Inspection 344675780 OPENED MAR 4, 2020Closed
46 Elm Street, Cortland, NY 13045 · Commercial Screen Printing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
OSHA has inspected Graph-Tex, Inc. 2 times in New York since 2016.
The latest one began on Mar 4, 2020 as a planned inspection, in Cortland.
Those inspections ended with 7 citation items: 6 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $10,500 and now stand at $7,875, 25% 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 manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Graph-Tex, Inc. averages $7,875 (1 cited inspection).
Graph-Tex, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
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Inspection 341516631 OPENED JUN 1, 2016Closed
46 Elm Street, Cortland, NY 13045 · Commercial Screen Printing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1a 29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1) · Lockout/tagout |
Serious | $3,500 | $2,625 | Jul 29, 2016 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 1b 29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i) · Lockout/tagout |
Serious | $0 | $0 | Jul 29, 2016 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2 29 CFR 1910.157(g)(2) · Portable fire extinguishers |
Serious | $2,100 | $1,575 | Jul 29, 2016 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 3 29 CFR 1910.304(g)(5) · Grounding and circuit protection |
Serious | $2,800 | $2,100 | Jul 29, 2016 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 4a 29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication |
Serious | $2,100 | $1,575 | Jul 29, 2016 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 4b 29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication |
Serious | $0 | $0 | Jul 29, 2016 | Final |
| Citation 2, item 1 29 CFR 1910.303(b)(2) · Electrical equipment, general requirements |
Other-than-serious | $0 | $0 | Jul 29, 2016 | Final |
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 Cortland site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 48 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.2 for its industry.
| Site and year | Workers | Cases | Days-away cases | Rate | Industry median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graph-Tex, inc. Cortland · 2017 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.2 |
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(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 1910.147 · 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 1910.157 · Portable fire extinguishers
29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements
29 CFR 1910.304 · Grounding and circuit protection
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- Aladdin Packaging Hauppauge · 13 citations · $75,259
- Curco, Inc. dba Curcio Printing Vestal · 17 citations · $4,050
- Stellar Printing Inc. Long Island City · 23 citations · $21,207
- Dimensional Graphics Corp. Dansville · 6 citations · $15,730
- WL Concepts & Production, Inc. Freeport · 4 citations · $10,800
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.