Cleveland, Ohio · Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables · NAICS 334513
2inspections
7citation items
$23,604current penalties
May 17, 2018last inspection
OSHA has inspected Unicontrol Inc. 2 times in Ohio since 2016.
The latest one began on May 17, 2018 on a referral, in Cleveland.
Those inspections ended with 7 citation items: 6 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $35,892 and now stand at $23,604, 34% lower after settlements or reviews.
Lockout/tagout comes up most often in these citations: 4 items under 1910.147.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Unicontrol Inc. averages $11,802 (2 cited inspections).
Unicontrol Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 2 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Referral · Partial · Safety · 90 employees at the site · Closed Feb 3, 2020
1111 Brookpark Road, Cleveland, OH 44109 · Automatic Environmental Control Manufacturing for Residential, Commercial, and Appliance Use · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on May 9, 2018: Employee catches finger between rod and pallet, amputating f
At 7:15 a.m. on May 9, 2018, an employee was attempting to move a stuck plunger and pinched his finger between a rod and pallet. The employee amputated his fingertip and was hospitalized.
Referral · Partial · Safety · 68 employees at the site · Closed Jan 23, 2017
1111 Brookpark Road, Cleveland, OH 44109 · Instruments and Related Products Manufacturing for Measuring, Displaying, and Controlling Industrial Process Variables · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2021, the Cleveland site logged 3 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 145 workers: 2.5 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 0.3 for its industry. Those cases cost 3 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Unicontrol Inc
Cleveland · 2021
145
3
2
2.5
0.3
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 2 reports on file.
May 9, 2018, Cleveland: Amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)
An employee was troubleshooting the pneumatic plunger under the conveyor belt track of a heat stacker machine when his left index finger was caught by the lift table, causing a fingertip amputation.
Nov 14, 2016, Cleveland: Amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)
On November 14, 2016, an employee suffered a right index fingertip amputation while operating a pneumatic crimper machine in the assembly area.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(4) Energy control procedure. (i) Procedures shall be developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees are engaged in the activities covered by this section.
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(ii)
(ii) The procedures shall clearly and specifically outline the scope, purpose, authorization, rules, and techniques to be utilized for the control of hazardous energy, and the means to enforce compliance including, but not limited to, the following:
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i)
(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.
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.
