Pacon has 12 OSHA inspections on record in Wisconsin, the first in 1979.
OSHA's last visit started on Dec 27, 2018 after a complaint, in Appleton.
Across those inspections OSHA issued 41 citation items: 29 serious, 1 repeat and 11 other-than-serious.
OSHA proposed $60,354 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $35,925, down 40%.
Most often, OSHA cited 1910.219, belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts (14 items).
For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $4,500. Pacon averages $6,535 over 5 cited inspections in that time.
Pacon also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 5 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Inspection 304016199 OPENED JAN 6, 2003Closed
Complaint · Partial · Safety · 20 employees at the site · Closed Jan 6, 2003
525 Enterprise Drive, Neenah, WI 54956 · Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2016, the Appleton site logged 13 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 445 workers: 2.8 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.1 for its industry. Those cases cost 9 days away from work.
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 5 reports on file.
Jan 31, 2020, Appleton: Hospitalization · amputations · fingertip(s)
An employee was performing maintenance on a machine conveyor. He was physically checking the rotation of the sprocket and chain when his finger became caught in the chain and sprocket, resulting in a right index fingertip amputation.
Apr 3, 2017, Appleton: Hospitalization · fractures · multiple body parts, n.e.c.
An employee was working from an order picker and fell 52" to the concrete floor, breaking his left arm and hip.
Jun 17, 2015, Appleton: Hospitalization · fractures · pelvis
An employee operating a stacker/reach truck lost control and was thrown from the lift striking a structural I-beam and fracturing his pelvis.
Mar 31, 2015, Appleton: Amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
An employee was servicing a labeling machine. He waved his hand past the light sensor to activate the labeler and got his ring finger caught between the chain and sprocket.
Jan 31, 2015, Appleton: Amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
On 1/31/15, an employee amputated the tip of the left middle finger in a Garrido paper sheeting machine while removing a paper jam. The employee's finger was caught between a metal pusher attached to a belt and the machine itself, removing about 1/2" of the employees left middle finger.
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.
