OSHA has inspected Uste Inc. 2 times in California since 2018.
The latest one began on May 14, 2020 after an accident, in Simi Valley.
Those inspections ended with 5 citation items: 2 serious and 3 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $36,200 and now stand at $17,635, 51% lower after settlements or reviews.
comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 4208.1.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Uste Inc. averages $8,818 (2 cited inspections).
Uste Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Inspection 344751680 OPENED MAY 14, 2020Closed
Accident · Partial · Safety · 101 employees at the site · Closed Nov 4, 2020
1625 Surveyor Ave., Simi Valley, CA 93063 · General Warehousing and Storage · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Mar 27, 2020: Employee amputates fingers in machine
At 1:22 p.m. on March 27, 2020, Employee # 2, the operator of the metal bender, was making parts, using the press (bender). Employee # 1 from the paint area came over to talk to him. As Employee # 2 turned to activate the press to bend the part, Employee # 1 reached in and got his index fingers severed by the machine. Employee # 1 was hospitalized.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 |
Other-than-serious | $750 | $750 | Sep 25, 2020 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2 |
Other-than-serious | $750 | $750 | Sep 25, 2020 | Final |
| Citation 2, item 1 29 CFR 4208(C) |
Serious | $7,200 | $4,385 | Sep 25, 2020 | Final |
Inspection 343442851 OPENED SEP 5, 2018Closed
Accident · Partial · Safety · 140 employees at the site · Closed Jun 10, 2019
1625 Surveyor Ave., Simi Valley, CA 93063 · Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional Electric Lighting Fixture Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Mar 28, 2018: Employee catches thumb with lathe spindle and partially ampu
On March 28, 2018, an employee was demonstrating to a coworker that a part from the Zenn-80 spinning lathe was scratching parts that were produced that day. The machine was set in manual mode and the employee placed his right arm on the control panel of the CNC lathe, activated the button of the tailstock spindle, and crushed his left thumb against the headstock before partially amputating his finger. The employee was hospitalized.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 342(A) |
Other-than-serious | $5,000 | $5,000 | Oct 18, 2018 | Final |
| Citation 2, item 1 29 CFR 3203(A)(7) |
Serious | $22,500 | $6,750 | Oct 18, 2018 | Final |
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2017, the Simi Valley site logged 16 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 195 workers: 10.8 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.9 for its industry.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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.
