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Plastic Packaging, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Hickory, North Carolina · All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · NAICS 326199

5inspections
16citation items
$20,115current penalties
Jan 27, 2016last inspection

OSHA has inspected Plastic Packaging, Inc. 5 times in North Carolina since 1973.

The latest one began on Jan 27, 2016 on a referral, in Hickory.

Those inspections ended with 16 citation items: 6 serious and 10 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $21,465 and now stand at $20,115, 6% lower after settlements or reviews.

Machine guarding comes up most often in these citations: 4 items under 1910.212.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Plastic Packaging, Inc. averages $19,600 (1 cited inspection).

Plastic Packaging, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 1973 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341238012 OPENED JAN 27, 2016Closed

Referral · Partial · Health · 138 employees at the site · Closed Jul 29, 2016

1246 Main Avenue Se, Hickory, NC 28602 · Printing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
Serious$4,900$4,900Mar 14, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
Serious$4,900$4,900Mar 14, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
Serious$4,900$4,900Mar 14, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii) · Machine guarding
Serious$4,900$4,900Mar 14, 2016Final

Inspection 311226302 OPENED JUN 5, 2007Closed

Planned · Complete · Health · 170 employees at the site · Closed Sep 21, 2009

1246 Main Avenue Se, Hickory, NC 28602 · Plastics Bag and Pouch Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$1,750$400Jun 21, 2007Closed
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$0$0Jun 21, 2007Closed
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 21, 2007Closed
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.179(b)(5) · Overhead and gantry cranes
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 21, 2007Closed
Citation 2, item 3
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 21, 2007Closed

Inspection 310090501 OPENED MAY 8, 2006Closed

Planned · Records only · Safety · 82 employees at the site · Closed May 11, 2006

681 Piney Ridge Road, Forest City, NC 28043 · All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 13298021 OPENED AUG 7, 1973Closed

Follow-up · Complete · Safety · 97 employees at the site · Closed Mar 10, 1984

1246 Main Avenue S E, Hickory, NC 28601 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 13301486 OPENED JUN 14, 1973Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 97 employees at the site · Closed Mar 16, 1984

1246 Main Avenue Se, Hickory, NC 28601 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.23(d)(1) · Guarding floor and wall openings and holes
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 29, 1973Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.219(e) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
Other-than-serious$25$25Jun 29, 1973Closed
Citation 1, item 3 Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 29, 1973Closed
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(5) · Machine guarding
Other-than-serious$25$25Jun 29, 1973Closed
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
Other-than-serious$25$25Jun 29, 1973Closed
Citation 1, item 6
29 CFR 1910.219(f) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
Other-than-serious$40$40Jun 29, 1973Closed
Citation 1, item 7
29 CFR 1910.25(d)(2)(viii) · Portable wood ladders
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 29, 1973Closed

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 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1)

(d) Hazard assessment and equipment selection. (1) The employer shall assess the workplace to determine if hazards are present, or are likely to be present, which necessitate the use of personal protective equipment (PPE). If such hazards are present, or likely to be present, the employer shall:

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 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.179 · Overhead and gantry cranes

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.219 · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts

29 CFR 1910.23 · Guarding floor and wall openings and holes

29 CFR 1910.25 · Portable wood ladders

29 CFR 1910.309

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