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Poly-Flex, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Walworth, Wisconsin · All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · NAICS 326199

4inspections
32citation items
$29,240current penalties
Oct 7, 2025last inspection

Since 1976, OSHA inspectors have visited Poly-Flex, Inc. in Wisconsin 4 times.

The most recent inspection opened on Oct 7, 2025 after a complaint, in Kaukauna.

In all, OSHA issued 32 citation items: 17 serious and 15 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $44,397; today they stand at $29,240, 34% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.147 (lockout/tagout), 5 times.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $4,500 penalty. Poly-Flex, Inc. averages $17,365 across 1 cited inspection.

Poly-Flex, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 1976 to 2025
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 348539073 OPENED OCT 7, 2025Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 56 employees at the site · Closed Jul 28, 2026

311 Oak Grove Road, Kaukauna, WI 54130 · All Other Plastics Product 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$11,916$7,150Jan 16, 2026Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(a) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$0$0Jan 16, 2026Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.147(d) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$0$0Jan 16, 2026Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
 Serious$8,513$5,108Jan 16, 2026Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.242(b) · Hand and power tools
 Serious$8,513$5,108Jan 16, 2026Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.243(b)(2) · Guarding of portable powered tools
 Serious$0$0Jan 16, 2026Final

Inspection 313137192 OPENED JAN 28, 2011Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 65 employees at the site · Closed Jun 13, 2011

Hwy B And Ridge Rd, Walworth, WI 53184 · All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 313136749 OPENED JAN 6, 2011Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 65 employees at the site · Closed Nov 2, 2011

Hwy B And Ridge Rd, Walworth, WI 53184 · All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.24(b) · Fixed industrial stairs
 Serious$2,800$1,820Mar 3, 2011Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.26(c)(2)(vii) · Portable metal ladders
 Serious$2,800$1,820Mar 3, 2011Closed
Citation 1, item 3a Serious$3,500$2,270Mar 3, 2011Closed
Citation 1, item 3b Serious$0$0Mar 3, 2011Closed
Citation 1, item 3c Serious$0$0Mar 3, 2011Closed
Citation 1, item 3d Serious$0$0Mar 3, 2011Closed
Citation 1, item 4a
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$3,500$2,270Mar 3, 2011Closed
Citation 1, item 4b
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$0$0Mar 3, 2011Closed
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.157(g)(2) · Portable fire extinguishers
 Serious$2,800$1,820Mar 3, 2011Closed
Citation 1, item 8a
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8) · Hazard communication
 Serious$0$1,820Mar 3, 2011Closed
Citation 1, item 8b
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$0$0Mar 3, 2011Closed

Inspection 15550254 OPENED JUL 30, 1976Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 19 employees at the site · Closed Oct 13, 1976

P O Box 307 Co Trunk B East, Walworth, WI 53184 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.23(c)(1) · Guarding floor and wall openings and holes
 Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 9, 1976Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.106(g)(3)(ivd) · Flammable liquids
 Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 9, 1976Closed
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.178(m)(9) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Other-than-serious$25$25Aug 9, 1976Closed
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
 Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 9, 1976Closed
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(5) · Machine guarding
 Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 9, 1976Closed
Citation 1, item 6
29 CFR 1910.213(i)(1) · Woodworking machinery
 Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 9, 1976Closed
Citation 1, item 7
29 CFR 1910.219(c)(2)(i) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 9, 1976Closed
Citation 1, item 8
29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Other-than-serious$30$30Aug 9, 1976Closed
Citation 1, item 9
29 CFR 1910.219(f)(3) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 9, 1976Closed
Citation 1, item 10
29 CFR 1910.219(i)(1) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 9, 1976Closed
Citation 1, item 11
29 CFR 1910.243(c)(3) · Guarding of portable powered tools
 Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 9, 1976Closed
Citation 1, item 12
29 CFR 1910.252(a)(2)(iib) · Welding fire safety
 Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 9, 1976Closed
Citation 1, item 13
29 CFR 1910.252(a)(2)(iid) · Welding fire safety
 Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 9, 1976Closed
Citation 1, item 14 Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 9, 1976Closed
Citation 1, item 15 Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 9, 1976Closed

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.106 · Flammable liquids

29 CFR 1910.106(g)(3)(ivd)

(iv) Dispensing units. (a) Category 1 or 2 flammable liquids, or Category 3 flammable liquids with a flashpoint below 100 °F (37.8 °C), shall be transferred from tanks by means of fixed pumps so designed and equipped as to allow control of the flow and to prevent leakage or accidental discharge.

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8)

(8) The employer shall maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and shall ensure that they are readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they are in their work area(s). (Electronic access and other alternatives to maintaining paper copies of the safety data sheets are permitted as long as no barriers to immediate employee access in each workplace are created by such options.)

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1)

(h) Employee information and training. (1) Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and safety data sheets.

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.157 · Portable fire extinguishers

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.213 · Woodworking machinery

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

29 CFR 1910.23 · Guarding floor and wall openings and holes

29 CFR 1910.24 · Fixed industrial stairs

29 CFR 1910.242 · Hand and power tools

29 CFR 1910.243 · Guarding of portable powered tools

29 CFR 1910.252 · Welding fire safety

29 CFR 1910.26 · Portable metal ladders

29 CFR 1910.309

29 CFR 1910.95 · Noise

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