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Prolamina: OSHA inspections and violations

Westfield, Massachusetts · Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing · NAICS 322222

2inspections
7citation items
$54,566current penalties
May 4, 2017last inspection

Prolamina has 2 OSHA inspections on record in Massachusetts, the first in 2013.

OSHA's last visit started on May 4, 2017 on a referral, in Westfield.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 7 citation items: 6 serious and 1 repeat.

OSHA proposed $95,025 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $54,566, down 43%.

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. Prolamina averages $50,066 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Prolamina: OSHA citation items per year, 2013 to 2017
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 342301074 OPENED MAY 4, 2017Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 268 employees at the site · Closed Sep 12, 2017

132 North Elm St., Westfield, MA 01085 · Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Apr 29, 2017: Employee injures wrist when caught in nip point of running m

At approximately 8:10 a.m. on April 29, 2017, an employee was walking to make a running adjustment. The employee's hand was caught in nip point of running rollers. The employee suffered right wrist injury and was hospitalized.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(2)(ii) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$12,675$7,605Jul 17, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i)(c) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$0$0Jul 17, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(ii) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$0$0Jul 17, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$12,675$7,605Jul 17, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2b Serious$0$0Jul 17, 2017Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
 Repeat$63,375$34,856Jul 17, 2017Final

Inspection 339438996 OPENED OCT 23, 2013Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 240 employees at the site · Closed Oct 29, 2014

132 North Elm St., Westfield, MA 01085 · Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
 Serious$6,300$4,500Nov 19, 2013Final

Severe injury reports

Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.

Apr 29, 2017, Westfield: Hospitalization · fractures · finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified

An employee was looking at the coating on rollers when his hand and arm were pulled into the roller, breaking two fingers.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(2)(ii)

(ii) If an energy isolating device is capable of being locked out, the employer's energy control program under paragraph (c)(1) of this section shall utilize lockout, unless the employer can demonstrate that the utilization of a tagout system will provide full employee protection as set forth in paragraph (c)(3) of this section.

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 1910.147(c)(6)(i)(c)

(C) Where lockout is used for energy control, the periodic inspection shall include a review, between the inspector and each authorized employee, of that employee's responsibilities under the energy control procedure being inspected.

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

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