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Express Packaging Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

New Philadelphia, Ohio · Packaging and Labeling Services · NAICS 561910

3inspections
2citation items
$15,210current penalties
Oct 12, 2016last inspection

OSHA has inspected Express Packaging Inc. 3 times in Ohio since 1987.

The latest one began on Oct 12, 2016 on a referral, in Newcomerstown.

Those inspections ended with 2 citation items: 2 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $25,350 and now stand at $15,210, 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 staffing, cleaning and waste services employers since 2015 is $2,201, and Express Packaging Inc. averages $15,210 (1 cited inspection).

Express Packaging Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Express Packaging Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 1987 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341832772 OPENED OCT 12, 2016Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 260 employees at the site · Closed Mar 22, 2017

301 Enterprise Drive, Newcomerstown, OH 43832 · Packaging and Labeling Services · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$12,675$7,605Jan 31, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(a) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$12,675$7,605Jan 31, 2017Final

Inspection 103171815 OPENED MAY 28, 1987Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 200 employees at the site · Closed Jun 5, 1987

938 Cookson Avenue, New Philadelphia, OH 44663 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 100075472 OPENED APR 2, 1987Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 20 employees at the site · Closed Apr 2, 1987

938 Cookson Avenue, New Philadelphia, OH 44663 · 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 2017, the Newcomerstown site logged 14 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 294 workers: 5.1 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.7 for its industry. Those cases cost 1 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Express Packaging - Newcomerstown, Ohio
Newcomerstown · 2017
294 1415.11.7

Severe injury reports

Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.

Oct 4, 2016, Newcomerstown: Amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.

An employee was trying to correct loose taping on boxes that were on a moving machine when his right middle finger became caught in the machine's moving chain and was amputated.

The rules behind these citations

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

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.

Other packaging and labeling services employers in Ohio

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.