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.
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 rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 |
Serious | $12,934 | $10,000 | Sep 6, 2018 | Final |
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.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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