A&E Plastics, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations
Elgin, Illinois · All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · NAICS 326199
3inspections
9citation items
$12,128current penalties
Jun 6, 2017last inspection
OSHA has inspected A&E Plastics, LLC 3 times in Illinois since 2005.
The latest one began on Jun 6, 2017 on a referral, in Elgin.
Those inspections ended with 9 citation items: 9 serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $13,523 and now stand at $12,128, 10% lower after settlements or reviews.
Exit routes comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.37.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and A&E Plastics, LLC averages $8,873 (1 cited inspection).
A&E Plastics, LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
Illinois · latest 90 days of OSHA records
413employers cited
2 of them in the same industry
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Incident on Jun 1, 2017: Employee's fingertip is amputated during operation of plasti
At 6:00 p.m. on June 1, 2017, an employee was operating a plastic injection molding machine. As the employee reached into the machine with his right hand to retrieve a part from the tooling, the flap on the machine's tool closed, catching the employee's hand. The tip of his right thumb was amputated, which he was hospitalized and received treatment.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2018, the Elgin site logged 2 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 29 workers: 7.3 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 28 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
A&E Plastics, LLC
Elgin · 2018
29
2
2
7.3
2.6
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.
Jun 1, 2017, Elgin: Amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)
An employee was operating a plastic injection molding machine and attempting to retrieve a part when a flap on the machine's tool closed on and amputated her left thumb tip.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(e) Written hazard communication program. (1) Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)
(h) Post-mortem data: Increased incidence and/or severity of post-mortem findings may be indicative of maternal toxicity. This can include gross or microscopic pathological findings or organ weight data, including absolute organ weight, organ-to-body weight ratio, or organ-to-brain weight ratio. When supported by findings of adverse histopathological effects in the affected organ(s), the observation of a significant change in the average weight of suspected target organ(s) of treated dams (mothers), compared to those in the control group, may be considered evidence of maternal toxicity.
(a) Machine guarding—(1) Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks. Examples of guarding methods are—barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices, electronic safety devices, etc.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.
