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Dedicated Converting Group: OSHA inspections and violations

Plainwell, Michigan · All Other Converted Paper Product Manufacturing · NAICS 322299

2inspections
4citation items
$1,550current penalties
Jun 30, 2016last inspection

OSHA has inspected Dedicated Converting Group 2 times in Michigan since 2007.

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

Those inspections ended with 4 citation items: 2 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $3,100 and now stand at $1,550, 50% lower after settlements or reviews.

Lockout/tagout comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.147.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Dedicated Converting Group averages $1,550 (1 cited inspection).

Dedicated Converting Group: OSHA citation items per year, 2007 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341567980 OPENED JUN 30, 2016Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 12 employees at the site · Closed Sep 14, 2016

155 10th St, Plainwell, MI 49080 · Paperboard Mills · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$2,100$1,050Aug 19, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(a) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$0$0Aug 19, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 408.22139(2)(B)(I)
 Other-than-serious$1,000$500Aug 19, 2016Final

Inspection 308840925 OPENED OCT 30, 2007Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 12 employees at the site · Closed Jan 30, 2008

155 10th Street, Plainwell, MI 49080 · All Other Converted Paper Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
 Other-than-serious$0$0Dec 17, 2007Closed

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)

(e) Written hazard communication program. (1) Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i)

(4) Energy control procedure. (i) Procedures shall be developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees are engaged in the activities covered by this section.

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(a)

(A) Each authorized employee shall receive training in the recognition of applicable hazardous energy sources, the type and magnitude of the energy available in the workplace, and the methods and means necessary for energy isolation and control.

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