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Whites Electronics Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

Sweet Home, Oregon · Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing · NAICS 334519

6inspections
16citation items
$1,200current penalties
Jan 22, 2020last inspection

Since 1983, OSHA inspectors have visited Whites Electronics Inc in Oregon 6 times.

The most recent inspection opened on Jan 22, 2020 as a planned inspection, in Sweet Home.

In all, OSHA issued 16 citation items: 7 serious and 9 other-than-serious.

The penalties, $1,200 in total, stand where OSHA first set them.

The rule cited most here is 7020.410 (), 2 times.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,600 penalty. Whites Electronics Inc averages $340 across 1 cited inspection.

Whites Electronics Inc also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Whites Electronics Inc: OSHA citation items per year, 1983 to 2020
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 344576459 OPENED JAN 22, 2020Closed

Planned · Complete · Health · 65 employees at the site · Closed Nov 25, 2020

1011 Pleasant Valley Rd, Sweet Home, OR 97386 · Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.106(h)(7)(i)(b) · Flammable liquids
 Serious$100$100May 11, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$120$120May 11, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR OAR 437-001-0765(4)-9
 Serious$120$120May 11, 2020Final

Inspection 314787987 OPENED MAY 24, 2011Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 120 employees at the site · Closed Sep 29, 2011

1011 Pleasant Valley Rd, Sweet Home, OR 97386 · Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.213(g)(2) · Woodworking machinery
 Serious$105$105Jun 8, 2011Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9) · Grinders and abrasive wheels
 Serious$195$195Jun 8, 2011Closed

Inspection 311772974 OPENED FEB 25, 2008Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 125 employees at the site · Closed Jul 30, 2008

1011 Pleasant Valley Rd, Sweet Home, OR 97386 · Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(ii) · Electrical wiring methods
 Serious$350$350Apr 3, 2008Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.212(b) · Machine guarding
 Serious$210$210Apr 3, 2008Closed
Citation 2, item 3
29 CFR 1910.305(b)(2)(i) · Electrical wiring methods
 Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 3, 2008Closed
Citation 2, item 4
29 CFR 1910.242(b) · Hand and power tools
 Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 3, 2008Closed

Inspection 304746100 OPENED SEP 12, 2001Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 150 employees at the site · Closed Feb 20, 2002

1011 Pleasant Valley Rd, Sweet Home, OR 97386 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9) · Grinders and abrasive wheels
 Other-than-serious$0$0Oct 2, 2001Closed
Citation 1, item 2 Other-than-serious$0$0Oct 2, 2001Closed
Citation 1, item 3 Other-than-serious$0$0Oct 2, 2001Closed
Citation 1, item 4 Other-than-serious$0$0Oct 2, 2001Closed

Inspection 105227441 OPENED OCT 14, 1988Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 134 employees at the site · Closed Jan 17, 1989

1011 Pleasant Valley Rd, Sweet Home, OR 97386 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a Other-than-serious$0$0Dec 19, 1988Closed
Citation 1, item 1b Other-than-serious$0$0Dec 19, 1988Closed

Inspection 218513463 OPENED DEC 5, 1983Closed

Planned · Complete · Health · 153 employees at the site · Closed Feb 13, 1984

1011 Pleasant Valley Rd, Sweet Home, OR 97386 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 2 Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 10, 1984Closed

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2016, the Sweet Home site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 85 workers: 1.1 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.2 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Whites Electronics Inc
Sweet Home · 2016
85 101.12.2

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.106 · Flammable liquids

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1)

(h) Employee information and training. (1) Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and safety data sheets.

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.212(b)

(b) Anchoring fixed machinery. Machines designed for a fixed location shall be securely anchored to prevent walking or moving.

29 CFR 1910.213 · Woodworking machinery

29 CFR 1910.213(g)(2)

(2) Each swing cutoff saw shall be provided with an effective device to return the saw automatically to the back of the table when released at any point of its travel. Such a device shall not depend for its proper functioning upon any rope, cord, or spring. If there is a counterweight, the bolts supporting the bar and counterweight shall be provided with cotter pins; and the counterweight shall be prevented from dropping by either a bolt passing through both the bar and counterweight, or a bolt put through the extreme end of the bar, or, where the counterweight does not encircle the bar, a safety chain attached to it.

29 CFR 1910.215 · Grinders and abrasive wheels

29 CFR 1910.242 · Hand and power tools

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

29 CFR 7020.220

29 CFR 7020.410

29 CFR 7155.15

29 CFR 7155.30

29 CFR 7400.460

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