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Polyexcel LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Clearfield, Utah · Rope, Cordage, Twine, Tire Cord, and Tire Fabric Mills · NAICS 314994

6inspections
20citation items
$13,075current penalties
Mar 26, 2019last inspection

OSHA has inspected Polyexcel LLC 6 times in Utah since 2010.

The latest one began on Mar 26, 2019 on a referral, in Clearfield.

Those inspections ended with 20 citation items: 12 serious, 1 repeat and 7 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $22,575 and now stand at $13,075, 42% lower after settlements or reviews.

Noise comes up most often in these citations: 4 items under 1910.95.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,874, and Polyexcel LLC averages $3,667 (3 cited inspections).

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Polyexcel LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2010 to 2019
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343877080 OPENED MAR 26, 2019Closed

Referral · Partial · Health · 98 employees at the site · Closed Oct 25, 2019

Freeport Center Bldg A-16a, Clearfield, UT 84016 · Rope, Cordage, Twine, Tire Cord, and Tire Fabric Mills · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
Repeat$6,000$6,000Aug 19, 2019Final

Inspection 343256665 OPENED JUN 27, 2018Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 85 employees at the site · Closed Sep 6, 2018

Freeport Center Bldg A-16a, Clearfield, UT 84016 · Rope, Cordage, Twine, Tire Cord, and Tire Fabric Mills · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1 Serious$1,750$875Aug 1, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(2) · Permit-required confined spaces
Serious$750$375Aug 1, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
Serious$2,500$1,250Aug 1, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9) · Grinders and abrasive wheels
Serious$0$0Aug 1, 2018Final

Inspection 343073649 OPENED APR 9, 2018Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 85 employees at the site · Closed Jul 2, 2018

Freeport Center Bldg A-16a, Clearfield, UT 84016 · Rope, Cordage, Twine, Tire Cord, and Tire Fabric Mills · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Apr 7, 2018 (fatal): Employee is pulled into machine rollers and is killed

At 12:00 p.m. on April 7, 2018, an employee was removing excess string to place into a recycler machine. During work, the employee's feet or legs became entangled in the excess string. The employee was pulled into the rollers of the recycler machine, resulting in his death.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
Serious$2,500$2,500May 24, 2018Final

Inspection 341214849 OPENED JAN 29, 2016Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 80 employees at the site · Closed Jan 29, 2016

Freeport Center Bldg A16 A-c, Clearfield, UT 84016 · Rope, Cordage, Twine, Tire Cord, and Tire Fabric Mills · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 315881391 OPENED DEC 10, 2012Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 75 employees at the site · Closed Jun 6, 2013

Freeport Ctr Bldg A-16a, Clearfield, UT 84016 · All Other Textile Product Mills · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5) · Hazard communication
Serious$1,125$1,125Mar 18, 2013Closed
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$0$0Mar 18, 2013Closed
Citation 2, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.38(a) · Emergency action plans
Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 18, 2013Closed
Citation 2, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.39(a) · Fire prevention plans
Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 18, 2013Closed
Citation 2, item 2a Other-than-serious$450$450Mar 18, 2013Closed
Citation 2, item 2b Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 18, 2013Closed
Citation 2, item 2c Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 18, 2013Closed
Citation 2, item 3
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i) · Respiratory protection
Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 18, 2013Closed
Citation 2, item 4
29 CFR 1910.242(b) · Hand and power tools
Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 18, 2013Closed

Inspection 314192147 OPENED DEC 2, 2010Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 80 employees at the site · Closed Sep 9, 2011

Building A-16a Freeport Center, Clearfield, UT 84015 · All Other Textile Product Mills · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 10005 C07
Serious$2,500$166Mar 28, 2011Closed
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 50002 A01
Serious$0$0Mar 28, 2011Closed
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
Serious$0$0Mar 28, 2011Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(2)(ii) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$2,500$167Mar 28, 2011Closed
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(ib) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$2,500$167Mar 28, 2011Closed

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(f)(5)

(f) Any organic peroxide which, in laboratory testing, neither detonates in the cavitated state nor deflagrates at all and shows only a low or no effect when heated under confinement as well as low or no explosive power shall be defined as organic peroxide TYPE F;

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 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i)

(i) An employer may provide respirators at the request of employees or permit employees to use their own respirators, if the employer determines that such respirator use will not in itself create a hazard. If the employer determines that any voluntary respirator use is permissible, the employer shall provide the respirator users with the information contained in appendix D to this section (“Information for Employees Using Respirators When Not Required Under the Standard”); and

29 CFR 1910.146 · Permit-required confined spaces

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.215 · Grinders and abrasive wheels

29 CFR 1910.242 · Hand and power tools

29 CFR 1910.38 · Emergency action plans

29 CFR 1910.39 · Fire prevention plans

29 CFR 1910.95 · Noise

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