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Plastex Corp.: OSHA inspections and violations

Isabela, Puerto Rico · Plastics Bottle Manufacturing · NAICS 326160

2inspections
7citation items
$1,312current penalties
Oct 31, 2022last inspection

OSHA has inspected Plastex Corp. 2 times in Puerto Rico since 2010.

The latest one began on Oct 31, 2022 as a planned inspection, in Isabela.

Those inspections ended with 7 citation items: 2 serious and 5 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $2,625 and now stand at $1,312, 50% lower after settlements or reviews.

Grinders and abrasive wheels comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.215.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Plastex Corp. averages $1,312 (1 cited inspection).

Plastex Corp.: OSHA citation items per year, 2010 to 2022
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 346314917 OPENED OCT 31, 2022Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 34 employees at the site · Closed Dec 27, 2022

Carr. 112 Km 3.1, Ave. Agust?n Ramos Calero, Isabela, PR 00662 · All Other Miscellaneous Waste Management Services · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.215(a)(4) · Grinders and abrasive wheels
 Serious$1,575$788Dec 14, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9) · Grinders and abrasive wheels
 Serious$0$0Dec 14, 2022Final
Citation 2, item 1a
29 CFR 17 IV B 1
 Other-than-serious$1,050$525Dec 14, 2022Final
Citation 2, item 1b
29 CFR 17 IV B 1
 Other-than-serious$0$0Dec 14, 2022Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Other-than-serious$0$0Dec 14, 2022Final
Citation 2, item 3
29 CFR 1910.132(f)(1) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Other-than-serious$0$0Dec 14, 2022Final
Citation 2, item 4
29 CFR 1910.133(a)(3) · Eye and face protection
 Other-than-serious$0$0Dec 14, 2022Final

Inspection 311390702 OPENED MAR 2, 2010Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 25 employees at the site · Closed Mar 8, 2010

7331 Ave Agustin Ramos Calero Carr #2 Km 2.3, Isabela, PR 00662 · Plastics Bottle Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2)

(2) The employer shall verify that the required workplace hazard assessment has been performed through a written certification that identifies the workplace evaluated; the person certifying that the evaluation has been performed; the date(s) of the hazard assessment; and, which identifies the document as a certification of hazard assessment.

29 CFR 1910.132(f)(1)

(f) Training. (1) The employer shall provide training to each employee who is required by this section to use PPE. Each such employee shall be trained to know at least the following:

29 CFR 1910.133 · Eye and face protection

29 CFR 1910.133(a)(3)

(3) The employer shall ensure that each affected employee who wears prescription lenses while engaged in operations that involve eye hazards wears eye protection that incorporates the prescription in its design, or wears eye protection that can be worn over the prescription lenses without disturbing the proper position of the prescription lenses or the protective lenses.

29 CFR 1910.215 · Grinders and abrasive wheels

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