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Progressive Plastics, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Williamstown, Vermont · Unlaminated Plastics Profile Shape Manufacturing · NAICS 326121

7inspections
15citation items
$2,725current penalties
May 29, 2015last inspection

OSHA has inspected Progressive Plastics, Inc. 7 times in Vermont since 1992.

The latest one began on May 29, 2015 as a planned inspection, in Williamstown.

Those inspections ended with 15 citation items: 9 serious and 6 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $6,175 and now stand at $2,725, 56% lower after settlements or reviews.

Electrical wiring methods comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1910.305.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Progressive Plastics, Inc. averages $1,125 (1 cited inspection).

Progressive Plastics, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 1992 to 2015
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 340666619 OPENED MAY 29, 2015Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 46 employees at the site · Closed Oct 7, 2015

85 Industry Street, Williamstown, VT 05679 · All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
Serious$1,125$562Jun 30, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.305(g)(2)(iii) · Electrical wiring methods
Serious$1,125$562Jun 30, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.305(e)(1) · Electrical wiring methods
Serious$1,125$0Jun 30, 2015Final

Inspection 316745074 OPENED MAY 6, 2013Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 42 employees at the site · Closed Oct 7, 2013

85 Industrial Street, Williamstown, VT 05679 · Unlaminated Plastics Profile Shape Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iva) · Electrical wiring methods
Serious$700$200Aug 10, 2013Closed

Inspection 311484471 OPENED APR 5, 2010Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 40 employees at the site · Closed Jun 17, 2010

85 Industry Street, Williamstown, VT 05679 · Unlaminated Plastics Profile Shape Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.151(c) · First aid and eyewash
Serious$525$400May 10, 2010Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.243(b)(2) · Guarding of portable powered tools
Serious$525$300May 10, 2010Closed
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.213(i)(1) · Woodworking machinery
Serious$525$400May 10, 2010Closed
Citation 1, item 4a
29 CFR 1910.179(b)(5) · Overhead and gantry cranes
Serious$525$300May 10, 2010Closed
Citation 1, item 4b
29 CFR 1910.179(j)(2) · Overhead and gantry cranes
Serious$0$0May 10, 2010Closed
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.176(b) · Material storage and aisles
Other-than-serious$0$0May 10, 2010Closed

Inspection 311484117 OPENED MAR 22, 2010Closed

Planned · Complete · Health · 40 employees at the site · Closed Jul 12, 2010

85 Industry Street, Williamstown, VT 05679 · Unlaminated Plastics Profile Shape Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1) · Respiratory protection
Other-than-serious$0$0May 10, 2010Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.151(b) · First aid and eyewash
Other-than-serious$0$0May 10, 2010Closed
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.1030(c)(1)(i) · Bloodborne pathogens
Other-than-serious$0$0May 10, 2010Closed
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0May 10, 2010Closed

Inspection 305537417 OPENED SEP 22, 2004Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 28 employees at the site · Closed Nov 3, 2004

85 Industrial Street, Williamstown, VT 05679 · All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · 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
Other-than-serious$0$0Oct 19, 2004Closed

Inspection 303447635 OPENED MAY 10, 2000Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 20 employees at the site · Closed May 15, 2000

South Pleasant St., Randolph, VT 05060 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 111708871 OPENED JUN 8, 1992Closed

Planned · No inspection · Safety · Closed Jun 8, 1992

Beanville Rd., Randolph, VT 05036 · 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 1910.1030 · Bloodborne pathogens

29 CFR 1910.1030(c)(1)(i)

(c) Exposure control—(1) Exposure Control Plan. (i) Each employer having an employee(s) with occupational exposure as defined by paragraph (b) of this section shall establish a written Exposure Control Plan designed to eliminate or minimize employee exposure.

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 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)

(1) The test instrument must have an effective audio-warning device, or a visual-warning device in the form of a screen tracing, that indicates when the test subject fails to hold his or her breath during the test. The test must be terminated and restarted from the beginning when the test subject fails to hold his or her breath during the test. The test subject then may be refitted and retested.

29 CFR 1910.151 · First aid and eyewash

29 CFR 1910.176 · Material storage and aisles

29 CFR 1910.179 · Overhead and gantry cranes

29 CFR 1910.213 · Woodworking machinery

29 CFR 1910.215 · Grinders and abrasive wheels

29 CFR 1910.243 · Guarding of portable powered tools

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

Other unlaminated plastics profile shape manufacturing employers in Vermont

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