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Vector Tool - MFG Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

Monticello, Minnesota · Machine Shops · NAICS 332710

1inspections
6citation items
$1,260current penalties
Jan 3, 2017last inspection

OSHA has inspected Vector Tool - MFG Inc once in Minnesota.

The inspection began on Jan 3, 2017 as a planned inspection, in Monticello.

That inspection ended with 6 citation items: 6 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $1,800 and now stand at $1,260, 30% lower after settlements or reviews.

Machine guarding comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.212.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Vector Tool - MFG Inc averages $1,260 (1 cited inspection).

Vector Tool - MFG Inc: OSHA citation items per year, 2017 to 2017
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 342006434 OPENED JAN 3, 2017Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 18 employees at the site · Closed Feb 13, 2017

206 Dundas Rd, Monticello, MN 55362 · Machine Shops · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
 Serious$375$262Jan 23, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii) · Machine guarding
 Serious$375$262Jan 23, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.303(g)(2)(i) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
 Serious$225$158Jan 23, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.304(g)(5) · Grounding and circuit protection
 Serious$225$158Jan 23, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6)(i) · Hazard communication
 Serious$225$158Jan 23, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 6 Serious$375$262Jan 23, 2017Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6)(i)

(i) The information specified under paragraphs (f)(1)(i) through (v) of this section for labels on shipped containers; or,

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1)

(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 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.304 · Grounding and circuit protection

29 CFR 5205.890

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