THUMB TOOL & ENGINEERING CO INC
354 LIBERTY ST, BAD AXE, MI 48413
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Inspection records
Dec 9, 2013#315374256Dec 9, 2013Planned (H) · Partial scope, Safety#315374256$3,1002 viol.2 violations$3,100 in penalties
Inspection #315374256
Dates
- Opened
- Dec 9, 2013
- Closing Conference Date
- Jan 9, 2014
- Contested
- Mar 31, 2014
- Final Order
- Aug 11, 2014
- Closed
- Jun 2, 2014
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 208
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 2 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $6,200
- Penalties on Record
- $3,100
- Site Address
- 354 Liberty St, Bad Axe, MI 48413
- Industry
- 333514 Special Die and Tool, Die Set, Jig, and Fixture Manufacturing
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Violations
Violation list (2 of 2 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 4081.2611 OSHA citation code: 40812611 B | Serious | 1 | 3 | $5,000 | $2,500 | Mar 26, 2014 | Mar 31, 2014 | Aug 11, 2014 |
| 01002 | 4081.3831 | Serious | 1 | 3 | $1,200 | $600 | May 24, 2014 | Mar 31, 2014 | Aug 11, 2014 |
Jul 25, 2007#308836196Jul 25, 2007Planned (H) · Complete scope, Health#308836196$01 viol.1 violation$0 in penalties
Inspection #308836196
Dates
- Opened
- Jul 25, 2007
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 23, 2007
- Closed
- Sep 11, 2007
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 193
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 354 Liberty St, Bad Axe, MI 48413
- Industry
- 333514 Special Die and Tool, Die Set, Jig, and Fixture Manufacturing
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Violations
Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 3254720103 | Other | 1 | 193 | $0 | $0 | Oct 1, 2007 | - | - |
Nov 14, 2005#307718775Nov 14, 2005Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#307718775$1,20010 viol.10 violations$1,200 in penalties
Inspection #307718775
Dates
- Opened
- Nov 14, 2005
- Closing Conference Date
- Nov 15, 2005
- Closed
- Feb 9, 2006
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 198
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 10
- Violation Types
- 4 serious, 6 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $2,400
- Penalties on Record
- $1,200
- Site Address
- 354 Liberty St, Bad Axe, MI 48413
- Industry
- 333511 Industrial Mold Manufacturing
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Violations
Violation list (8 of 10 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 4081.716 | Serious | 1 | 1 | $600 | $300 | Jan 30, 2006 | - | - |
| 01002 | 4081264801 | Serious | 1 | 2 | $600 | $300 | Jan 30, 2006 | - | - |
| 01003 | 4081337001 | Serious | 1 | 2 | $600 | $300 | Jan 30, 2006 | - | - |
| 01004 | 4081491201 | Serious | 1 | 1 | $600 | $300 | Jan 30, 2006 | - | - |
| 02001 | 4081021502 | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Jan 30, 2006 | - | - |
| 02002 | 4081022101 | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Jan 30, 2006 | - | - |
| 02003 | 4081187501 | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Jan 30, 2006 | - | - |
| 02004 | 4081204301 | Other | 3 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Jan 30, 2006 | - | - |
Showing the 8 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 10 total violations documented in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement database. The complete violation list is available at enforcedata.dol.gov.
Nov 18, 2004#307721498Nov 18, 2004FatalityAccident (A) · Partial scope, SafetyFatality#307721498$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #307721498
Dates
- Opened
- Nov 18, 2004
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 20, 2004
- Closed
- Jan 7, 2005
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 209
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 354 Liberty St, Bad Axe, MI 48413
- Industry
- 333514 Special Die and Tool, Die Set, Jig, and Fixture Manufacturing
Accident Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an accident inspection in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data. Employers must report work-related fatalities within 8 hours, and work-related inpatient hospitalizations, amputations, or losses of an eye within 24 hours. An accident-related inspection does not by itself determine fault.
Incident Investigation Summaries
Incident investigation summaries linked to this inspection through OSHA's accident and injury enforcement data. These summaries describe the reported incident. The enforcement outcome for the linked inspection is in the inspection details above.
Employee is killed when struck by broken machine part
Mar 8, 1995#125081679Mar 8, 1995Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#125081679$6003 viol.3 violations$600 in penalties
Inspection #125081679
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 8, 1995
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 8, 1995
- Closed
- May 1, 1995
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 240
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 3
- Violation Types
- 1 serious, 2 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $600
- Penalties on Record
- $600
- Site Address
- 354 Liberty St, Bad Axe, MI 48413
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Violations
Violation list (3 of 3 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 4081.736 | Serious | 1 | 4 | $600 | $600 | May 1, 1995 | - | - |
| 02001 | 4081400707 | Other | 1 | 6 | $0 | $0 | Apr 12, 1995 | - | - |
| 02002 | 4081722301 | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | May 4, 1995 | - | - |
Jan 5, 1994#114860323Jan 5, 1994Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#114860323$02 viol.2 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #114860323
Dates
- Opened
- Jan 5, 1994
- Closing Conference Date
- Jan 7, 1994
- Closed
- Feb 17, 1994
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 203
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 2 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 354 Liberty St, Bad Axe, MI 48413
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Violations
Violation list (2 of 2 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 4081.11 OSHA citation code: 40810011 D | Other | 1 | 6 | $0 | $0 | Feb 11, 1994 | - | - |
| 01002 | 4081022101 | Other | 1 | 4 | $0 | $0 | Feb 11, 1994 | - | - |
Penalty amounts may differ from final amounts after settlement or judicial review. How to read these records
About these records
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OSHA's public enforcement data does not publish a "guilty" or "not guilty" field for inspections. The closest outcome fields available are the citation counts, penalty amounts, contest dates, final-order dates, and the inspection close date shown on this page. How to interpret these status fields. How initial and current penalties are recorded.
OSHA may publish multiple citation rows in the same inspection with the same standard and penalty fields. Separate rows can still differ in OSHA metadata such as citation identifier, recorded instance count, exposed workers, or gravity value. Contest and Final Order columns show citation-level dates from OSHA's enforcement record. A dash means OSHA's record does not currently show that activity for the citation.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA incident investigation data (`osha_accident` + `osha_accident_injury`). Linked via `rel_insp_nr` to the inspection activity number (exact government key). Injury, body part, source and event values are OSHA's own codes. OSHA states that these fields are not coded according to the requirements under the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS). Only the values present in the OSHA record are listed; an incident with no value that resolves in OSHA's code table shows "Injury details not recorded". Where a record covers several people, each field lists every value recorded across them.
Understanding These Penalties
The maximum penalty for a serious violation in 2025 is $16,550 per violation. For willful violations, the range is $11,823 to $165,514. The current penalty column shows the latest amount on record in OSHA's database for each citation. When the current penalty differs from the initial penalty, OSHA's records show that the amount changed during the enforcement process, but this page does not determine the specific reason for each change. Penalty amounts are set by OSHA and adjusted annually for inflation.
6 inspections, 1994 to 2013. Each row is one inspection; point at or tap a row for its dates and totals.
Source: DOL OSHA enforcement data (inspections and violations), linked via activity_nr (exact government key).
Penalty changes: Amounts shown reflect what OSHA's enforcement record publishes. The reason for any change is not stated unless OSHA's record explicitly says so.
Short cases: When a case closed soon after it opened, the closed marker is drawn slightly to the right so both markers stay visible. Each row's card shows the exact dates.