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Flexo Transparent, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Buffalo, New York · Plastics Bag and Pouch Manufacturing · NAICS 326111

9inspections
15citation items
$8,210current penalties
Aug 23, 2018last inspection

Flexo Transparent, Inc. has 9 OSHA inspections on record in New York, the first in 1981.

OSHA's last visit started on Aug 23, 2018 to follow up on an earlier case, in Buffalo.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 15 citation items: 4 serious and 11 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $13,724 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $8,210, down 40%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.20, (4 items).

For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $4,500. Flexo Transparent, Inc. averages $8,000 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

Flexo Transparent, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Flexo Transparent, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 1981 to 2018
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343417531 OPENED AUG 23, 2018Closed

Follow-up · Partial · Safety · 118 employees at the site · Closed Aug 30, 2018

28 Wasson St, Buffalo, NY 14210 · Plastics Bag and Pouch Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 342759289 OPENED NOV 7, 2017Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 118 employees at the site · Closed Feb 22, 2018

28 Wasson St., Buffalo, NY 14240 · Plastics Bag and Pouch Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.28(b)(1)(i) · Fall protection in general industry
Serious$8,315$5,000Jan 18, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(a) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$4,989$3,000Jan 18, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.147(d)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$0$0Jan 18, 2018Final

Inspection 309505485 OPENED DEC 29, 2005Closed

Planned · Complete · Health · 95 employees at the site · Closed Jan 11, 2006

28 Wasson Street, Buffalo, NY 14206 · Plastics Packaging Film and Sheet (including Laminated) Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 106912942 OPENED MAR 23, 1990Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 84 employees at the site · Closed May 14, 1990

28 Wasson Street, Buffalo, NY 14206 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.219(f)(3) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
Serious$420$210Apr 13, 1990Closed
Citation 2, item 1 Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 13, 1990Closed
Citation 2, item 2 Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 13, 1990Closed
Citation 2, item 3 Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 13, 1990Closed
Citation 2, item 4 Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 13, 1990Closed

Inspection 100521269 OPENED JUN 1, 1987Closed

Monitoring · Partial · Safety · 81 employees at the site · Closed Jun 1, 1987

28 Wasson Street, Buffalo, NY 14210 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 17614801 OPENED MAR 16, 1987Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 81 employees at the site · Closed Jun 25, 1987

28 Wasson Street, Buffalo, NY 14210 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1904.7 · General recording criteria
Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 24, 1987Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.303(b)(2)(i) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 24, 1987Closed
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 24, 1987Closed
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(4)(i) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 24, 1987Closed
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 24, 1987Closed

Inspection 17816745 OPENED APR 11, 1986Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 85 employees at the site · Closed May 9, 1986

28 Wasson St., Buffalo, NY 14210 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1 Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 17, 1986Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.141(g)(3) · Sanitation
Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 17, 1986Closed

Inspection 10822005 OPENED DEC 14, 1982Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 70 employees at the site · Closed Dec 15, 1982

28 Wasson St, Buffalo, NY 14210 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

1 older inspection

Inspection 10828002 OPENED JUL 1, 1981Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 60 employees at the site · Closed Jul 1, 1981

28 Wasson Street, Buffalo, NY 14210 · 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 2018, the Buffalo site logged 4 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 127 workers: 3.2 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.0 for its industry. Those cases cost 14 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Flexo Transparent
Buffalo · 2018
127 413.22.0

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1904.7 · General recording criteria

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)(4)(i)

(4) Solid materials. (i) For solid metal (such as a steel beam or a metal casting), solid wood, or plastic items that are not exempted as articles due to their downstream use, or shipments of whole grain, the required label may be transmitted to the customer at the time of the initial shipment, and need not be included with subsequent shipments to the same employer unless the information on the label changes;

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1)

(g) Safety data sheets. (1) Chemical manufacturers and importers shall obtain or develop a safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical they produce or import. Employers shall have a safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they use.

29 CFR 1910.141 · Sanitation

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.20

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

29 CFR 1910.28 · Fall protection in general industry

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

Other plastics bag and pouch manufacturing employers in New York

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