OSHA has inspected Packaging Specialists Incorporated 10 times in California since 1994.
The latest one began on Nov 19, 2024 as a planned inspection, in Plumas Lake.
Those inspections ended with 13 citation items: 1 serious and 12 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $11,595 and now stand at $4,095, 65% lower after settlements or reviews.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Packaging Specialists Incorporated averages $1,975 (1 cited inspection).
Packaging Specialists Incorporated also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Jul 15, 2009: Worker cuts hand clearing stuck boards from 750 rip saw
At approximately 8:30 a.m. on July 15, 2009, Employee #1, who works for a manufa cturer of new and refurbished pallets, was running (2 in. by 6 in. boards) varyi ng from 12 in. to 16 inches in length. Employee #1 was cutting .125-inch off of the boards with a "750 rip-saw" when a board got stuck. According to Employee #1 , these were short boards and short boards had a tendency to get stuck on the sa w blade and he had to clear the blade at least fifteen to twenty times in an hou r. Employee #1 turned off the saw at both the blade and the belt and then remove d the guard, but he did not notice that the board had not actually stopped the s aw blade this time. When he reached in to remove the board the saw blade caught his right palm and cut it. Employee #1 had been trained on the 750 rip-saw as we ll as on the Employer's Lock-Out/Tag-Out procedures.
Citation and rule
Type
Proposed
Current
Issued
Status
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 3314 G02 A
Other-than-serious
$335
$335
Dec 15, 2009
Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 3314 C
Other-than-serious
$4,050
$335
Dec 15, 2009
Final
Inspection 309682383 OPENED FEB 19, 2009Closed
Planned · No inspection · Safety · Closed Feb 20, 2009
Incident on Apr 27, 1995: Employee's fingers severed in chop saw
At approximately 1:00 p.m. on April 27, 1995, Employee #1, of Packaging Speciali st, Inc., which makes pallets and other wood products, was working on the southw est side of the facility in a covered open area. He was operating a Whirlwind ch op saw, model 10002L, cutting 1 1/8 in. by 5 1/2 in. cable spool staves of vario us lengths. Employee #1 stated that on the day before the accident, he twice had to ask a supervisor to fix the machine because it would not operate. On the day of the accident, he pushed the floor pedal to make a cut and again the saw woul d not operate. As he pulled out the board, the saw actuated, and the air-operate d guard clamped his hand to the table. The saw jumped up, amputating his right r ing finger at the base of the nail, severing the right middle finger through the bone, and severing a small portion of the fingertip on his right little finger. He was not hospitalized, and the damage to his middle finger was repaired. Empl oyee #1 should not have allowed his fingers to cross into the danger zone.
No citations from this inspection.
2 older inspections
Inspection 119757318 OPENED MAR 8, 1994Closed
Follow-up · Partial · Safety · 10 employees at the site · Closed Mar 10, 1994
Incident on Oct 2, 1993: Employee's thumb amputated by contact with router blade
On October 2, 1993, Employee #1 was operating a routing machine. He had only ope rated the machine for about 50 minutes over 2 days and had been given brief inst ruction. He was running 1 inch by 4 inch and 1 inch by 6 inch boards through a t emplate mounted to a router table, cutting a 10 inch chamfer on two sections (bo th sides of the 40 inch board). When the board became stuck, Employee #1 applied more pressure, but his hand slipped and his thumb contacted the vertically moun ted router blade, which was still rotating. The distal phalanx of his left thumb was amputated. Employee #1 was taken to Ride Out Hospital in Marysville, where he was treated for the amputation and released.
Citation and rule
Type
Proposed
Current
Issued
Status
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 342 A
Other-than-serious
$350
$350
Feb 14, 1994
Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 3203 A
Other-than-serious
$175
$175
Feb 14, 1994
Closed
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 3203 A07 C
Other-than-serious
$3,500
$700
Feb 14, 1994
Closed
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 Olivehurst site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 22 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 4.6 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Packaging Specialists Inc
Olivehurst · 2017
22
0
0
0.0
4.6
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.
