Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio · All Other Rubber Product Manufacturing · NAICS 326299
14inspections
66citation items
$43,321current penalties
Apr 28, 2025last inspection
Polymerics Inc. has 14 OSHA inspections on record in Ohio, the first in 1983.
OSHA's last visit started on Apr 28, 2025 on a referral, in Cuyahoga Falls.
Across those inspections OSHA issued 66 citation items: 43 serious, 1 repeat and 22 other-than-serious.
OSHA proposed $111,154 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $43,321, down 61%.
Most often, OSHA cited 1910.1025, lead in general industry (23 items).
For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $4,500. Polymerics Inc. averages $5,554 over 3 cited inspections in that time.
Polymerics Inc. 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.
Ohio · latest 90 days of OSHA records
275employers cited
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From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Cuyahoga Falls site logged 5 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 62 workers: 8.4 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.9 for its industry. Those cases cost 29 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Polymerics Inc. Cuyahoga Falls
Cuyahoga Falls · 2025
62
5
5
8.4
2.9
Polymerics Inc. Kent
Kent · 2025
17
1
0
8.1
2.9
Polymerics Inc
Cuyahoga Falls · 2023
75
2
1
3.4
2.9
Falls
Cuyahoga Falls · 2022
51
1
1
1.7
2.9
Polymerics, Inc.
Cuyahoga Falls · 2019
50
3
0
5.7
2.9
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.
On April 14, 2025, an employee was adding material into a mixer for rubber manufacturing. The employee was removing a piece of rubber under the door of the machine when the machine was started. The employee's left hand was shut in the door and they were hospitalized with a fractured hand. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(2) Other substances—8-hour Time Weighted Averages. An employee's exposure to any substance in Table Z-1, the exposure limit of which is not preceded by a “C”, shall not exceed the 8-hour Time Weighted Average given for that substance in any 8-hour work shift of a 40-hour work week.
29 CFR 1910.1000(e)
(e) To achieve compliance with paragraphs (a) through (d) of this section, administrative or engineering controls must first be determined and implemented whenever feasible. When such controls are not feasible to achieve full compliance, protective equipment or any other protective measures shall be used to keep the exposure of employees to air contaminants within the limits prescribed in this section. Any equipment and/or technical measures used for this purpose must be approved for each particular use by a competent industrial hygienist or other technically qualified person. Whenever respirators are used, their use shall comply with 1910.134.
(c) Permissible exposure limit (PEL). (1) The employer shall assure that no employee is exposed to lead at concentrations greater than fifty micrograms per cubic meter of air (50 µg/m 3) averaged over an 8-hour period.
29 CFR 1910.110 · Storage and handling of liquefied petroleum gases
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.
