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Chemiplastica, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Florence, Massachusetts · Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing · NAICS 325211

2inspections
12citation items
$31,342current penalties
Jun 30, 2016last inspection

OSHA has inspected Chemiplastica, Inc. 2 times in Massachusetts since 2014.

The latest one began on Jun 30, 2016 after a complaint, in Florence.

Those inspections ended with 12 citation items: 10 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $60,485 and now stand at $31,342, 48% lower after settlements or reviews.

Process safety management comes up most often in these citations: 5 items under 1910.119.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Chemiplastica, Inc. averages $25,342 (1 cited inspection).

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

Chemiplastica, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2014 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341590651 OPENED JUN 30, 2016Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 26 employees at the site · Closed Dec 11, 2018

238 Nonotuck St, Florence, MA 01062 · Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.119(d)(3)(i)(a) · Process safety management
 Serious$6,057$3,028Dec 22, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.119(d)(3)(i)(b) · Process safety management
 Serious$0$0Dec 22, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.119(e)(3)(vii) · Process safety management
 Serious$6,057$3,028Dec 22, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.119(e)(5) · Process safety management
 Serious$0$0Dec 22, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.119(j)(4)(i) · Process safety management
 Serious$12,471$6,236Dec 22, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.132(a) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Serious$12,471$6,236Dec 22, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(1) · Permit-required confined spaces
 Serious$7,572$3,786Dec 22, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 6
29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(ii) · Electrical wiring methods
 Serious$6,057$3,028Dec 22, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.1048(d)(2) · Formaldehyde
 Other-than-serious$0$0Dec 22, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.134(d)(3)(iii)(b)(2) · Respiratory protection
 Other-than-serious$0$0Dec 22, 2016Final

Inspection 340017359 OPENED OCT 17, 2014Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 28 employees at the site · Closed Feb 10, 2015

238 Nonotuck St, Florence, MA 01062 · Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$4,900$3,000Dec 16, 2014Final
Citation 1, item 2 Serious$4,900$3,000Dec 16, 2014Final

Injury and illness logs

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

In 2017, the Florence site logged 7 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 29 workers: 22.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.1 for its industry. Those cases cost 170 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Chemiplastica Inc
Florence · 2017
29 7622.01.1

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1048 · Formaldehyde

29 CFR 1910.1048(d)(2)

(2) Initial monitoring. The employer shall identify all employees who may be exposed at or above the action level or at or above the STEL and accurately determine the exposure of each employee so identified.

29 CFR 1910.119 · Process safety management

29 CFR 1910.119(d)(3)(i)(a)

(A) Materials of construction;

29 CFR 1910.119(d)(3)(i)(b)

(B) Piping and instrument diagrams (P&ID's);

29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.146 · Permit-required confined spaces

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

Other plastics material and resin manufacturing employers in Massachusetts

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