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Priority Plastics, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

North Las Vegas, Nevada · Plastics Bottle Manufacturing · NAICS 326160

4inspections
33citation items
$47,850current penalties
Mar 15, 2016last inspection

Since 2009, OSHA inspectors have visited Priority Plastics, Inc. in Nevada 4 times.

The most recent inspection opened on Mar 15, 2016 as a planned inspection, in North Las Vegas.

In all, OSHA issued 33 citation items: 18 serious and 15 other-than-serious.

The penalties, $47,850 in total, stand where OSHA first set them.

The rule cited most here is 1910.147 (lockout/tagout), 10 times.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $4,500 penalty. Priority Plastics, Inc. averages $3,850 across 1 cited inspection.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Priority Plastics, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2009 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341324010 OPENED MAR 15, 2016Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 27 employees at the site · Closed Jul 21, 2016

1840 Aerojet Way, North Las Vegas, NV 89030 · Plastics Bottle Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.23(e)(1) · Guarding floor and wall openings and holes
 Serious$1,400$980May 10, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2 Serious$1,400$980May 10, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
 Serious$1,000$700May 10, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.305(d)(2) · Electrical wiring methods
 Serious$700$490May 10, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.22(c) · General requirements
 Other-than-serious$0$0May 10, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Other-than-serious$500$350May 10, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 3
29 CFR 1910.305(g)(2)(iii) · Electrical wiring methods
 Other-than-serious$0$0May 10, 2016Final
Citation 3, item 1
29 CFR NEVADA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE 618.53
 Other-than-serious$500$350May 10, 2016Final

Inspection 317373827 OPENED MAY 8, 2014Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 37 employees at the site · Closed Jun 24, 2014

1840 Aerojet Way, North Las Vegas, NV 89030 · Plastics Bottle Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 313975567 OPENED JUL 1, 2010Closed

Accident · Partial · Safety · 40 employees at the site · Closed Mar 21, 2011

1840 Aerojet Way, North Las Vegas, NV 89030 · Plastics Bottle Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Jul 1, 2010 (fatal): Trainee is crushed in plastics molding machine

Employee #1 was in training as a mechanic's helper at a plastics manufacturing f acility. He was assisting a maintenance technician, or acting lead, remove plast ic residue, or "purge," from a machine. The machine, an Automa "Plus" Model, typ e AT5D-GMC, was for blow-molding and conditioning plastic vessels. As Employee # 1 was reaching inside the machine, his head was caught in a pinch point between two moving parts and crushed. The maintenance technician/acting lead had to blee d off the machine's hydraulics to release Employee #1, who was dead at the scene .

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1 Serious$3,500$3,500Dec 22, 2010Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$3,500$3,500Dec 22, 2010Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$3,500$3,500Dec 22, 2010Final
Citation 1, item 8
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$3,500$3,500Dec 22, 2010Final
Citation 1, item 9
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(ia) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$3,500$3,500Dec 22, 2010Final
Citation 1, item 10
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(ic) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$3,500$3,500Dec 22, 2010Final
Citation 1, item 11
29 CFR 1910.147(f)(3)(iid) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$3,500$3,500Dec 22, 2010Final
Citation 1, item 12
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
 Serious$3,500$3,500Dec 22, 2010Final
Citation 1, item 14 Serious$3,500$3,500Dec 22, 2010Final
Citation 1, item 15
29 CFR 1910.333(b)(2)(iia) · Working near live electrical parts
 Serious$3,500$3,500Dec 22, 2010Final
Citation 1, item 16a
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(iia) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$0$3,500Dec 22, 2010Final
Citation 1, item 16b
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(iib) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$0$0Dec 22, 2010Final
Citation 1, item 16c
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(iic) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$0$0Dec 22, 2010Final
Citation 1, item 16d
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(iid) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$0$0Dec 22, 2010Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1904.32(a)(1) · Yearly injury summary
 Other-than-serious$500$500Dec 22, 2010Final
Citation 3, item 1 Other-than-serious$500$500Dec 22, 2010Final
Citation 3, item 2 Other-than-serious$500$500Dec 22, 2010Final
Citation 3, item 3 Other-than-serious$500$500Dec 22, 2010Final
Citation 3, item 4 Other-than-serious$500$500Dec 22, 2010Final
Citation 3, item 5 Other-than-serious$500$500Dec 22, 2010Final
Citation 3, item 6 Other-than-serious$500$500Dec 22, 2010Final
Citation 3, item 7 Other-than-serious$500$500Dec 22, 2010Final
Citation 3, item 8 Other-than-serious$500$500Dec 22, 2010Final
Citation 3, item 9 Other-than-serious$500$500Dec 22, 2010Final
Citation 3, item 10 Other-than-serious$500$500Dec 22, 2010Final

Inspection 313439440 OPENED JUL 9, 2009Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 41 employees at the site · Closed Jul 15, 2009

4151 North Pecos Road, Suite 207, Las Vegas, NV 89115 · Footwear Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1904.32 · Yearly injury summary

29 CFR 1904.32(a)(1)

(1) Review the OSHA 300 Log to verify that the entries are complete and accurate, and correct any deficiencies identified;

29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2)

(2) The employer shall verify that the required workplace hazard assessment has been performed through a written certification that identifies the workplace evaluated; the person certifying that the evaluation has been performed; the date(s) of the hazard assessment; and, which identifies the document as a certification of hazard assessment.

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1)

(c) General—(1) Energy control program. The employer shall establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performs any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, start up or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source, and rendered inoperative.

29 CFR 1910.184 · Slings

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.22 · General requirements

29 CFR 1910.23 · Guarding floor and wall openings and holes

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

29 CFR 1910.332 · Training

29 CFR 1910.333 · Working near live electrical parts

29 CFR 6180.3750

29 CFR 6180.3830

29 CFR 6180.5400

29 CFR 6180.5420

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