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Flex Seals Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

Albertville, Minnesota · All Other Rubber Product Manufacturing · NAICS 326299

1inspections
4citation items
$1,050current penalties
Apr 20, 2023last inspection

OSHA inspectors have visited Flex Seals Inc in Minnesota one time.

It opened on Apr 20, 2023 as a planned inspection, in Albertville.

In all, OSHA issued 4 citation items: 2 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $1,500; today they stand at $1,050, 30% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.157 (portable fire extinguishers), 2 times.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $4,500 penalty. Flex Seals Inc averages $1,050 across 1 cited inspection.

Flex Seals Inc: OSHA citation items per year, 2023 to 2023
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 346647076 OPENED APR 20, 2023Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 15 employees at the site · Closed Oct 4, 2023

6551 Jansen Ave Ne, Albertville, MN 55301 · All Other Rubber Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8) · Hazard communication
 Serious$600$420Sep 22, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 2 Serious$600$420Sep 22, 2023Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.157(e)(2) · Portable fire extinguishers
 Other-than-serious$150$105Sep 22, 2023Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.157(e)(3) · Portable fire extinguishers
 Other-than-serious$150$105Sep 22, 2023Final

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(g)(8)

(8) The employer shall maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and shall ensure that they are readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they are in their work area(s). (Electronic access and other alternatives to maintaining paper copies of the safety data sheets are permitted as long as no barriers to immediate employee access in each workplace are created by such options.)

29 CFR 1910.157 · Portable fire extinguishers

29 CFR 1910.157(e)(2)

(2) Portable extinguishers or hose used in lieu thereof under paragraph (d)(3) of this section shall be visually inspected monthly.

29 CFR 1910.157(e)(3)

(3) The employer shall assure that portable fire extinguishers are subjected to an annual maintenance check. Stored pressure extinguishers do not require an internal examination. The employer shall record the annual maintenance date and retain this record for one year after the last entry or the life of the shell, whichever is less. The record shall be available to the Assistant Secretary upon request.

29 CFR 5205.116

Other all other rubber product manufacturing employers in Minnesota

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