Viaflex, Inc. has 2 OSHA inspections on record in South Dakota, the first in 2022.
OSHA's last visit started on Oct 29, 2024 on a referral, in Sioux Falls.
Across those inspections OSHA issued 5 citation items: 3 serious and 2 other-than-serious.
OSHA proposed $54,417 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $42,290, down 22%.
Most often, OSHA cited 1910.212, machine guarding (2 items).
For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $4,500. Viaflex, Inc. averages $21,145 over 2 cited inspections in that time.
Viaflex, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 2 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Sioux Falls site logged 18 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 385 workers: 5.3 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 43 days away from work.
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 2 reports on file.
Oct 28, 2024, Sioux Falls: Hospitalization, amputation · amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified · other finger(s) n.e.c.
An employee was using a machine to cut a roll of plastic sheeting. The employee's right hand was at the end of the roll, and when the cutting mechanism of the machine cycled, the employee's right middle and ring fingers were cut, resulting in amputations to both fingers.
Jul 28, 2022, Sioux Falls: Hospitalization · soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury · arm(s), unspecified
An employee was trying to place tape on and feed paper through a machine spindle. When the employee tried to feed paper through the spindle to test the machine, the machine started up and pulled in the employee's arms, causing compression injuries to both.
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.
