OSHA has inspected Progressive Converting Inc. 6 times in Pennsylvania since 1998.
The latest one began on Sep 5, 2019 on a referral, in Hazleton.
Those inspections ended with 29 citation items: 21 serious, 1 repeat and 7 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $41,708 and now stand at $28,453, 32% lower after settlements or reviews.
Machine guarding comes up most often in these citations: 4 items under 1910.212.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Progressive Converting Inc. averages $3,978 (1 cited inspection).
Progressive Converting Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 2 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Inspection 344283106 OPENED SEP 5, 2019Closed
Referral · Partial · Safety · 65 employees at the site · Closed Nov 6, 2019
1104 North Park Drive, Hazleton, PA 18202 · Stationery Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Aug 29, 2019: Employee amputates thumb tip in chain and sprocket
At 2:45 p.m. on August 29, 2019, an employee was troubleshooting a motor conveyor when his thumb was caught between the conveyor motor sprocket and chain. The employee suffered an amputation to the tip of his left thumb and was treated without hospitalization.
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 344062179 OPENED JUN 6, 2019Closed
Referral · Partial · Safety · 39 employees at the site · Closed Aug 2, 2019
1104 North Park Drive, Hazleton, PA 18202 · Stationery Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Jun 3, 2019: Employee incurs contusion on fingers when caught in ingoing
At 12:00 noon on June 3, 2019, an employee was observing material being transported by conveyor when she placed a ream of paper onto the conveyor. The employee's gloved hand was grabbed by the conveyor belt and it was pulled into the unguarded ingoing nip point between the conveyor belt and the metal conveyor housing. The employee was hospitalized to treat a bruised and abraided left ring finger and pinky finger.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 |
Serious | $5,683 | $3,978 | Jul 17, 2019 | Final |
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Hazleton site logged 2 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 120 workers: 1.6 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.1 for its industry.
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 2 reports on file.
Jul 31, 2023, Hazleton: Hospitalization · soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury · foot (feet) and ankle(s)
An employee was walking in the warehouse when a forklift backed into the employee and ran over his foot and ankle.
Jun 3, 2019, Hazleton: Hospitalization · soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury · finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
On June 3, 2019, at approximately 12:00 PM, a temporary employee was placing reams of paper onto a conveyor when her glove was caught pulling her left hand into an area where two conveyors converge. The employee's left ring and pinky fingers were injured and the employee was hospitalized.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.
