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Berry Plastic: OSHA inspections and violations

Calhoun, Georgia · Unlaminated Plastics Film and Sheet (except Packaging) Manufacturing · NAICS 326113

1inspections
3citation items
$3,500current penalties
Apr 22, 2015last inspection

OSHA inspectors have visited Berry Plastic in Georgia one time.

It opened on Apr 22, 2015, in Calhoun.

In all, OSHA issued 3 citation items: 1 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $5,000; today they stand at $3,500, 30% less.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $4,500 penalty. Berry Plastic averages $3,500 across 1 cited inspection.

Berry Plastic: OSHA citation items per year, 2015 to 2015
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 340587732 OPENED APR 22, 2015Closed

Unprogrammed other · Complete · Health · 16,000 employees at the site · Closed Sep 3, 2015

1655 Hwy 41, Calhoun, GA 30701 · Unlaminated Plastics Film and Sheet (except Packaging) Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.36(d)(1) · Exit route design
 Serious$5,000$3,500Jul 29, 2015Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1)(ii) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jul 29, 2015Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5)(ii) · Hazard communication
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jul 29, 2015Final

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(f)(5)(ii)

(ii) The label for bulk shipments of hazardous chemicals must be on the immediate container, transmitted with the shipping papers or the bills of lading, or, with the agreement of the receiving entity, transmitted by technological or electronic means so that it is immediately available to workers in printed form on the receiving end of shipment.

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1)(ii)

(ii) Working space required by this standard may not be used for storage. When normally enclosed live parts are exposed for inspection or servicing, the working space, if in a passageway or general open space, shall be suitably guarded.

29 CFR 1910.36 · Exit route design

29 CFR 1910.36(d)(1)

(d) An exit door must be unlocked. (1) Employees must be able to open an exit route door from the inside at all times without keys, tools, or special knowledge. A device such as a panic bar that locks only from the outside is permitted on exit discharge doors.

Other unlaminated plastics film and sheet (except packaging) manufacturing employers in Georgia

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