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KN Platech: OSHA inspections and violations

Shelbyville, Indiana · All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · NAICS 326199

3inspections
5citation items
$11,550current penalties
Apr 2, 2018last inspection

Since 2015, OSHA inspectors have visited KN Platech in Indiana 3 times.

The most recent inspection opened on Apr 2, 2018 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Shelbyville.

In all, OSHA issued 5 citation items: 3 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $14,000; today they stand at $11,550, 18% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.95 (noise), 4 times.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $4,500 penalty. KN Platech averages $5,775 across 2 cited inspections.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

KN Platech also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

KN Platech: OSHA citation items per year, 2015 to 2018
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343059721 OPENED APR 2, 2018Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 127 employees at the site · Closed May 21, 2018

1755 Mccall Drive, Shelbyville, IN 46176 · Unlaminated Plastics Profile Shape Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Mar 31, 2018 (fatal): Employee is killed when struck and crushed by a blow molding

On March 31, 2018, an employee, working as a machine operator and parts packer. The employee's coworker was troubleshooting a fault in a plastic blow molding machine. The press mold area was protected by a metal yellow fence with a locked gate to prevent entry and exposure to hazards in the mold area. The coworker placed the press machine cycle in the home position and then to the off position using the touch screen control panel. The gate to the press mold area was opened and the employee the entered the gate to the press mold area and started removing plastic from the mold. The coworker waited for the employee to step 2 to 3 feet away from the mold area. The coworker stated to the employee he was going to start the machine and then turned to the control panel and started the machine. The coworker did not have a clear view to the mold area when facing the control panel. The employee stepped back into the press mold area as the press started. The side 1 mold moved to the parison head to fill the mold with plastic. The side 1 mold moved into position in approximately 2 seconds. The side 1 mold struck and crushed the employee against the protective metal yellow fence. The employee was killed. The side 1 mold measured 30 inches wide, 35 inches tall, and 16 inches deep. The mold was approximately 40 inches above the walking working surface.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii) · Machine guarding
 Serious$7,000$7,000May 9, 2018Final

Inspection 317864320 OPENED APR 14, 2015Closed

Referral · Partial · Health · 133 employees at the site · Closed Aug 21, 2015

1755 Mccall Drive, Shelbyville, IN 46176 · Plastics Pipe and Pipe Fitting Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1 Other-than-serious$3,500$2,275Jun 19, 2015Closed
Citation 1, item 2a Other-than-serious$3,500$2,275Jun 19, 2015Closed
Citation 1, item 2b Serious$0$0Jun 19, 2015Closed
Citation 1, item 2c Serious$0$0Jun 19, 2015Closed

Inspection 317863173 OPENED MAR 4, 2015Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 133 employees at the site · Closed Jul 16, 2015

1755 Mccall Drive, Shelbyville, IN 46176 · All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · 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 2019, the Shelbyville site logged 6 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 100 workers: 4.2 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 40 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
KN Platech
Shelbyville · 2019
100 634.22.6

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii)

(ii) The point of operation of machines whose operation exposes an employee to injury, shall be guarded. The guarding device shall be in conformity with any appropriate standards therefor, or, in the absence of applicable specific standards, shall be so designed and constructed as to prevent the operator from having any part of his body in the danger zone during the operating cycle.

29 CFR 1910.95 · Noise

29 CFR 1910.95(b)(1)

(b)(1) When employees are subjected to sound exceeding those listed in Table G-16, feasible administrative or engineering controls shall be utilized. If such controls fail to reduce sound levels within the levels of Table G-16, personal protective equipment shall be provided and used to reduce sound levels within the levels of the table.

29 CFR 1910.95(c)(1)

(c) Hearing conservation program. (1) The employer shall administer a continuing, effective hearing conservation program, as described in paragraphs (c) through (o) of this section, whenever employee noise exposures equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average sound level (TWA) of 85 decibels measured on the A scale (slow response) or, equivalently, a dose of fifty percent. For purposes of the hearing conservation program, employee noise exposures shall be computed in accordance with appendix A and Table G-16a, and without regard to any attenuation provided by the use of personal protective equipment.

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