EAU CLAIRE, WI —
OSHA Inspection: MIDWEST MANUFACTURING
Complaint inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a complaint safety inspection of MIDWEST MANUFACTURING in 5102 KANE ROAD, EAU CLAIRE, WI 54703 (NAICS 326199). OSHA activity number 336035597.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons — routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- MIDWEST MANUFACTURING
- Site address
- 5102 KANE ROAD
- City
- EAU CLAIRE
- State
- WI
- ZIP
- 54703
- Mailing
- 5101 MENARD DRIVE, EAU CLAIRE, WI 54703
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Complaint (B)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- B
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 326199
- Employees
- 3000
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
3 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.146 C02
- Issued
- Jan 16, 2013
- Abate by
- Feb 7, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $2,550 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(2): The employer did not inform exposed employees, by posting danger signs or by any other equally effective means, of the existence and location of and the danger posed by the permit spaces: (a) Midwest Manufacturing, Extrusion Plant, Mill #2 Feed Auger Hopper; The employer did not post a sign at or near the entry to a permit-required confined space reading DANGER -- PERMIT-REQUIRED CONFINED SPACE, DO NOT ENTER or using other similar language would satisfy the requirement for a sign.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $0
- — Z (S) $2550
1910.146 K01 I
- Issued
- Jan 16, 2013
- Abate by
- Feb 28, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $2,550 · Current $1,785 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(k)(1)(i): The employer did not evaluate a prospective rescuer's ability to respond to a rescue summons in a timely manner for making rescues from permit spaces: (a) Midwest Manufacturing, Extrusion Plant, Mill #1 Feed Auger Hopper; The employer did not evaluate a prospective rescuer's ability to respond to a rescue summons in a timely manner prior to performing permit-required confined space entry.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $1785
- — Z (S) $2550
1910.146 K03
- Issued
- Jan 16, 2013
- Abate by
- Feb 28, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $2,550 · Current $1,785 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.146(k)(3): Whenever an authorized entrant entered a permit space the employer did not require retrieval systems or methods to facilitated non-entry rescue: (a) Midwest Manufacturing, Extrusion Plant, Mill #1 Feed Auger Hopper; The employer did not require employees to use retrieval equipment, systems or methods when an authorized entrant entered a permit-required confined space.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $1785
- — Z (S) $2550
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 336035597.
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