La Crosse, Wisconsin · Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing · NAICS 333415
2inspections
9citation items
$7,064current penalties
Aug 28, 2017last inspection
Xetex, Inc. has 2 OSHA inspections on record in Wisconsin, the first in 2008.
OSHA's last visit started on Aug 28, 2017 after a complaint, in La Crosse.
Across those inspections OSHA issued 9 citation items: 9 serious.
OSHA proposed $12,604 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $7,064, down 44%.
Most often, OSHA cited 1910.212, machine guarding (3 items).
For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,600. Xetex, Inc. averages $4,564 over 1 cited inspection in that time.
Xetex, 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.
Wisconsin · latest 90 days of OSHA records
232employers cited
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Complaint · Partial · Health · 65 employees at the site · Closed Jan 29, 2018
1309 Norplex Drive, Suite 1, La Crosse, WI 54601 · Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Planned · Partial · Safety · 20 employees at the site · Closed Mar 31, 2008
1309 North Plex Drive Suite 1, La Crosse, WI 54604 · Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2024, the La Crosse site logged 7 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 176 workers: 7.1 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.4 for its industry. Those cases cost 40 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
XeteX
La Crosse · 2024
176
7
1
7.1
2.4
Xetex La Crosse
La Crosse · 2019
80
5
1
7.1
2.4
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.
Aug 7, 2024, La Crosse: Hospitalization · cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures · wrist(s)
The injured employee was bending sheet metal on a brake press while fabricating components for an HVAC system. The injured employee and a co-worker were holding a 9-foot x 4.5-foot piece of steel and turning it to make another bend when the sheet slipped. As it dropped, the sheet of steel caused a severe laceration to the injured employee's left wrist and cut a tendon.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(l) Communication of chromium (VI) hazards to employees—(1) Hazard communication—general—(i) Chemical manufacturers, importers, distributors and employers shall comply with all requirements of the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) (§ 1910.1200) for chromium (VI).
(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.
(1) The test instrument must have an effective audio-warning device, or a visual-warning device in the form of a screen tracing, that indicates when the test subject fails to hold his or her breath during the test. The test must be terminated and restarted from the beginning when the test subject fails to hold his or her breath during the test. The test subject then may be refitted and retested.
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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.
