Music instrument maker cited for repeat violations after amputation
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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Wednesday it cited an Ohio music instrument manufacturer after a worker’s finger was partially amputated in July 2023.
OSHA cited East Lake-based Conn-Selmer Inc. after the workplace injury, which occurred while the employee was working with a machine used to manufacture sousaphones.
OSHA issued a citation for three repeat violations and three serious violations and proposed $273,447 in penalties. Conn-Selmer has 15 business days to contest the citation and penalties.
This was the sixth amputation injury reported at the facility in the past eight years, OSHA stated. Investigators found Conn-Selmer employees were injured at four times the industry average rate in the past five years.
OSHA placed the company in the agency’s Severe Violator Enforcement Program.
Conn-Selmer, a subsidiary of Steinway Musical Instruments Inc., manufactures and distributes instruments for students, amateurs and professionals, and also has facilities in Indiana and North Carolina.
