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Prototype Acquistions, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Middletown, Connecticut · All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · NAICS 326199

1inspections
8citation items
$22,000current penalties
Sep 13, 2018last inspection

OSHA inspectors have visited Prototype Acquistions, Inc. in Connecticut one time.

It opened on Sep 13, 2018 on a referral, in Middletown.

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

The proposed penalties came to $32,335; today they stand at $22,000, 32% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.147 (lockout/tagout), 2 times.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $4,500 penalty. Prototype Acquistions, Inc. averages $22,000 across 1 cited inspection.

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

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Inspection history

Inspection 343468567 OPENED SEP 13, 2018Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 55 employees at the site · Closed Dec 2, 2019

35 Industrial Park Place, Middletown, CT 06457 · All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Sep 13, 2018: Employee amputates thumb when caught in milling machine

At 8:00 a.m. on September 13, 2018, an employee was operating the Supermax milling machine while wearing gloves and had her finger pulled into the machine. The employee amputated her right thumb and was hospitalized.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1) · Walking-working surfaces
 Other-than-serious$7,760$4,000Nov 15, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$9,054$6,700Nov 15, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$0$0Nov 15, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
 Serious$9,054$6,700Nov 15, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 4a
29 CFR 1910.1030(c)(1)(i) · Bloodborne pathogens
 Serious$6,467$4,600Nov 15, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 4b
29 CFR 1910.1030(f)(1)(i) · Bloodborne pathogens
 Serious$0$0Nov 15, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Other-than-serious$0$0Nov 15, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.145(c)(2)(i) · Specifications for accident prevention signs and tags
 Other-than-serious$0$0Nov 15, 2018Final

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 1910.1030(f)(1)(i)

(f) Hepatitis B vaccination and post-exposure evaluation and follow-up—(1) General. (i) The employer shall make available the hepatitis B vaccine and vaccination series to all employees who have occupational exposure, and post-exposure evaluation and follow-up to all employees who have had an exposure incident.

29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2)

(2) The employer shall verify that the required workplace hazard assessment has been performed through a written certification that identifies the workplace evaluated; the person certifying that the evaluation has been performed; the date(s) of the hazard assessment; and, which identifies the document as a certification of hazard assessment.

29 CFR 1910.145 · Specifications for accident prevention signs and tags

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.22 · Walking-working surfaces

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