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Efp, LLC.: OSHA inspections and violations

Elkhart, Indiana · Polystyrene Foam Product Manufacturing · NAICS 326140

4inspections
13citation items
$6,670current penalties
Sep 5, 2023last inspection

OSHA has inspected Efp, LLC. 4 times in Indiana since 1981.

The latest one began on Sep 5, 2023 after a complaint, in Elkhart.

Those inspections ended with 13 citation items: 8 serious and 5 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $14,400 and now stand at $6,670, 54% lower after settlements or reviews.

Grinders and abrasive wheels comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1910.215.

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

Efp, LLC. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Efp, LLC.: OSHA citation items per year, 1981 to 2023
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 346956857 OPENED SEP 5, 2023Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 115 employees at the site · Closed Feb 14, 2025

223 Middleton Run Road, Elkhart, IN 46516 · Polystyrene Foam Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 22.8(1)(1)(SEC2)
Other-than-serious$2,250$2,250Nov 16, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
Other-than-serious$2,250$2,250Nov 16, 2023Final

Inspection 124011651 OPENED FEB 15, 2000Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 131 employees at the site · Closed Jul 26, 2000

223 Middleton Run Rd, Elkhart, IN 46516 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4) · Permit-required confined spaces
Serious$1,350$100Jun 13, 2000Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$1,350$560Jun 13, 2000Closed
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
Serious$1,800$750Jun 13, 2000Closed
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9) · Grinders and abrasive wheels
Serious$1,350$560Jun 13, 2000Closed
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.215(d)(1) · Grinders and abrasive wheels
Serious$1,350$0Jun 13, 2000Closed
Citation 1, item 6a
29 CFR 1910.305(a)(2)(i) · Electrical wiring methods
Serious$1,350$100Jun 13, 2000Closed
Citation 1, item 6b
29 CFR 1910.305(a)(2)(iiig) · Electrical wiring methods
Serious$0$0Jun 13, 2000Closed
Citation 1, item 7
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$1,350$100Jun 13, 2000Closed
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.37(q)(6) · Exit routes
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 13, 2000Closed

Inspection 2732188 OPENED MAR 12, 1985Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 155 employees at the site · Closed Apr 23, 1985

223 Middleton Run Road, Elkhart, IN 46516 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9) · Grinders and abrasive wheels
Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 18, 1985Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.219(f)(3) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 18, 1985Closed

Inspection 215360132 OPENED JAN 27, 1981Closed

Complaint · Complete · Safety · 110 employees at the site · Closed Feb 5, 1981

223 Middleton Run Road, Elkhart, IN 46514 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2020, the Elkhart site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 100 workers: 30.8 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.3 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Efp
Elkhart · 2020
100 1030.82.3
EFP Elkhart
Elkhart · 2018
83 202.82.6

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 1910.146 · Permit-required confined spaces

29 CFR 1910.146(c)(4)

(4) If the employer decides that its employees will enter permit spaces, the employer shall develop and implement a written permit space program that complies with this section. The written program shall be available for inspection by employees and their authorized representatives.

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 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.215 · Grinders and abrasive wheels

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

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

29 CFR 1910.37 · Exit routes

Other polystyrene foam product manufacturing employers in Indiana

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