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Pliant, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Bloomington, Indiana · All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · NAICS 326199

2inspections
4citation items
$15,000current penalties
Feb 12, 2020last inspection

OSHA has inspected Pliant, LLC 2 times in Indiana since 2002.

The latest one began on Feb 12, 2020 on a referral, in Evansville; the case is still open.

Those inspections ended with 4 citation items: 4 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $15,000 and still stand at $15,000.

Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks comes up most often in these citations: 4 items under 1910.178.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Pliant, LLC averages $15,000 (1 cited inspection).

Pliant, LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2002 to 2020
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 344624002 OPENED FEB 12, 2020Open

Referral · Partial · Safety · 1,840 employees at the site · Open

101 Oakley Street, Evansville, IN 47710 · All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.178(a)(4) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$5,000$5,000Apr 20, 2020Contested
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.178(a)(5) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$0$0Apr 20, 2020Contested
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.178(m)(2) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$5,000$5,000Apr 20, 2020Contested
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.178(o)(1) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$5,000$5,000Apr 20, 2020Contested

Inspection 305161721 OPENED APR 17, 2002Closed

Planned · No inspection · Health · Closed Apr 23, 2002

4100 Profile Pkwy, Bloomington, IN 47404 · 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 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.178(a)(4)

(4) Modifications and additions which affect capacity and safe operation shall not be performed by the customer or user without manufacturers prior written approval. Capacity, operation, and maintenance instruction plates, tags, or decals shall be changed accordingly.

29 CFR 1910.178(a)(5)

(5) If the truck is equipped with front-end attachments other than factory installed attachments, the user shall request that the truck be marked to identify the attachments and show the approximate weight of the truck and attachment combination at maximum elevation with load laterally centered.

29 CFR 1910.178(m)(2)

(2) No person shall be allowed to stand or pass under the elevated portion of any truck, whether loaded or empty.

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