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Preferred Compounding Corp.: OSHA inspections and violations

Huntingdon, Tennessee · All Other Rubber Product Manufacturing · NAICS 326299

6inspections
13citation items
$4,340current penalties
Nov 14, 2019last inspection

Since 2011, OSHA inspectors have visited Preferred Compounding Corp. in Tennessee 6 times.

The most recent inspection opened on Nov 14, 2019 after a complaint, in Huntingdon.

In all, OSHA issued 13 citation items: 1 serious and 12 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $4,900; today they stand at $4,340, 11% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.1200 (hazard communication), 4 times.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $4,500 penalty. Preferred Compounding Corp. averages $1,097 across 3 cited inspections.

Preferred Compounding Corp. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Preferred Compounding Corp.: OSHA citation items per year, 2011 to 2019
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 344448691 OPENED NOV 14, 2019Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 90 employees at the site · Closed Dec 30, 2019

55 Associated Way, Huntingdon, TN 38344 · Industrial Supplies Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$350$350Nov 26, 2019Final

Inspection 342107752 OPENED FEB 15, 2017Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 80 employees at the site · Closed May 12, 2017

55 Associated Way, Huntingdon, TN 38344 · All Other Rubber Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
Serious$2,000$1,600Mar 30, 2017Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.178(p)(1) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
Other-than-serious$200$160Mar 30, 2017Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.334(a)(2)(ii) · Using electrical equipment
Other-than-serious$200$160Mar 30, 2017Final
Citation 2, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$400$320Mar 30, 2017Final
Citation 2, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 30, 2017Final

Inspection 340336072 OPENED FEB 9, 2015Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 59 employees at the site · Closed Apr 16, 2015

55 Associated Way, Huntingdon, TN 38344 · All Other Rubber Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR RULE 800-01-03-.04(3)(B)6.
Other-than-serious$700$700Mar 17, 2015Final

Inspection 316277003 OPENED DEC 15, 2011Closed

Planned · Complete · Health · 53 employees at the site · Closed Mar 9, 2012

55 Associated Way, Huntingdon, TN 38344 · Synthetic Rubber Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a Other-than-serious$350$350Feb 2, 2012Closed
Citation 1, item 1b Other-than-serious$0$0Feb 2, 2012Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i) · Respiratory protection
Other-than-serious$350$350Feb 2, 2012Closed
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$350$350Feb 2, 2012Closed
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 9000602
Other-than-serious$0$0Feb 2, 2012Closed
Citation 1, item 3c
29 CFR 90007
Other-than-serious$0$0Feb 2, 2012Closed

Inspection 316277185 OPENED DEC 15, 2011Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 53 employees at the site · Closed Jan 5, 2012

55 Associated Way, Huntingdon, TN 38344 · All Other Rubber Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 315284059 OPENED JAN 12, 2011Closed

Planned · No inspection · Safety · Closed Jan 25, 2011

55 Associated Way, Huntingdon, TN 38344 · Synthetic Rubber Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2018, the Huntingdon site logged 10 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 83 workers: 10.7 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.9 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Preferred Compounding - Huntingdon
Huntingdon · 2018
83 10010.72.9

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(e)(1)

(e) Written hazard communication program. (1) Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1)

(g) Safety data sheets. (1) Chemical manufacturers and importers shall obtain or develop a safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical they produce or import. Employers shall have a safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they use.

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 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.334 · Using electrical equipment

29 CFR 1910.95 · Noise

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