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Formtight Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Denver, Colorado · Plastics Packaging Film and Sheet (including Laminated) Manufacturing · NAICS 326112

4inspections
18citation items
$38,750current penalties
Jul 24, 2024last inspection

OSHA has inspected Formtight Inc. 4 times in Colorado since 2014.

The latest one began on Jul 24, 2024 as a planned inspection, in Denver.

Those inspections ended with 18 citation items: 16 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $63,930 and now stand at $38,750, 39% lower after settlements or reviews.

Lockout/tagout comes up most often in these citations: 4 items under 1910.147.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Formtight Inc. averages $12,333 (3 cited inspections).

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

Formtight Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2014 to 2024
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 347639841 OPENED JUL 24, 2024Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 37 employees at the site · Closed Jan 26, 2026

11600 East 51st Avenue, Denver, CO 80239 · Laminated Plastics Plate, Sheet (except Packaging), and Shape Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.151(c) · First aid and eyewash
 Serious$4,642$2,358Jan 16, 2025Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$4,642$2,358Jan 16, 2025Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
 Serious$6,190$3,284Jan 16, 2025Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.37(b)(5) · Exit routes
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 16, 2025Final

Inspection 345587935 OPENED OCT 19, 2021Closed

Referral · Complete · Safety · 45 employees at the site · Closed Apr 3, 2024

11600 E. 51st Ave., Denver, CO 80239 · Plastics Packaging Film and Sheet (including Laminated) Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$10,151$6,000Mar 18, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.147(f)(1) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$0$0Mar 18, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
 Serious$10,151$6,000Mar 18, 2022Final

Inspection 345476451 OPENED AUG 11, 2021Closed

Planned · Complete · Health · 41 employees at the site · Closed Mar 6, 2024

11600 E. 51st Ave., Denver, CO 80239 · Plastics Packaging Film and Sheet (including Laminated) Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a Serious$10,151$4,250Feb 3, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 1b Serious$0$0Feb 3, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 1c Serious$0$0Feb 3, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$5,801$4,250Feb 3, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(ii) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$0$0Feb 3, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$4,351$4,250Feb 3, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$0$0Feb 3, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 3c
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3)(iv) · Hazard communication
 Serious$0$0Feb 3, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6) · Hazard communication
 Other-than-serious$4,351$4,250Feb 3, 2022Final

Inspection 340107382 OPENED NOV 26, 2014Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 59 employees at the site · Closed Jun 17, 2015

11600 E. 51st Ave., Denver, CO 80239 · Plastics Packaging Film and Sheet (including Laminated) Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$3,500$1,750May 15, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 1b Serious$0$0May 15, 2015Final

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 Denver site logged 5 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 37 workers: 16.1 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 3 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
FormTight, Inc
Denver · 2025
37 5116.12.6
FormTight, Inc.
Denver · 2022
39 6117.82.6
FormTight Inc.
Denver · 2017
56 6112.12.6

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 1910.1200(f)(6)

(6) Workplace labeling. Except as provided in paragraphs (f)(7) and (f)(8) of this section, the employer shall ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace is labeled, tagged or marked with either:

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 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.151 · First aid and eyewash

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.37 · Exit routes

29 CFR 1910.95 · Noise

Other plastics packaging film and sheet (including laminated) manufacturing employers in Colorado

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