APPLETON, WI —
OSHA Inspection: LUVATA APPLETON LLC
Referral inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a referral safety inspection of LUVATA APPLETON LLC in 908 LAWE STREET, APPLETON, WI 54911 (NAICS 331420). OSHA activity number 345100671.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- LUVATA APPLETON LLC
- Site address
- 908 LAWE STREET
- City
- APPLETON
- State
- WI
- ZIP
- 54911
- Mailing
- 553 CARTER COURT, KIMBERLY, WI 54136
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Referral (C)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- A
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 331420
- Employees
- 53
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
1 citation on file for this inspection.
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- May 14, 2021
- Penalty
- Initial $7,461 · Current $5,223 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to burn and struck-by hazards while conducting slagging operations: On or about January 9, 2021, an employee received second and third degree burns while removing slag from the walls of a melting pot utilizing a piece of flat steel. The piece of flat steel had also previously been used to mix a liquid graphite solution with a high water content. When the employee submerged a portion of the steel that had refractory material still on it, a violent reaction occurred between the molten metal and graphite solution resulting in an explosion.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $5222.7
- — Z (S) $7461
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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 345100671.
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