OSHA has inspected Wilsonart LLC 4 times in Texas since 2018.
The latest one began on Mar 5, 2025 on a referral, in Temple.
Those inspections ended with 10 citation items: 3 serious, 1 willful and 6 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $201,017 and now stand at $191,374, 5% lower after settlements or reviews.
Lockout/tagout comes up most often in these citations: 4 items under 1910.147.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Wilsonart LLC averages $47,844 (4 cited inspections).
Wilsonart LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 8 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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OSHA records show Wilsonart LLC at 2 sites in 2 states. Together they've had 7 inspections and $192,834 in current penalties.
We match records by employer name and industry, so these sites are likely the same company, not certainly. Franchises and subsidiaries can file under one name.
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Incident on Nov 13, 2020: Employee amputates finger when inspecting exhaust fan belt
At 1:30 p.m. on November 13, 2020, an employee removed the cover to inspect the belt of an exhaust fan. He was changing the belt, when the fan moved, and his finger was pinched and amputated in the pully. The employee was treated without hospitalization.
Incident on Feb 18, 2020: Employee amputates fingertip
At 6:24 p.m. on February 18, 2020, an employee was assisting with MJ Saw operations. The employee was asked to reposition the laminate being cut. While the employee's hand was in the danger zone, the saw was engaged by the saw operator and the hold down bar came down on the employee's hand. The employee amputated the right index fingertip and was hospitalized.
Incident on Feb 10, 2018: Employee amputates fingertips and thumbnail while clearing j
At 7:00 a.m. on February 10, 2018, an employee was clearing some paper that was jammed and was holding the paper up while a coworker used a shear. The employee amputated his right index and middle fingertips and pulled the thumb nail off when they were caught by the shears. The employee was hospitalized.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Temple site logged 4 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 49 workers: 12.3 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 179 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Wilsonart Solid Surface
Temple · 2025
49
4
1
12.3
2.6
Wilsonart Temple
Temple · 2022
626
12
1
1.8
2.6
Wilsonart LLC
Temple · 2020
683
8
1
1.0
2.6
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Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 8 reports on file, the 6 most recent shown.
Mar 1, 2025, Temple: Hospitalization · multiple severe wounds and internal injuries · multiple trunk locations
An employee was dropping off a skid of laminate to be cut at a table saw. The skid was lifted and the forks tilted forward when the stack slid forward and struck the injured employee. The employee was pinned between the laminate and the table of the saw, resulting in a back fracture and a laceration to the liver.
Feb 29, 2024, Temple: Hospitalization · fractures · rib(s), oblique area
The injured employee and a co-worker were loading a pallet of material onto a rack using a hydraulic lift system. The employee on the south side of the lift picked up the board about 2 inches so the board could enter the rack. The employee on the north side of the lift pressed the travel button to align the board with the rack opening. The injured employee was pinned between the lift and the rack…
An employee was inspecting the belt of a building exhaust fan on a roof. His left middle finger was pinched between the belt and the pulley and amputated down to the first joint.
An employee was asked by a table saw's control panel operator to push back stacked material to be cut through the hold-down bar area. The injured employee hit the E-stop button to push back the material as requested. While his hand was still on the material, the control panel operator hit the cut buttons, causing the hold-down bar to come down on the injured employee's right hand. The employee…
Two employees were operating the cut-down saw in the distribution area. While the cut-down saw was in the lowered position, the injured employee was taking measurements. When the saw engaged, the injured employee's finger was caught in the saw guard and partially amputated.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(2) Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA.
(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(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.
29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
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