OSHA has inspected Dunn Paper LLC once in Connecticut.
The inspection began on Feb 4, 2015 as a planned inspection, in East Hartford.
That inspection ended with 4 citation items: 4 serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $11,200 and now stand at $7,840, 30% lower after settlements or reviews.
Machine guarding comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.212.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Dunn Paper LLC averages $7,840 (1 cited inspection).
Dunn Paper LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
Connecticut · latest 90 days of OSHA records
84employers cited
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From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2017, the East Hartford site logged 8 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 65 workers: 12.3 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.9 for its industry. Those cases cost 59 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Dunn Paper
East Hartford · 2017
65
8
1
12.3
1.9
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(2) General requirements for machine guards. Guards shall be affixed to the machine where possible and secured elsewhere if for any reason attachment to the machine is not possible. The guard shall be such that it does not offer an accident hazard in itself.
29 CFR 1910.212(b)
(b) Anchoring fixed machinery. Machines designed for a fixed location shall be securely anchored to prevent walking or moving.
(9) Exposure adjustment. Safety guards of the types described in subparagraphs (3) and (4) of this paragraph, where the operator stands in front of the opening, shall be constructed so that the peripheral protecting member can be adjusted to the constantly decreasing diameter of the wheel. The maximum angular exposure above the horizontal plane of the wheel spindle as specified in paragraphs (b) (3) and (4) of this section shall never be exceeded, and the distance between the wheel periphery and the adjustable tongue or the end of the peripheral member at the top shall never exceed one-fourth inch. (See Figures O-18, O-19, O-20, O-21, O-22, and O-23.)
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.
