Inspection 346208804 OPENED SEP 9, 2022Closed
231 Ship Canal Parkway, Buffalo, NY 14218 · Custom Compounding of Purchased Resins · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
OSHA has inspected Certainteed LLC 3 times in New York since 2013.
The latest one began on Sep 9, 2022 to follow up on an earlier case, in Buffalo.
Those inspections ended with 6 citation items: 4 serious and 2 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $46,396 and now stand at $45,674, 2% lower after settlements or reviews.
Electrical equipment, general requirements comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1910.303.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Certainteed LLC averages $43,506 (1 cited inspection).
1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.
Certainteed LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
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Inspection 345683338 OPENED DEC 11, 2021Closed
231 Ship Canal Parkway, Buffalo, NY 14218 · Custom Compounding of Purchased Resins · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Dec 11, 2021 (fatal): Employee is crushed to death by machine
At 3:30 a.m. on December 11, 2021, an employee was shutting down an embossing line. The employee reached into the point of operation and got pulled in by the machine. The employee was crushed to death by the machine.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout |
Serious | $14,502 | $14,502 | Jun 7, 2022 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2 29 CFR 1910.147(d)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout |
Serious | $14,502 | $14,502 | Jun 7, 2022 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 3 29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii) · Machine guarding |
Serious | $14,502 | $14,502 | Jun 7, 2022 | Final |
Inspection 338970619 OPENED MAR 20, 2013Closed
231 Ship Canal Parkway, Buffalo, NY 14218 · Custom Compounding of Purchased Resins · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.303(b)(2) · Electrical equipment, general requirements |
Serious | $2,890 | $2,168 | Apr 16, 2013 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2a 29 CFR 1910.303(c)(3)(i) · Electrical equipment, general requirements |
Other-than-serious | $0 | $0 | Apr 16, 2013 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2b 29 CFR 1910.303(b)(7)(iv) · Electrical equipment, general requirements |
Other-than-serious | $0 | $0 | Apr 16, 2013 | Final |
Injury and illness logs
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2022, the Buffalo site logged 5 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 144 workers: 3.8 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 303 days away from work.
| Site and year | Workers | Cases | Days-away cases | Rate | Industry median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CertainTeed,LLC Buffalo · 2022 | 144 | 5 | 3 | 3.8 | 2.6 |
| CertainTeed, LLC Buffalo · 2021 | 137 | 4 | 1 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
| CertainTeed Buffalo · 2020 | 129 | 4 | 1 | 3.6 | 2.6 |
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(c)(4)(i)
(4) Energy control procedure. (i) Procedures shall be developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees are engaged in the activities covered by this section.
29 CFR 1910.147(d)(4)(i)
(4) Lockout or tagout device application. (i) Lockout or tagout devices shall be affixed to each energy isolating device by authorized employees.
29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii)
(ii) The point of operation of machines whose operation exposes an employee to injury, shall be guarded. The guarding device shall be in conformity with any appropriate standards therefor, or, in the absence of applicable specific standards, shall be so designed and constructed as to prevent the operator from having any part of his body in the danger zone during the operating cycle.
29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements
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- Corrosion Control, Inc. Auburn · 3 citations · $4,688
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- Specialty Silicone Products, Inc. Ballston Spa · 5 citations · $7,588
- Firequench Inc. New York · 3 citations · $4,850
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.