OSHA has inspected DFW Plastics, Inc. 2 times in Texas since 2025.
The latest one began on Mar 11, 2025 on a referral, in Saginaw.
Those inspections ended with 3 citation items: 3 serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $40,431 and now stand at $24,259, 40% 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 DFW Plastics, Inc. averages $12,129 (2 cited inspections).
DFW Plastics, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 2 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
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Watch this company901 East Industrial Avenue, Saginaw, TX 76131 · All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout |
Serious | $14,895 | $8,937 | Jul 9, 2025 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2 29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7) · Lockout/tagout |
Serious | $10,641 | $6,385 | Jul 9, 2025 | Final |
901 East Industrial Avenue, Saginaw, TX 76131 · All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii) · Machine guarding |
Serious | $14,895 | $8,937 | Jul 9, 2025 | Final |
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Saginaw site logged 7 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 262 workers: 2.5 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 68 days away from work.
| Site and year | Workers | Cases | Days-away cases | Rate | Industry median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DFW Plastics, Inc Saginaw · 2025 | 262 | 7 | 2 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 2 reports on file.
Mar 7, 2025, Saginaw: Amputation · amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified · finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
An employee was operating an extruder when his hand went into the top opening of the extruder above the blades and his ring and middle fingertips were amputated.
Feb 27, 2025, Saginaw: Hospitalization · fractures · arm(s) unspecified
On 2/27/2025, at 11:55 AM, an employee was changing an insert plate on a hydraulic compression mold. The employee reached under the top mold and his head contacted the the hydraulic lever, causing the top to come down on the employee's arm. The employee required surgery to set the broken bone.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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 1910.212(a)(3)(ii)
(ii) The point of operation of machines whose operation exposes an employee to injury, shall be guarded. The guarding device shall be in conformity with any appropriate standards therefor, or, in the absence of applicable specific standards, shall be so designed and constructed as to prevent the operator from having any part of his body in the danger zone during the operating cycle.
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