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Performance Plastics, Ltd: OSHA inspections and violations

Cincinnati, Ohio · Doll, Toy, and Game Manufacturing · NAICS 339932

3inspections
7citation items
$12,707current penalties
Mar 11, 2025last inspection

Since 2004, OSHA inspectors have visited Performance Plastics, Ltd in Ohio 3 times.

The most recent inspection opened on Mar 11, 2025 on a referral, in Cincinnati.

In all, OSHA issued 7 citation items: 5 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $25,790; today they stand at $12,707, 51% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.212 (machine guarding), 3 times.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,600 penalty. Performance Plastics, Ltd averages $8,275 across 1 cited inspection.

Performance Plastics, Ltd also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Performance Plastics, Ltd: OSHA citation items per year, 2004 to 2025
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 348103276 OPENED MAR 11, 2025Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 86 employees at the site · Closed Nov 18, 2025

4435 Brownway Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45209 · Blank Magnetic and Optical Recording Media 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$16,550$8,275Jul 7, 2025Final

Inspection 315678862 OPENED JUN 22, 2011Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 32 employees at the site · Closed Oct 18, 2011

4435 Brownway Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45209 · Surgical Appliance and Supplies 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$3,570$1,904Jul 6, 2011Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.219(e)(3)(i) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
Serious$1,785$1,428Jul 6, 2011Closed
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(i) · Electrical wiring methods
Other-than-serious$1,785$0Jul 6, 2011Closed

Inspection 307845370 OPENED JUN 9, 2004Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 20 employees at the site · Closed Jul 12, 2004

4435 Brownway Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45209 · Doll, Toy, and Game 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$1,500$600Jun 22, 2004Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$600$500Jun 22, 2004Closed
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iii) · Electrical wiring methods
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 22, 2004Closed

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 Cincinnati site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 80 workers: 1.3 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 4 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Pexco, LLC - Cincinnati
Cincinnati · 2025
80 111.32.6
Performance Plastics
Cincinnati · 2022
70 213.22.6

Severe injury reports

Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.

Mar 5, 2025, Cincinnati: Amputation · amputations involving bone loss · other finger(s) n.e.c.

An employee was cleaning out a hopper filter when their index finger contacted the fan blade of the vacuum loader motor. The employee sustained an amputation of the first knuckle of the finger.

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)(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 · 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

29 CFR 1910.219(e)(3)(i)

(3) Vertical and inclined belts. (i) Vertical and inclined belts shall be enclosed by a guard conforming to standards in paragraphs (m) and (o) of this section.

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

Other doll, toy, and game manufacturing employers in Ohio

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