OSHA has inspected Primary Packaging, Inc. 2 times in Ohio since 2017.
The latest one began on Mar 11, 2025 after a complaint, in Bolivar.
Those inspections ended with 5 citation items: 5 serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $55,952 and now stand at $38,470, 31% lower after settlements or reviews.
Machine guarding comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.212.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Primary Packaging, Inc. averages $19,235 (2 cited inspections).
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Inspection 342844149 OPENED DEC 20, 2017Closed
Referral · Partial · Safety · 90 employees at the site · Closed Apr 10, 2019
10810 Industrial Parkway, Bolivar, OH 44612 · Plastics Bag and Pouch Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Dec 4, 2017: Employee's fingers are injured in printing press
At 8:00 a.m. on December 4, 2017, an employee had a rag in hand and was inspecting a Wolverine printing press after its barrier guard was removed from the ingoing nip point between the print cylinder and anilox roller. As he was holding a rag in hand and inspecting the press, the rag became caught in the ingoing nip point of the two. Both the rag and the employee's hand were pulled into the machine. The employee's middle and index fingers on his right hand were degloved, which his middle finger later required amputation at its second knuckle.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|
| Citation 1, item 3 |
Serious | $9,054 | $6,467 | Mar 15, 2018 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 4 |
Serious | $6,467 | $6,467 | Mar 15, 2018 | Final |
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.
Dec 4, 2017, Bolivar: Amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
While working on a printing press, an employee noticed a problem and went to investigate. The employee was behind the press with a rag when it became caught in the ingoing nip point, pulling the employee's right hand into the press. The employee suffered a right-hand de-gloving followed by finger amputations.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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