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Alpla Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

West Bend, Wisconsin · Plastics Bottle Manufacturing · NAICS 326160

1inspections
3citation items
$10,200current penalties
Mar 29, 2023last inspection

OSHA has inspected Alpla Inc. once in Wisconsin.

The inspection began on Mar 29, 2023 after a complaint, in West Bend.

That inspection ended with 3 citation items: 2 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $17,078 and now stand at $10,200, 40% lower after settlements or reviews.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Alpla Inc. averages $10,200 (1 cited inspection).

Alpla Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Alpla Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2023 to 2023
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 346596448 OPENED MAR 29, 2023Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 55 employees at the site · Closed Oct 31, 2023

825 Rail Way, West Bend, WI 53095 · Plastics Bottle Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1 Serious$8,539$5,100Aug 11, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
 Serious$8,539$5,100Aug 11, 2023Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.303(c)(3)(i) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
 Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 11, 2023Final

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2021, the West Bend site logged 2 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 36 workers: 4.9 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.6 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
ALPLA - West Bend
West Bend · 2021
36 204.92.6

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.147(a)(2)(ii)(b)

(B) An employee is required to place any part of his or her body into an area on a machine or piece of equipment where work is actually performed upon the material being processed (point of operation) or where an associated danger zone exists during a machine operating cycle.

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1)

(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.

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.303(c)(3)(i)

(3) Splices. (i) Conductors shall be spliced or joined with splicing devices identified for the use or by brazing, welding, or soldering with a fusible metal or alloy. Soldered splices shall first be spliced or joined to be mechanically and electrically secure without solder and then soldered. All splices and joints and the free ends of conductors shall be covered with an insulation equivalent to that of the conductors or with an insulating device identified for the purpose.

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