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Protocast, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Commerce City, Colorado · Nonferrous Metal Foundries · NAICS 331528

1inspections
8citation items
$2,300current penalties
Oct 25, 2018last inspection

OSHA inspectors have visited Protocast, Inc. in Colorado one time.

It opened on Oct 25, 2018 as a planned inspection, in Commerce City.

In all, OSHA issued 8 citation items: 3 serious and 5 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $3,880; today they stand at $2,300, 41% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.1200 (hazard communication), 3 times.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,600 penalty. Protocast, Inc. averages $2,300 across 1 cited inspection.

Protocast, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Protocast, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2018 to 2018
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343558037 OPENED OCT 25, 2018Closed

Planned · Partial · Health · 32 employees at the site · Closed Feb 5, 2019

3900 E. 68th Ave, Commerce City, CO 80022 · Nonferrous Metal Foundries · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$3,880$2,300Dec 31, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6) · Hazard communication
 Serious$0$0Dec 31, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$0$0Dec 31, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Other-than-serious$0$0Dec 31, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i) · Respiratory protection
 Other-than-serious$0$0Dec 31, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii) · Respiratory protection
 Other-than-serious$0$0Dec 31, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.1053(d)(4) · Silica dust in general industry
 Other-than-serious$0$0Dec 31, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 4
29 CFR 1910.138(a) · Gloves and hand protection
 Other-than-serious$0$0Dec 31, 2018Final

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2024, the Commerce City site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 25 workers: 3.1 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.3 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Protocast Inc.
Commerce City · 2024
25 103.12.3

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1053 · Silica dust in general industry

29 CFR 1910.1053(d)(4)

(4) Reassessment of exposures. The employer shall reassess exposures whenever a change in the production, process, control equipment, personnel, or work practices may reasonably be expected to result in new or additional exposures at or above the action level, or when the employer has any reason to believe that new or additional exposures at or above the action level have occurred.

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)(6)

(6) Workplace labeling. Except as provided in paragraphs (f)(7) and (f)(8) of this section, the employer shall ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals in the workplace is labeled, tagged or marked with either:

29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.138 · Gloves and hand protection

Other nonferrous metal foundries employers in Colorado

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