Inspection 343825527 OPENED MAR 5, 2019Closed
305 W. Walnut St., Bloomdale, OH 44817 · All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
OSHA has inspected Creative Polymers, LLC 2 times in Ohio since 2017.
The latest one began on Mar 5, 2019 to follow up on an earlier case, in Bloomdale.
Those inspections ended with 15 citation items: 15 serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $39,173 and still stand at $39,173.
Working near live electrical parts comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1910.333.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Creative Polymers, LLC averages $39,173 (1 cited inspection).
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
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Inspection 342650298 OPENED SEP 20, 2017Closed
305 W. Walnut St., Bloomdale, OH 44817 · All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Sep 15, 2017: Two employees receive multiple burns while purging plastic e
At 4:15 a.m. on September 15, 2017, Employees #1, #2 and #3 had pulled out a cutting blade for a plastic extruder machine to clear it, set the blade, and purged the machine. However, the extruder had built up pressure and released hot steam onto two of the three employees . Employee #1 and Employee #2 went to the hospital with injuries to their face, necks, and arms. Employee #1 was hospitalized with third degree burns to his arms and Employee #2 was released from the hospital after treatment. No injuries or treatment were recorded for Employee #3.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1a 29 CFR 1910.132(a) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements |
Serious | $4,434 | $4,434 | Jan 17, 2018 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 1b 29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1)(i) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements |
Serious | $0 | $0 | Jan 17, 2018 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 1c 29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding |
Serious | $0 | $0 | Jan 17, 2018 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2 29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1) · Lockout/tagout |
Serious | $5,174 | $5,174 | Jan 17, 2018 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 3 29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks |
Serious | $3,696 | $3,696 | Jan 17, 2018 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 4a 29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts |
Serious | $3,696 | $3,696 | Jan 17, 2018 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 4b 29 CFR 1910.219(e)(1)(i) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts |
Serious | $0 | $0 | Jan 17, 2018 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 5 29 CFR 1910.303(b)(7)(i) · Electrical equipment, general requirements |
Serious | $2,217 | $2,217 | Jan 17, 2018 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 6 29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iv)(a) · Electrical wiring methods |
Serious | $2,217 | $2,217 | Jan 17, 2018 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 7 29 CFR 1910.305(g)(2)(iii) · Electrical wiring methods |
Serious | $2,217 | $2,217 | Jan 17, 2018 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 8a 29 CFR 1910.332(b)(1) · Training |
Serious | $5,174 | $5,174 | Jan 17, 2018 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 8b 29 CFR 1910.333(a) · Working near live electrical parts |
Serious | $0 | $0 | Jan 17, 2018 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 9a 29 CFR 1910.333(b)(2) · Working near live electrical parts |
Serious | $5,174 | $5,174 | Jan 17, 2018 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 9b 29 CFR 1910.333(b)(2)(iv) · Working near live electrical parts |
Serious | $0 | $0 | Jan 17, 2018 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 10 29 CFR 1910.335(a)(1)(i) · Safeguards for personnel protection |
Serious | $5,174 | $5,174 | Jan 17, 2018 | Final |
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.
Sep 15, 2017, Bloomdale: Hospitalization · heat (thermal) burns, unspecified · arm(s), unspecified
On September 15, 2017, an employee and a coworker were changing an extruder blade. After changing the blade, they purged the machine, which released hot water/steam that burned the employee's arms.
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(a)
(a) Application. Protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, shall be provided, used, and maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition wherever it is necessary by reason of hazards of processes or environment, chemical hazards, radiological hazards, or mechanical irritants encountered in a manner capable of causing injury or impairment in the function of any part of the body through absorption, inhalation or physical contact.
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1)(i)
(i) Select, and have each affected employee use, the types of PPE that will protect the affected employee from the hazards identified in the hazard assessment;
29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1)
(c) General—(1) Energy control program. The employer shall establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performs any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, start up or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source, and rendered inoperative.
29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding
29 CFR 1910.219 · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements
29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods
29 CFR 1910.332 · Training
29 CFR 1910.333 · Working near live electrical parts
29 CFR 1910.335 · Safeguards for personnel protection
Other all other plastics product manufacturing employers in Ohio
- Mar-Bal Inc Chagrin Falls · 25 citations · $12,127
- Deflecto, LLC. Dover · 31 citations · $74,666
- Core Molding Technologies, Inc. Columbus · 75 citations · $146,475
- Montville Plastics & Rubber, LLC Parkman · 43 citations · $42,020
- Formica Corporation Evendale · 234 citations · $506,080
- The HC Companies, Inc. Middlefield · 10 citations · $46,029
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