OSHA has inspected Pactivevergreen, Inc. 2 times in Texas since 2023.
The latest one began on Aug 22, 2024 on a referral, in Temple.
Those inspections ended with 3 citation items: 3 serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $43,998 and now stand at $34,375, 22% 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 Pactivevergreen, Inc. averages $17,188 (2 cited inspections).
Pactivevergreen, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 3 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
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Watch this company3000 Pegasus Drive, Temple, TX 76501 · Polystyrene Foam Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.147(a)(2)(ii)(b) · Lockout/tagout |
Serious | $16,550 | $14,583 | Jan 27, 2025 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2 29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i) · Lockout/tagout |
Serious | $11,823 | $10,417 | Jan 27, 2025 | Final |
3000 Pegasus Drive, Temple, TX 76501 · Polystyrene Foam Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 2 29 CFR 1910.212(a)(2) · Machine guarding |
Serious | $15,625 | $9,375 | Sep 29, 2023 | Final |
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2022, the Temple site logged 6 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 425 workers: 1.1 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.6 for its industry.
| Site and year | Workers | Cases | Days-away cases | Rate | Industry median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temple, TX Temple · 2022 | 425 | 6 | 0 | 1.1 | 2.6 |
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 3 reports on file.
Aug 14, 2024, Temple: Amputation · amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified · other finger(s) n.e.c.
An employee was unjamming the throat of a reclaim extruder when they suffered partial amputations of four fingers on their right hand.
Oct 19, 2023, Temple: Amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)
An employee was using a walk-behind tugger to pull a grinder. The employee's left little finger was pinched between the handle of the tugger and the framework of a staircase. The employee's fingertip was amputated.
Jul 25, 2023, Temple: Amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
A maintenance employee was clearing a clogged rotary airlock. As they reached for the chute, the employee contacted the rotary airlock, resulting in partial amputations to the left index and middle fingers.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1910.147(a)(2)(ii)(b)
(B) An employee is required to place any part of his or her body into an area on a machine or piece of equipment where work is actually performed upon the material being processed (point of operation) or where an associated danger zone exists during a machine operating cycle.
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i)
(6) Periodic inspection. (i) The employer shall conduct a periodic inspection of the energy control procedure at least annually to ensure that the procedure and the requirements of this standard are being followed.
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(2)
(2) General requirements for machine guards. Guards shall be affixed to the machine where possible and secured elsewhere if for any reason attachment to the machine is not possible. The guard shall be such that it does not offer an accident hazard in itself.
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.