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Arch Polymers, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Marysville, Ohio · Custom Compounding of Purchased Resins · NAICS 325991

2inspections
10citation items
$17,468current penalties
Mar 22, 2022last inspection

Arch Polymers, Inc. has 2 OSHA inspections on record in Ohio, the first in 2021.

OSHA's last visit started on Mar 22, 2022 after a complaint, in Marysville.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 10 citation items: 9 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $34,936 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $17,468, down 50%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.147, lockout/tagout (3 items).

For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $4,500. Arch Polymers, Inc. averages $8,734 over 2 cited inspections in that time.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Arch Polymers, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2021 to 2022
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345847768 OPENED MAR 22, 2022Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 20 employees at the site · Closed Jul 17, 2022

13311 Industrial Parkway, Marysville, OH 43040 · Custom Compounding of Purchased Resins · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
OSH Act Section 5(a)(1) · General Duty Clause
 Serious$3,875$1,938Apr 11, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.28(b)(3)(ii) · Fall protection in general industry
 Serious$2,324$1,162Apr 11, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
 Serious$3,875$1,938Apr 11, 2022Final

Inspection 345681654 OPENED DEC 13, 2021Closed

Referral · Partial · Health · 21 employees at the site · Closed Jul 17, 2023

13311 Industrial Parkway, Marysville, OH 43040 · Custom Compounding of Purchased Resins · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Dec 1, 2021: Employee amputates finger in machine blade

At 7:15 a.m. on December 1, 2021, an employee and a coworker were performing maintenance on an extruder machine trying to clear a clog while the machine was not locked out or powered down. The employee placed a hand inside the blade housing to check that the clog was cleared when the blades began to spin. The employee's finger was caught by a blade and he suffered an amputation of the tip of his right pinkie finger. The employee was treated without hospitalization.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$5,801$2,900Mar 4, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(a) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$5,801$2,900Mar 4, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.147(d) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$5,801$2,900Mar 4, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 4a
29 CFR 1910.1030(c)(1)(i) · Bloodborne pathogens
 Serious$3,315$1,658Mar 4, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 4b
29 CFR 1910.1030(f)(1)(i) · Bloodborne pathogens
 Serious$0$0Mar 4, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 4c
29 CFR 1910.1030(g)(2)(i) · Bloodborne pathogens
 Serious$0$0Mar 4, 2022Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2) · Reporting deaths and severe injuries
 Other-than-serious$4,144$2,072Mar 4, 2022Final

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.

Dec 1, 2021, Marysville: Amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)

A pelletizer machine had malfunctioned and been turned off. An employee was checking for a clog when the machine started up; its blade amputated the employee's right little fingertip.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1904.39 · Reporting deaths and severe injuries

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2)

(2) Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA.

29 CFR 1910.1030 · Bloodborne pathogens

29 CFR 1910.1030(c)(1)(i)

(c) Exposure control—(1) Exposure Control Plan. (i) Each employer having an employee(s) with occupational exposure as defined by paragraph (b) of this section shall establish a written Exposure Control Plan designed to eliminate or minimize employee exposure.

29 CFR 1910.1030(f)(1)(i)

(f) Hepatitis B vaccination and post-exposure evaluation and follow-up—(1) General. (i) The employer shall make available the hepatitis B vaccine and vaccination series to all employees who have occupational exposure, and post-exposure evaluation and follow-up to all employees who have had an exposure incident.

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.28 · Fall protection in general industry

OSH Act Section 5 · General Duty Clause

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