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Keystone Container, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Reading, Pennsylvania · Plastics Bottle Manufacturing · NAICS 326160

3inspections
11citation items
$14,520current penalties
Jun 1, 2018last inspection

OSHA has inspected Keystone Container, LLC 3 times in Pennsylvania since 2007.

The latest one began on Jun 1, 2018 on a referral, in Reading.

Those inspections ended with 11 citation items: 9 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $19,229 and now stand at $14,520, 24% 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 Keystone Container, LLC averages $10,000 (1 cited inspection).

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Keystone Container, LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2007 to 2018
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343200218 OPENED JUN 1, 2018Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 40 employees at the site · Closed Oct 25, 2018

4201 Pottsville Pike, Reading, PA 19605 · Plastics Bottle Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on May 24, 2018: Employee is caught in a bagger machine heat sealer and crush

At 10:20 p.m. on May 24, 2018, an employee was clearing a jam on a bagger machine and was caught by heat sealer when the machine activated. The employee's chest was crushed, fractured several ribs, and lacerated his liver. The employee was hospitalized.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii) · Machine guarding
Serious$12,934$10,000Sep 6, 2018Final

Inspection 315886655 OPENED DEC 8, 2011Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 32 employees at the site · Closed Jan 30, 2012

4201 Pottsville Pike, Building 2, Reading, PA 19605 · Plastics Bottle Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9) · Grinders and abrasive wheels
Serious$2,295$1,720Jan 12, 2012Closed
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(ii) · Lockout/tagout
Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 12, 2012Closed
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 12, 2012Closed

Inspection 310839311 OPENED AUG 7, 2007Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 27 employees at the site · Closed Sep 7, 2007

4201 Pottsville Pike, Reading, PA 19605 · Plastics Bottle Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.23(c)(1) · Guarding floor and wall openings and holes
Serious$1,000$700Aug 10, 2007Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.132(a) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
Serious$1,250$875Aug 10, 2007Closed
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$1,000$700Aug 10, 2007Closed
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$0$0Aug 10, 2007Closed
Citation 1, item 3c
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$0$0Aug 10, 2007Closed
Citation 1, item 4a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$750$525Aug 10, 2007Closed
Citation 1, item 4b
29 CFR 1910.1200(h) · Hazard communication
Serious$0$0Aug 10, 2007Closed

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.

May 24, 2018, Reading: Hospitalization · internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk · abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders

An employee climbed into a bagger/loader machine and it closed on him, fracturing ribs and lacerating his liver.

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)

(h) Post-mortem data: Increased incidence and/or severity of post-mortem findings may be indicative of maternal toxicity. This can include gross or microscopic pathological findings or organ weight data, including absolute organ weight, organ-to-body weight ratio, or organ-to-brain weight ratio. When supported by findings of adverse histopathological effects in the affected organ(s), the observation of a significant change in the average weight of suspected target organ(s) of treated dams (mothers), compared to those in the control group, may be considered evidence of maternal toxicity.

29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.132(a)

(a) Application. Protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, shall be provided, used, and maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition wherever it is necessary by reason of hazards of processes or environment, chemical hazards, radiological hazards, or mechanical irritants encountered in a manner capable of causing injury or impairment in the function of any part of the body through absorption, inhalation or physical contact.

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.215 · Grinders and abrasive wheels

29 CFR 1910.23 · Guarding floor and wall openings and holes

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