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Alpha Plastics Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Kansas City, Missouri · Plastics Bottle Manufacturing · NAICS 326160

7inspections
31citation items
$8,853current penalties
May 11, 2018last inspection

OSHA has inspected Alpha Plastics Inc. 7 times in Missouri since 1983.

The latest one began on May 11, 2018 on a referral, in Bridgeton.

Those inspections ended with 31 citation items: 8 serious and 23 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $11,753 and now stand at $8,853, 25% lower after settlements or reviews.

Hazard communication comes up most often in these citations: 6 items under 1910.1200.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Alpha Plastics Inc. averages $7,853 (1 cited inspection).

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Alpha Plastics Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 1983 to 2018
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343149415 OPENED MAY 11, 2018Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 230 employees at the site · Closed Jun 14, 2018

1555 Page Industrial Blvd, Bridgeton, MO 63044 · Plastics Bottle Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on May 9, 2018: Employee strikes head against molding machine and is hospita

At 10:00 p.m. on May 9, 2018, an employee was reaching into the AKOI 500 Blow Molding Machine to change out molds and he struck his head on the interlock guarding device. The employee was hospitalized.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
Other-than-serious$7,853$7,853May 17, 2018Final

Inspection 115995177 OPENED APR 9, 1992Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 24 employees at the site · Closed Jan 27, 1993

1720 Cherry Street, Kansas City, MO 64109 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$450$125Jun 15, 1992Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$450$125Jun 15, 1992Closed
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(5)(i) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$450$125Jun 15, 1992Closed
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$450$125Jun 15, 1992Closed
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.304(f)(5)(v) · Grounding and circuit protection
Serious$750$125Jun 15, 1992Closed
Citation 1, item 6
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$450$125Jun 15, 1992Closed
Citation 1, item 7
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$450$125Jun 15, 1992Closed
Citation 1, item 8
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$450$125Jun 15, 1992Closed
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.157(c)(4) · Portable fire extinguishers
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 15, 1992Closed
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.157(e)(2) · Portable fire extinguishers
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 15, 1992Closed
Citation 2, item 3
29 CFR 1910.157(g)(1) · Portable fire extinguishers
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 15, 1992Closed
Citation 2, item 4
29 CFR 1910.178(l) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 15, 1992Closed

Inspection 100897644 OPENED SEP 21, 1988Closed

Follow-up · Partial · Safety · 27 employees at the site · Closed Sep 21, 1988

1720 Cherry Street, Kansas City, MO 64109 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 101301299 OPENED JAN 20, 1988Closed

Follow-up · Partial · Safety · 32 employees at the site · Closed Apr 5, 1989

1720 Cherry Street, Kansas City, MO 64109 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 100539220 OPENED AUG 12, 1987Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 32 employees at the site · Closed Apr 5, 1989

1720 Cherry Street, Kansas City, MO 64109 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1) · General requirements
Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 20, 1987Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.22(a)(2) · General requirements
Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 20, 1987Closed
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.25(d)(1)(x) · Portable wood ladders
Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 20, 1987Closed
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.157(c)(4) · Portable fire extinguishers
Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 20, 1987Closed
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii) · Machine guarding
Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 20, 1987Closed
Citation 1, item 6
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(5) · Machine guarding
Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 20, 1987Closed
Citation 1, item 7
29 CFR 1910.215(a)(4) · Grinders and abrasive wheels
Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 20, 1987Closed
Citation 1, item 8
29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9) · Grinders and abrasive wheels
Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 20, 1987Closed
Citation 1, item 9
29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 20, 1987Closed
Citation 1, item 10
29 CFR 1910.219(e)(3)(i) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 20, 1987Closed
Citation 1, item 11
29 CFR 1910.304(a)(2) · Grounding and circuit protection
Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 20, 1987Closed
Citation 1, item 12
29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1) · Electrical wiring methods
Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 20, 1987Closed
Citation 1, item 13
29 CFR 1910.305(b)(2) · Electrical wiring methods
Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 20, 1987Closed
Citation 1, item 14
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 20, 1987Closed
Citation 1, item 15
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 20, 1987Closed
Citation 1, item 16
29 CFR 1910.1200(h) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 20, 1987Closed

Inspection 1555184 OPENED APR 4, 1984Closed

Planned · Records only · Safety · 25 employees at the site · Closed Apr 4, 1984

1720 Cherry, Kansas City, MO 64108 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 217632041 OPENED FEB 4, 1983Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 13 employees at the site · Closed Mar 23, 1983

41 Branch St, St Louis, MO 63147 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 11, 1983Closed
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.219(e)(3)(i) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 11, 1983Closed

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.

May 9, 2018, Bridgeton: Hospitalization · intracranial injuries, unspecified · brain

An employee was reaching into a blow molding machine when he struck his head on the interlock guarding device and collapsed. He lost consciousness.

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)

(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(g)(1)

(g) Safety data sheets. (1) Chemical manufacturers and importers shall obtain or develop a safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical they produce or import. Employers shall have a safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they use.

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.

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.157 · Portable fire extinguishers

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.215 · Grinders and abrasive wheels

29 CFR 1910.219 · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts

29 CFR 1910.22 · General requirements

29 CFR 1910.25 · Portable wood ladders

29 CFR 1910.304 · Grounding and circuit protection

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

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