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LD Plastics Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Brockton, Massachusetts · All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · NAICS 326199

2inspections
4citation items
$8,730current penalties
Aug 10, 2017last inspection

OSHA has inspected LD Plastics Inc. 2 times in Massachusetts since 2014.

The latest one began on Aug 10, 2017 as a planned inspection, in Brockton.

Those inspections ended with 4 citation items: 4 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $12,472 and now stand at $8,730, 30% lower after settlements or reviews.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and LD Plastics Inc. averages $6,210 (1 cited inspection).

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

LD Plastics Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2014 to 2017
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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3 of them in the same industry

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Inspection history

Inspection 342540259 OPENED AUG 10, 2017Closed

Planned · Partial · Health · 40 employees at the site · Closed Jan 26, 2018

1130 Pearl Street, Brockton, MA 02301 · All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.1052(d)(1)(i) · Methylene chloride
Serious$3,802$2,661Sep 27, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$5,070$3,549Sep 27, 2017Final

Inspection 339601916 OPENED FEB 25, 2014Closed

Unprogrammed other · Partial · Safety · 25 employees at the site · Closed Mar 27, 2014

1130 Pearl Street, Brockton, MA 02301 · All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
Serious$2,000$1,400Mar 10, 2014Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
Serious$1,600$1,120Mar 10, 2014Final

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 Brockton site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 24 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.6 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
LD Plastics, Inc.
Brockton · 2017
24 000.02.6

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1052 · Methylene chloride

29 CFR 1910.1052(d)(1)(i)

(d) Exposure monitoring—(1) Characterization of employee exposure. (i) Where MC is present in the workplace, the employer shall determine each employee's exposure by either:

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

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 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1)

(a) Machine guarding—(1) Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks. Examples of guarding methods are—barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices, electronic safety devices, etc.

29 CFR 1910.219 · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts

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