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Preferred Plastics Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Shiner, Texas · Plastics Materials and Basic Forms and Shapes Merchant Wholesalers · NAICS 424610

1inspections
9citation items
$4,774current penalties
Oct 11, 2018last inspection

OSHA inspectors have visited Preferred Plastics Inc. in Texas one time.

It opened on Oct 11, 2018 as a planned inspection, in Shiner.

In all, OSHA issued 9 citation items: 6 serious and 3 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $7,956; today they stand at $4,774, 40% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.134 (respiratory protection), 4 times.

Among wholesale employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,425 penalty. Preferred Plastics Inc. averages $4,774 across 1 cited inspection.

Preferred Plastics Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2018 to 2018
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343525655 OPENED OCT 11, 2018Closed

Planned · Complete · Health · 9 employees at the site · Closed Mar 19, 2019

514 West Runk Street, Shiner, TX 77984 · 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 Serious$3,978$2,387Feb 21, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$2,273$1,364Feb 21, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$0$0Feb 21, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 2c
29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$0$0Feb 21, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 2d
29 CFR 1910.134(k) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$0$0Feb 21, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.1025(h)(1) · Lead in general industry
 Serious$1,705$1,023Feb 21, 2019Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.151(c) · First aid and eyewash
 Other-than-serious$0$0Feb 21, 2019Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Other-than-serious$0$0Feb 21, 2019Final
Citation 2, item 3
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
 Other-than-serious$0$0Feb 21, 2019Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1025 · Lead in general industry

29 CFR 1910.1025(h)(1)

(h) Housekeeping—(1) Surfaces. All surfaces shall be maintained as free as practicable of accumulations of lead.

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 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)

(1) The test instrument must have an effective audio-warning device, or a visual-warning device in the form of a screen tracing, that indicates when the test subject fails to hold his or her breath during the test. The test must be terminated and restarted from the beginning when the test subject fails to hold his or her breath during the test. The test subject then may be refitted and retested.

29 CFR 1910.151 · First aid and eyewash

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.95 · Noise

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