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TK Elevator Manufacturing, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Middleton, Tennessee · Elevator and Moving Stairway Manufacturing · NAICS 333921

1inspections
2citation items
$2,625current penalties
Aug 3, 2021last inspection

OSHA inspectors have visited TK Elevator Manufacturing, Inc. in Tennessee one time.

It opened on Aug 3, 2021 on a referral, in Middleton.

In all, OSHA issued 2 citation items: 1 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $3,500; today they stand at $2,625, 25% less.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,600 penalty. TK Elevator Manufacturing, Inc. averages $2,625 across 1 cited inspection.

TK Elevator Manufacturing, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2021 to 2021
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345454623 OPENED AUG 3, 2021Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 1,100 employees at the site · Closed Feb 15, 2022

600 S Main St, Middleton, TN 38052 · Elevator and Moving Stairway Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Jul 21, 2021: Employee amputates two fingertips when caught in press brake

At 12:45 a.m. on July 21, 2021, an employee working as a machine operator for an elevator and movings stairway manufacturer was fabricating a rope guard on an energized Cincinnati Hydraulic Press Brake #2233 90-Ton by 8-foot Model 90FMIIx8 (Serial Number: 52172). The press brake was fitted with a light curtain at the front of the machine that was rendered inoperative. As a result, the employee was able to access the point of operation. The employee caught his left hand between the a metal piece of the guard and the die. The employee was hospitalized to treat amputations to his middle and ring fingertips.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii) · Machine guarding
 Serious$2,800$2,100Nov 16, 2021Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR TDLWD RULE 800-01-03-.04(3)(B)3
 Other-than-serious$700$525Nov 16, 2021Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

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.

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