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Production Sciences, Incorporated: OSHA inspections and violations

Chestertown, Maryland · Unlaminated Plastics Profile Shape Manufacturing · NAICS 326121

1inspections
12citation items
$1,590current penalties
Apr 4, 2023last inspection

Production Sciences, Incorporated has one OSHA inspection on record in Maryland.

OSHA opened it on Apr 4, 2023 as a planned inspection, in Chestertown.

From that inspection OSHA issued 12 citation items: 9 serious and 3 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $3,000 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $1,590, down 47%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.147, lockout/tagout (5 items).

For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $4,500. Production Sciences, Incorporated averages $1,590 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

Production Sciences, Incorporated: OSHA citation items per year, 2023 to 2023
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 346610868 OPENED APR 4, 2023Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 17 employees at the site · Closed Oct 31, 2023

127 Dixon Drive, Chestertown, MD 21620 · Unlaminated Plastics Profile Shape Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$375$225Jul 3, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$0$0Jul 3, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$0$0Jul 3, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.219(f)(3) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$600$300Jul 3, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.242(b) · Hand and power tools
 Serious$600$300Jul 3, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.303(g)(2)(i) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
 Serious$450$225Jul 3, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1) · Electrical wiring methods
 Serious$450$225Jul 3, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 6a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$525$315Jul 3, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 6b
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$0$0Jul 3, 2023Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(ii) · Lockout/tagout
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jul 3, 2023Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(iv) · Lockout/tagout
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jul 3, 2023Final
Citation 2, item 3
29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(ii) · Electrical wiring methods
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jul 3, 2023Final

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(h)(1)

(h) Employee information and training. (1) Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and safety data sheets.

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i)

(4) Energy control procedure. (i) Procedures shall be developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees are engaged in the activities covered by this section.

29 CFR 1910.219 · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts

29 CFR 1910.242 · Hand and power tools

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

Other unlaminated plastics profile shape manufacturing employers in Maryland

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