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Polymershapes, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Jessup, Maryland · Plastics Materials and Basic Forms and Shapes Merchant Wholesalers · NAICS 424610

1inspections
6citation items
$2,062current penalties
Jan 31, 2020last inspection

OSHA has inspected Polymershapes, LLC once in Maryland.

The inspection began on Jan 31, 2020 as a planned inspection, in Jessup.

That inspection ended with 6 citation items: 2 serious and 4 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $2,062 and still stand at $2,062.

Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.178.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for wholesale employers since 2015 is $3,425, and Polymershapes, LLC averages $2,062 (1 cited inspection).

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

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Inspection history

Inspection 344598958 OPENED JAN 31, 2020Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 8 employees at the site · Closed Oct 13, 2020

8255 Patuxent Range Road Suite A, Jessup, MD 20794 · Plastics Materials and Basic Forms and Shapes Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii) · Machine guarding
 Serious$1,125$1,125Apr 29, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(ii) · Electrical wiring methods
 Serious$937$937Apr 29, 2020Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.178(a)(4) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 29, 2020Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.178(g)(2) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 29, 2020Final
Citation 2, item 3
29 CFR 1910.303(b)(2) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
 Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 29, 2020Final
Citation 2, item 4
29 CFR 1910.304(b)(3)(i) · Grounding and circuit protection
 Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 29, 2020Final

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(g)(2)

(2) Facilities shall be provided for flushing and neutralizing spilled electrolyte, for fire protection, for protecting charging apparatus from damage by trucks, and for adequate ventilation for dispersal of fumes from gassing batteries.

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii)

(ii) The point of operation of machines whose operation exposes an employee to injury, shall be guarded. The guarding device shall be in conformity with any appropriate standards therefor, or, in the absence of applicable specific standards, shall be so designed and constructed as to prevent the operator from having any part of his body in the danger zone during the operating cycle.

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.304 · Grounding and circuit protection

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

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