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Closed Loop Recycling: OSHA inspections and violations

Saint Louis, Missouri · Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers · NAICS 423930

1inspections
5citation items
$10,145current penalties
Mar 19, 2019last inspection

OSHA has inspected Closed Loop Recycling once in Missouri.

The inspection began on Mar 19, 2019 after a complaint, in Saint Louis.

That inspection ended with 5 citation items: 4 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $16,908 and now stand at $10,145, 40% lower after settlements or reviews.

Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.178.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for wholesale employers since 2015 is $3,427, and Closed Loop Recycling averages $10,145 (1 cited inspection).

Closed Loop Recycling also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Closed Loop Recycling: OSHA citation items per year, 2019 to 2019
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343861738 OPENED MAR 19, 2019Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 25 employees at the site · Closed Jun 22, 2020

5555 Manchester Ave, Saint Louis, MO 63110 · Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.178(p)(1) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$5,636$3,382Jun 19, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.178(q)(7) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$0$0Jun 19, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 2 Serious$5,636$3,382Jun 19, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.303(b)(7)(iv) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
 Serious$5,636$3,382Jun 19, 2019Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.1020(g)(1) · Access to employee exposure and medical records
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 19, 2019Final

Injury and illness logs

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

In 2025, the Saint Louis site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 31 workers: 3.2 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.8 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Closed Loop Recycling
Saint Louis · 2025
31 103.22.8
5555 Manchester Ave STL
Saint Louis · 2019
30 206.61.0

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1020 · Access to employee exposure and medical records

29 CFR 1910.1020(g)(1)

(g) Employee information. (1) Upon an employee's first entering into employment, and at least annually thereafter, each employer shall inform current employees covered by this section of the following:

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(ii)(b)

(B) Specific procedural steps for shutting down, isolating, blocking and securing machines or equipment to control hazardous energy;

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.178(p)(1)

(p) Operation of the truck. (1) If at any time a powered industrial truck is found to be in need of repair, defective, or in any way unsafe, the truck shall be taken out of service until it has been restored to safe operating condition.

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

Other recyclable material merchant wholesalers employers in Missouri

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