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Closed Loop Plastic Recycling: OSHA inspections and violations

Fostoria, Ohio · Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers · NAICS 423930

1inspections
7citation items
$18,556current penalties
Aug 1, 2024last inspection

Closed Loop Plastic Recycling has one OSHA inspection on record in Ohio.

OSHA opened it on Aug 1, 2024 on a referral, in Fostoria.

From that inspection OSHA issued 7 citation items: 6 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $64,528 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $18,556, down 71%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.146, permit-required confined spaces (3 items).

For context, across all wholesale employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,425. Closed Loop Plastic Recycling averages $18,556 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Closed Loop Plastic Recycling: OSHA citation items per year, 2024 to 2024
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 347662777 OPENED AUG 1, 2024Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 36 employees at the site · Closed Nov 18, 2025

1150 State Street, Fostoria, OH 44830 · Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.132(f)(1) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Serious$0$3,230Dec 23, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(2) · Permit-required confined spaces
 Serious$11,524$4,034Dec 23, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4) · Permit-required confined spaces
 Serious$0$0Dec 23, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 2c
29 CFR 1910.146(g)(1) · Permit-required confined spaces
 Serious$11,524$0Dec 23, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$16,131$5,646Dec 23, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(2)(ii) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$16,131$5,646Dec 23, 2024Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Other-than-serious$9,218$0Dec 23, 2024Final

Severe injury reports

Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.

Jul 23, 2024, Fostoria: Amputation · amputations involving bone loss · toes(s), toenail(s)

On July 23, 2024, around 12:00 PM, an employee was on a ladder trying to remove a jam from the rolling blades on a machine. The employee fell off the ladder and their left foot was wedged in the rolling blades resulting in amputation of the middle toe. The blades were not locked out/tagged out at the time.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1)

(d) Hazard assessment and equipment selection. (1) The employer shall assess the workplace to determine if hazards are present, or are likely to be present, which necessitate the use of personal protective equipment (PPE). If such hazards are present, or likely to be present, the employer shall:

29 CFR 1910.132(f)(1)

(f) Training. (1) The employer shall provide training to each employee who is required by this section to use PPE. Each such employee shall be trained to know at least the following:

29 CFR 1910.146 · Permit-required confined spaces

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(2)

(2) If the workplace contains permit spaces, the employer shall inform exposed employees, by posting danger signs or by any other equally effective means, of the existence and location of and the danger posed by the permit spaces.

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

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