M&H Crates Inc.
Outcome
M&H Crates Inc. was cited in 2024 for repeat and serious OSHA violations and fined $254,527 at its Jacksonville, Texas pallet manufacturing facility — the company's fifth OSHA inspection for the same lockout/tagout and amputation hazard categories since 2012, with prior citations in 2012, 2014, 2020, and 2022.
Details
M&H Crates Inc. — Fifth OSHA Inspection for Same Amputation Hazards Since 2012 (2024)
Outcome: M&H Crates Inc.'s Jacksonville, Texas pallet manufacturing facility was cited in 2024 for repeat lockout/tagout and machine guarding violations and fined $254,527 — the company's fifth OSHA inspection for the same amputation-risk hazard categories since 2012.
M&H Crates Inc., an employee-owned pallet manufacturer established in 1968 in Jacksonville, Texas, had accumulated an extraordinary recidivism record at its facility by the time OSHA conducted a follow-up inspection in February 2024. The company had been cited for lockout/tagout and machine guarding violations in 2012, 2014, 2020, and 2022. During each inspection cycle, OSHA found workers exposed to the same amputation-risk conditions: inadequate machine guarding, failure to properly lock out energy sources during machine servicing, forklift operators not using required seatbelts, fall hazards, and inadequate hazard control training.
The 2024 inspection found the same deficiencies persisting. OSHA proposed $254,527 in penalties and stated that the company "continues to ignore its legal responsibility to comply with federal workplace safety standards."
Primary Source: US Department of Labor finds East Texas pallet manufacturer continues to defy federal safety regulations, expose workers to amputation hazards
How Crucible Prevents This
Five OSHA inspections over twelve years for the same amputation hazard categories — 2012, 2014, 2020, 2022, 2024 — with no documented permanent correction represents one of the most extreme recidivism profiles in any industry sector. Crucible's compliance tracking applied to prior citation history would escalate this employer immediately to enhanced scrutiny, requiring third-party machine guarding audit completion and documented lockout/tagout program implementation as mandatory prerequisites before any new production work authorizations are issued.
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