Plastic Packaging Technologies, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations
Columbus, Ohio · Plastics Packaging Film and Sheet (including Laminated) Manufacturing · NAICS 326112
1inspections
2citation items
$18,853current penalties
Dec 7, 2021last inspection
OSHA inspectors have visited Plastic Packaging Technologies, LLC in Ohio one time.
It opened on Dec 7, 2021 on a referral, in Columbus.
In all, OSHA issued 2 citation items: 1 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
The proposed penalties came to $29,004; today they stand at $18,853, 35% less.
The rule cited most here is 1910.147 (lockout/tagout), 2 times.
Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $4,500 penalty. Plastic Packaging Technologies, LLC averages $18,853 across 1 cited inspection.
Plastic Packaging Technologies, LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Nov 17, 2021: Employee injures hand when pulled in to rollers
At 6:45 p.m. on November 17, 2021, an employee was cleaning adhesive from the rollers of a Nordmeccanica S.P.A. Super Simplex SL Laminating Machine with the power on and the rollers moving when his hand got pulled in to the ingoing nip point. The employee was trapped in the machine until a coworker was able to assist. The employee suffered a metacarpal fracture and skin burns and was treated without hospitalization.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2023, the Columbus site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 53 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.0 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
PPC Flex - Columbus
Columbus · 2023
53
0
0
0.0
2.0
Columbus Plant
Columbus · 2022
59
1
1
1.7
2.0
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Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.
Nov 17, 2021, Columbus: Hospitalization · fractures and burns · hand(s), unspecified
On November 17, 2021, an employee was attempting to clean glue off a laminating machine roller. The employee's hand became caught in the roller, resulting in burns and fractures to the employee's hand.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(A) Each authorized employee shall receive training in the recognition of applicable hazardous energy sources, the type and magnitude of the energy available in the workplace, and the methods and means necessary for energy isolation and control.
29 CFR 1910.147(d)
(d) Application of control. The established procedures for the application of energy control (the lockout or tagout procedures) shall cover the following elements and actions and shall be done in the following sequence:
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