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Mauser Packaging Solutions: OSHA inspections and violations

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

1inspections
3citation items
$3,937current penalties
Sep 17, 2019last inspection

OSHA has inspected Mauser Packaging Solutions once in Indiana.

The inspection began on Sep 17, 2019 on a referral, in Valparaiso.

That inspection ended with 3 citation items: 3 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $6,750 and now stand at $3,937, 42% 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 Mauser Packaging Solutions averages $3,937 (1 cited inspection).

Mauser Packaging Solutions also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Mauser Packaging Solutions: OSHA citation items per year, 2019 to 2019
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 344177316 OPENED SEP 17, 2019Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 146 employees at the site · Closed Feb 27, 2020

4002 Montdale Dr, Valparaiso, IN 46383 · All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.28(b)(1)(i) · Fall protection in general industry
Serious$2,250$1,687Nov 6, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$4,500$2,250Nov 6, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.147(d)(5)(i) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$0$0Nov 6, 2019Final

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2025, the Valparaiso site logged 3 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 155 workers: 2.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.6 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Bway Valparaiso
Valparaiso · 2025
155 302.02.6
Bway - Valparaiso
Valparaiso · 2022
148 221.22.6
Valparaiso site
Valparaiso · 2018
144 211.32.6

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i)

(4) Energy control procedure. (i) Procedures shall be developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees are engaged in the activities covered by this section.

29 CFR 1910.147(d)(5)(i)

(5) Stored energy. (i) Following the application of lockout or tagout devices to energy isolating devices, all potentially hazardous stored or residual energy shall be relieved, disconnected, restrained, and otherwise rendered safe.

29 CFR 1910.28 · Fall protection in general industry

29 CFR 1910.28(b)(1)(i)

(b) Protection from fall hazards—(1) Unprotected sides and edges. (i) Except as provided elsewhere in this section, the employer must ensure that each employee on a walking-working surface with an unprotected side or edge that is 4 feet (1.2 m) or more above a lower level is protected from falling by one or more of the following:

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