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Durable Corporation: OSHA inspections and violations

Norwalk, Ohio · All Other Rubber Product Manufacturing · NAICS 326299

2inspections
19citation items
$50,000current penalties
Oct 13, 2021last inspection

Durable Corporation has 2 OSHA inspections on record in Ohio, the first in 2021.

OSHA's last visit started on Oct 13, 2021 after a complaint, in Norwalk.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 19 citation items: 19 serious.

OSHA proposed $131,967 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $50,000, down 62%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.305, electrical wiring methods (3 items).

For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $4,500. Durable Corporation averages $25,000 over 2 cited inspections in that time.

Durable Corporation also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Durable Corporation: OSHA citation items per year, 2021 to 2021
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345576987 OPENED OCT 13, 2021Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 39 employees at the site · Closed May 3, 2022

75 North Pleasant Street, Norwalk, OH 44857 · All Other Rubber Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1 Serious$10,151$4,545Mar 24, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.253(b)(2)(ii) · Gas welding and cutting
Serious$10,151$4,545Mar 24, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$10,151$4,545Mar 24, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6)(ii) · Hazard communication
Serious$0$0Mar 24, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 3c
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$0$0Mar 24, 2022Final

Inspection 345580187 OPENED OCT 13, 2021Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 39 employees at the site · Closed May 3, 2022

75 North Pleasant Street, Norwalk, OH 44857 · All Other Rubber Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.30(a)(1) · Training requirements
Serious$10,151$4,545Mar 23, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$10,151$4,545Mar 23, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.176(b) · Material storage and aisles
Serious$7,252$4,545Mar 23, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 4a
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(3)(i)(a) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
Serious$10,151$4,545Mar 23, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 4b
29 CFR 1910.178(m)(5)(i) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
Serious$0$0Mar 23, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii) · Machine guarding
Serious$10,151$4,545Mar 23, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 6a
29 CFR 1910.217(b)(4)(i) · Mechanical power presses
Serious$10,151$4,545Mar 23, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 6b
29 CFR 1910.217(c)(1)(i) · Mechanical power presses
Serious$10,151$0Mar 23, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 6c
29 CFR 1910.219(b)(1) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
Serious$10,151$0Mar 23, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 6d
29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(ii) · Electrical wiring methods
Serious$5,801$0Mar 23, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 9a
29 CFR 1910.303(b)(2) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
Serious$8,702$4,545Mar 23, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 9b
29 CFR 1910.305(a)(2)(i) · Electrical wiring methods
Serious$0$0Mar 23, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 9c
29 CFR 1910.305(a)(2)(x) · Electrical wiring methods
Serious$0$0Mar 23, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 10
29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
Serious$8,702$4,550Mar 23, 2022Final

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 Norwalk site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 37 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.9 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Durable Corp
Norwalk · 2025
37 000.02.9
Durable Corporation
Norwalk · 2023
43 000.02.9

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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 1910.1200(f)(6)(ii)

(ii) Product identifier and words, pictures, symbols, or combination thereof, which provide at least general information regarding the hazards of the chemicals, and which, in conjunction with the other information immediately available to employees under the hazard communication program, will provide employees with the specific information regarding the physical and health hazards of the hazardous chemical.

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1)

(h) Employee information and training. (1) Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and safety data sheets.

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.176 · Material storage and aisles

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.217 · Mechanical power presses

29 CFR 1910.219 · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts

29 CFR 1910.253 · Gas welding and cutting

29 CFR 1910.30 · Training requirements

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

29 CFR 1910.95 · Noise

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