W. Stuart Smith Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations
Victor, New York · Plastics Bag and Pouch Manufacturing · NAICS 326111
2inspections
7citation items
$13,802current penalties
Feb 14, 2023last inspection
OSHA has inspected W. Stuart Smith Inc. 2 times in New York since 2017.
The latest one began on Feb 14, 2023 on a referral, in Victor.
Those inspections ended with 7 citation items: 7 serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $33,196 and now stand at $13,802, 58% lower after settlements or reviews.
Machine guarding comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1910.212.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and W. Stuart Smith Inc. averages $6,901 (2 cited inspections).
W. Stuart Smith Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
New York · latest 90 days of OSHA records
359employers cited
Get notified the morning OSHA posts each new citation in New York: the employer, the site address, the rules broken and the penalty.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2023, the Victor site logged 3 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 49 workers: 6.9 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 121 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
W. Stuart Smith, Inc.
Victor · 2023
49
3
3
6.9
2.6
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.
Feb 10, 2023, Victor: Amputation · amputations · nonclassifiable
An employee sustained an amputation while working with a press.
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)(7)(i)(a)
(A) Each authorized employee shall receive training in the recognition of applicable hazardous energy sources, the type and magnitude of the energy available in the workplace, and the methods and means necessary for energy isolation and control.
29 CFR 1910.147(d)(4)(i)
(4) Lockout or tagout device application. (i) Lockout or tagout devices shall be affixed to each energy isolating device by authorized employees.
Alert subscribers get notified of each newly cited employer in New York the morning it is posted. See the alert plans.
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.
