OSHA has inspected CKS Packaging, Inc. 4 times in Missouri since 2009.
The latest one began on Jun 4, 2024 on a referral, in Kansas City.
Those inspections ended with 15 citation items: 12 serious and 3 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $94,657 and now stand at $56,567, 40% lower after settlements or reviews.
Lockout/tagout comes up most often in these citations: 4 items under 1910.147.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and CKS Packaging, Inc. averages $21,783 (2 cited inspections).
CKS Packaging, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 3 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Inspection 342954450 OPENED FEB 13, 2018Closed
Referral · Partial · Safety · 170 employees at the site · Closed Jun 15, 2018
5750 East Front Street, Kansas City, MO 64120 · All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Feb 6, 2018: Employee clearing jam sustains amputation of fingertip
At 5:00 a.m. on February 6, 2018, an employee was working for a manufacturer of plastics products. He was operating a machine that produced plastic bottles. It used a die cast technique to make plastic bottles. A jam occurred and he reached into the unguarded machine to undo the jam. The tip of the index finger down to the first joint was amputated. The employee was hospitalized. hospitalized.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 |
Serious | $11,641 | $6,403 | May 14, 2018 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2 |
Serious | $4,989 | $2,744 | May 14, 2018 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 3 |
Serious | $11,641 | $8,149 | May 14, 2018 | Final |
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Kansas City site logged 4 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 136 workers: 2.1 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.6 for its industry.
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 3 reports on file.
May 29, 2024, Kansas City: Amputation · amputations involving bone loss · other finger(s) n.e.c.
An employee was adjusting parisons on a blow mold machine. They noticed a bottle stuck in the mold and reached to push it out when the molds closed on their left hand. The employee sustained amputations of the thumb and the index, middle, and ring fingers. The machine was not guarded at the time of the incident.
Feb 6, 2018, Kansas City: Amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
On February 6, 2018, an employee was attempting to remove a jammed bottle from a machine when the die closed on his right hand, partially amputating his index finger to the first joint and injuring his middle finger. The machine was not shut down at the time.
Jul 19, 2017, Kansas City: Hospitalization · fractures · heel(s)
An employee was descending a fixed ladder from the mezzanine (approximately 6.5 feet) to the ground level when she lost her footing and her grip. She attempted to jump from the ladder to avoid falling and landed hard on her feet, fracturing both heels. She then hit her head on the floor, injuring her head. She was hospitalized.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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.
