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Profiners Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Hatfield, Pennsylvania · Secondary Smelting, Refining, and Alloying of Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum) · NAICS 331492

3inspections
24citation items
$7,838current penalties
Mar 2, 2020last inspection

Since 2007, OSHA inspectors have visited Profiners Inc. in Pennsylvania 3 times.

The most recent inspection opened on Mar 2, 2020 as a planned inspection, in Hatfield.

In all, OSHA issued 24 citation items: 20 serious, 1 repeat and 3 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $12,480; today they stand at $7,838, 37% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.134 (respiratory protection), 8 times.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,600 penalty. Profiners Inc. averages $3,694 across 2 cited inspections.

Profiners Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2007 to 2020
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 344667902 OPENED MAR 2, 2020Closed

Planned · Complete · Health · 7 employees at the site · Closed Dec 21, 2020

2299 Amber Dr., Hatfield, PA 19440 · Secondary Smelting, Refining, and Alloying of Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum) · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2) · Respiratory protection
 Repeat$3,470$1,388Apr 6, 2020Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)(ii) · Respiratory protection
 Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 6, 2020Final

Inspection 341105096 OPENED DEC 15, 2015Closed

Planned · Complete · Health · 7 employees at the site · Closed Jun 20, 2016

2299 Amber Drive, Hatfield, PA 19440 · Secondary Smelting, Refining, and Alloying of Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum) · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 4a
29 CFR 1910.219(e)(1)(i) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$1,360$1,000Apr 28, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 4b
29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$0$0Apr 28, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 5a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$2,000$2,000Apr 28, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 5b
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(3)(iv) · Hazard communication
 Serious$0$0Apr 28, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 5c
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(7) · Hazard communication
 Serious$0$0Apr 28, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 5d
29 CFR 1910.1025(l)(1)(i) · Lead in general industry
 Serious$0$0Apr 28, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 6a
29 CFR 1910.132(a) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Serious$2,400$2,000Apr 28, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 6b
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Serious$0$0Apr 28, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 6c
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Serious$0$0Apr 28, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 6d
29 CFR 1910.132(f)(1) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Serious$0$0Apr 28, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 6e
29 CFR 1910.133(a)(1) · Eye and face protection
 Serious$0$0Apr 28, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 6f
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$1,600$0Apr 28, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 6g
29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$0$0Apr 28, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 6h
29 CFR 1910.134(g)(1)(i)(a) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$0$0Apr 28, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 6i
29 CFR 1910.134(h)(1) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$0$0Apr 28, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 6j
29 CFR 1910.134(h)(2)(i) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$0$0Apr 28, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 6k
29 CFR 1910.134(k)(1) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$0$0Apr 28, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.157(g)(1) · Portable fire extinguishers
 Other-than-serious$1,200$1,000Apr 28, 2016Final

Inspection 309864544 OPENED FEB 27, 2007Closed

Planned · Complete · Health · 7 employees at the site · Closed Mar 27, 2007

2299 Amber Drive, Hatfield, PA 19440 · Secondary Smelting, Refining, and Alloying of Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum) · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9) · Grinders and abrasive wheels
 Serious$225$225Mar 2, 2007Closed
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5)(i) · Hazard communication
 Serious$225$225Mar 2, 2007Closed
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5)(ii) · Hazard communication
 Serious$0$0Mar 2, 2007Closed
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.157(e)(2) · Portable fire extinguishers
 Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 2, 2007Closed

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(l)(1)(i)

(l) Employee information and training—(1) Training program. (i) Each employer who has a workplace in which there is a potential exposure to airborne lead at any level shall inform employees of the content of Appendices A and B of this regulation.

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(f)(5)(i)

(5) Transportation. (i) Chemical manufacturers, importers, or distributors shall ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals leaving the workplace is labeled, tagged, or marked in accordance with this section in a manner which does not conflict with the requirements of the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.) and regulations issued under that Act by the Department of Transportation (49 CFR subtitle B).

29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.133 · Eye and face protection

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.157 · Portable fire extinguishers

29 CFR 1910.215 · Grinders and abrasive wheels

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

Other secondary smelting, refining, and alloying of nonferrous metal (except copper and aluminum) employers in Pennsylvania

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