OSHA has inspected Xerox Corp 7 times in Oregon since 2001.
The latest one began on Jan 20, 2017 after a complaint, in Wilsonville.
Those inspections ended with 11 citation items: 4 serious and 7 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $2,995 and now stand at $2,815, 6% lower after settlements or reviews.
Machine guarding comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.212.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Xerox Corp averages $0 (1 cited inspection).
Xerox Corp also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
Oregon · latest 90 days of OSHA records
384employers cited
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From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2022, the Wilsonville site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 127 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.6 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
1915-7063
Wilsonville · 2022
127
0
0
0.0
1.6
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(7) The employer may use signs, placards, process sheets, batch tickets, operating procedures, or other such written materials in lieu of affixing labels to individual stationary process containers, as long as the alternative method identifies the containers to which it is applicable and conveys the information required by paragraph (f)(6) of this section to be on a label. The employer shall ensure the written materials are readily accessible to the employees in their work area throughout each work shift.
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.
(a) Machine guarding—(1) Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks. Examples of guarding methods are—barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices, electronic safety devices, etc.
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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.
