OPPORTUNITY CARD
Sample metal stamping plant, Northeast Ohio
FIX-BY DATE STILL AHEAD
23 days left · due 11 Nov 2026
- A The plant
Metal stamping plant, Northeast Ohio
About 140 employees · stamped steel parts for appliance and auto suppliers
Size and products from the plant's own website [2]What kind of plant, about how big, and where. Enough to tell in five seconds if it is your kind of job.
- B What was cited
Mechanical power presses, point-of-operation guarding
29 CFR 1910.217(c)(1)(i) · SERIOUS · 3 INSTANCESAlso cited for general machine guarding
1910.212(a)(1) · OTHER-THAN-SERIOUS · 1 INSTANCEReal cards show the proposed penalty, from the public record [1]OPEN · ALLEGED, NOT A FINAL ORDERThe hazard in plain words, with the exact OSHA standard beside it, how serious OSHA rated it, and how many instances. You can read the record yourself.
- C Fix-by date
Citation issued 9 Oct 2026 · Plant must fix it by 11 Nov 2026
We first saw this record on 10 Oct 2026
OSHA calls the fix-by date the abatement date. Not contested as of the sample date. If the plant contests, the clock pauses and the card says so. [1]The date the plant must fix the hazard by, and how many days are left. This is your reason to call now, not next quarter. If the plant contests the citation, the card says the clock has paused.
- D Why it fits
Guarding a line of mechanical presses at the point of operation is design, fabrication and installation work that a plant this size usually hires out. The plant's website lists a line of several mechanical presses. [2]
One or two sentences on why this is work for someone like you, each tied to a source. No source, no sentence.
- E Who to ask for
Plant manager, or the safety manager if there is one
Real cards give the name and title as the plant's website publishes them [3]The job title to ask for, and a name when the plant's own website gives one. No guessed emails and no bought lists.
- F Sources
- [1] OSHA inspection record, public · link on real cards[2] Plant website, Capabilities page · link on real cards[3] Plant website, About page · link on real cards
A link behind every fact. That means the public OSHA record and the plant's own pages. Check anything before you pick up the phone.
- Checked
On a real card, the review by a person is recorded here. The fit check is done by hand for now. We are still building the automatic version.
Who checked the card, and which steps were done by hand. If a step is still being built, the card says so.
ALLEGED VIOLATION, NOT A FINAL ORDER · NOT AFFILIATED WITH OSHA OR THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR