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Aurora Plastics, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Welcome, North Carolina · Custom Compounding of Purchased Resins · NAICS 325991

3inspections
18citation items
$36,884current penalties
Aug 6, 2024last inspection

Aurora Plastics, LLC has 3 OSHA inspections on record in North Carolina, the first in 2006.

OSHA's last visit started on Aug 6, 2024 as a planned inspection, in Welcome.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 18 citation items: 9 serious and 9 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $36,884 in penalties and the amount has not been reduced.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.147, lockout/tagout (7 items).

For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $4,500. Aurora Plastics, LLC averages $36,634 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

Aurora Plastics, LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Aurora Plastics, LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2006 to 2024
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 347671711 OPENED AUG 6, 2024Closed

Planned · Complete · Health · 15 employees at the site · Closed Mar 6, 2025

180 Welcome Center Boulevard, Welcome, NC 27374 · Custom Compounding of Purchased Resins · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$14,517$14,517Nov 26, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 1b Serious$0$0Nov 26, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$0$0Nov 26, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 1d
29 CFR 1910.147(f)(3)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$0$0Nov 26, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Other-than-serious$14,517$14,517Nov 26, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(iv) · Lockout/tagout
 Other-than-serious$0$0Nov 26, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$5,200$5,200Nov 26, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(i) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$0$0Nov 26, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 3c
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(6) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$0$0Nov 26, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.242(b) · Hand and power tools
 Serious$2,400$2,400Nov 26, 2024Final
Citation 2, item 2 Other-than-serious$0$0Nov 26, 2024Final
Citation 2, item 4
29 CFR 1910.334(a)(2)(ii) · Using electrical equipment
 Other-than-serious$0$0Nov 26, 2024Final
Citation 2, item 5
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6)(ii) · Hazard communication
 Other-than-serious$0$0Nov 26, 2024Final

Inspection 316975564 OPENED FEB 20, 2013Closed

Planned · Complete · Health · 12 employees at the site · Closed Mar 20, 2013

180 Welcome Center Boulevard, Welcome, NC 27374 · Custom Compounding of Purchased Resins · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.304(g)(5) · Grounding and circuit protection
 Serious$250$250Feb 27, 2013Closed
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.212(b) · Machine guarding
 Other-than-serious$0$0Feb 27, 2013Closed

Inspection 310398888 OPENED DEC 11, 2006Closed

Planned · Complete · Health · 14 employees at the site · Closed Feb 23, 2007

180 Welcome Center Boulevard, Welcome, NC 27374 · Custom Compounding of Purchased Resins · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1) · Respiratory protection
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 17, 2007Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1) · Respiratory protection
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 17, 2007Closed
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.1017(d)(1) · Vinyl chloride
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 17, 2007Closed

Injury and illness logs

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

In 2024, the Welcome site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 17 workers: 6.7 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.6 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
North Carolina Plant
Welcome · 2024
17 106.71.6

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1017 · Vinyl chloride

29 CFR 1910.1017(d)(1)

(d) Monitoring. (1) A program of initial monitoring and measurement shall be undertaken in each establishment to determine if there is any employee exposed, without regard to the use of respirators, in excess of the action level.

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6)(ii)

(ii) Product identifier and words, pictures, symbols, or combination thereof, which provide at least general information regarding the hazards of the chemicals, and which, in conjunction with the other information immediately available to employees under the hazard communication program, will provide employees with the specific information regarding the physical and health hazards of the hazardous chemical.

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)

(1) The test instrument must have an effective audio-warning device, or a visual-warning device in the form of a screen tracing, that indicates when the test subject fails to hold his or her breath during the test. The test must be terminated and restarted from the beginning when the test subject fails to hold his or her breath during the test. The test subject then may be refitted and retested.

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.242 · Hand and power tools

29 CFR 1910.304 · Grounding and circuit protection

29 CFR 1910.334 · Using electrical equipment

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