OSHA has inspected Worksaver, Inc. 3 times in Illinois since 1983.
The latest one began on Jul 28, 2020 on a referral, in Litchfield.
Those inspections ended with 9 citation items: 4 serious and 5 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $9,896 and still stand at $9,896.
Welding fire safety comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1910.252.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for holding company employers since 2015 is $900, and Worksaver, Inc. averages $9,446 (1 cited inspection).
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Inspection 344867361 OPENED JUL 28, 2020Closed
Referral · Partial · Safety · 92 employees at the site · Closed Dec 30, 2020
9 Worksaver Trail, Litchfield, IL 62056 · Offices of Other Holding Companies · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Jul 17, 2020: Employee amputates finger while adjusting ironworker machine
At 8:13 on July 17, 2020, an employee was working alone adjusting the stop on a 86 Ton Metal Muncher Hydraulic Multi-Station Ironworker Model MM90C preparing for a new run of parts. The machine was not locked out and while adjusting the stops he reached over the machine and accidentally engaged the control lever. The machine cycled and caught the employee's finger between the frame and the arm. The employee amputated his finger in the scissor action of the frame and required medical treatment without hospitalization.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 |
Serious | $9,446 | $9,446 | Sep 25, 2020 | Final |
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.
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.
