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Plastic Engineering, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Tempe, Arizona · Machine Tool Manufacturing · NAICS 333517

1inspections
10citation items
$2,250current penalties
Dec 6, 2016last inspection

Plastic Engineering, Inc. has one OSHA inspection on record in Arizona.

OSHA opened it on Dec 6, 2016 as a planned inspection, in Tempe.

From that inspection OSHA issued 10 citation items: 4 serious and 6 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $2,250 in penalties and the amount has not been reduced.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.1200, hazard communication (3 items).

For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,600. Plastic Engineering, Inc. averages $2,250 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

Plastic Engineering, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Plastic Engineering, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2016 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341957173 OPENED DEC 6, 2016Closed

Planned · Complete · Health · 35 employees at the site · Closed Mar 15, 2017

3104 S 52nd St, Tempe, AZ 85282 · Machine Tool Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.151(c) · First aid and eyewash
 Serious$1,000$1,000Jan 11, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.212(b) · Machine guarding
 Serious$1,250$1,250Jan 11, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii) · Machine guarding
 Serious$0$0Jan 11, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2c
29 CFR 1910.215(a)(2) · Grinders and abrasive wheels
 Serious$0$0Jan 11, 2017Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.22(d)(1) · General requirements
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 11, 2017Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iv)(a) · Electrical wiring methods
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 11, 2017Final
Citation 2, item 3
29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iv)(d) · Electrical wiring methods
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 11, 2017Final
Citation 2, item 4
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 11, 2017Final
Citation 2, item 5
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1) · Hazard communication
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 11, 2017Final
Citation 2, item 6
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3)(iv) · Hazard communication
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 11, 2017Final

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 Tempe site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 34 workers: 3.1 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.6 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Plastic Engineering Inc.
Tempe · 2025
34 103.12.6
Plastic Engineering Inc
Tempe · 2020
34 000.02.7

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)

(e) Written hazard communication program. (1) Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1)

(g) Safety data sheets. (1) Chemical manufacturers and importers shall obtain or develop a safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical they produce or import. Employers shall have a safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they use.

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3)(iv)

(iv) The details of the hazard communication program developed by the employer, including an explanation of the labels received on shipped containers and the workplace labeling system used by their employer; the safety data sheet, including the order of information and how employees can obtain and use the appropriate hazard information.

29 CFR 1910.151 · First aid and eyewash

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.215 · Grinders and abrasive wheels

29 CFR 1910.22 · General requirements

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

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