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2021, the New Century site logged 9 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 355 workers: 2.7 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.0 for its industry. Those cases cost 104 days away from work.
| Site and year | Workers | Cases | Days-away cases | Rate | Industry median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stouse LLC New Century · 2021 | 355 | 9 | 2 | 2.7 | 2.0 |
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 2 reports on file.
Nov 19, 2020, New Century: Hospitalization, amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
An employee was jogging a paper stack into place when the holding clamp was lowered. It amputated the employee's left middle finger.
Jun 6, 2019, New Century: Hospitalization, amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
An employee was changing the die on a die cutting press when four fingers were crushed. Two fingers were later surgically amputated.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1910.1052(c)(1)
(c) Permissible exposure limits (PELs)—(1) Eight-hour time-weighted average (TWA) PEL. The employer shall ensure that no employee is exposed to an airborne concentration of MC in excess of twenty-five parts of MC per million parts of air (25 ppm) as an 8-hour TWA.
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1)
(d) Hazard assessment and equipment selection. (1) The employer shall assess the workplace to determine if hazards are present, or are likely to be present, which necessitate the use of personal protective equipment (PPE). If such hazards are present, or likely to be present, the employer shall:
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)
(1) The test instrument must have an effective audio-warning device, or a visual-warning device in the form of a screen tracing, that indicates when the test subject fails to hold his or her breath during the test. The test must be terminated and restarted from the beginning when the test subject fails to hold his or her breath during the test. The test subject then may be refitted and retested.
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