Findings rest on inspector logs, maintenance records, and sworn statements — never the plant's self-reporting alone.
Every exhibit is timestamped and cross-referenced from the original incident report to the final citation.
The mandate matches the hazard: engineering controls first, a shutdown only where controls cannot hold.
This review and its corrective mandate become part of the public compliance record on the day it is served.
Nine reportable incidents in fourteen months, three lost-time injuries, and one hand-crush injury requiring surgery.
A hand-crush injury is not a statistic to the worker who lost function in three fingers — and it is not a one-off; it is what a bypassed interlock does when a press keeps cycling on schedule.
Every week the interlocks stay defeated, six presses and roughly 340 workers on Line 3 carry the same exposure.
Nine reportable incidents across fourteen months, concentrated on the Line 3 stamping press. The interim guard order issued in September is the only period the count actually falls.
Formal citation issued for bypassed interlocks; the notice is posted on Line 3 within 24 hours.
Plant engineering retrofits guarding and interlocks to the mandate's tamper-evident specification.
All 340 Line 3 workers recertify on lockout/tagout before floor access resumes.
An independent third-party auditor inspects every retrofitted press against the mandate.
The Bureau closes the case and certifies the plant for standard-speed changeover.
Fourteen months, Line 3 stamping press, all traced to defeated interlocks.
Guarding interlocks bypassed for changeover speed — confirmed by maintenance logs and interviews.
Every one of them carries this exposure until the retrofit and retraining are certified complete.
I logged the override nineteen times. Nobody above me would sign the change order to fix it — the press was faster with the guard defeated, and faster was what got measured.
Phased retrofit, full retraining, independent verification. No shutdown, no layoffs — and no further changeover at the expense of a guard.
Formal citation posted on Line 3; production continues under the interim guard order.
All 340 Line 3 workers recertified on lockout/tagout before floor access resumes.
Independent audit certifies all six presses; the Bureau closes Case WS-2026-0417.