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Purforms Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

Lowell, Michigan · Urethane and Other Foam Product (except Polystyrene) Manufacturing · NAICS 326150

4inspections
10citation items
$17,450current penalties
Aug 1, 2022last inspection

Since 2004, OSHA inspectors have visited Purforms Inc in Michigan 4 times.

The most recent inspection opened on Aug 1, 2022 as a planned inspection, in Lowell.

In all, OSHA issued 10 citation items: 9 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $17,900; today they stand at $17,450, 3% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.305 (electrical wiring methods), 2 times.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $4,500 penalty. Purforms Inc averages $5,817 across 3 cited inspections.

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

Purforms Inc: OSHA citation items per year, 2004 to 2022
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 346115520 OPENED AUG 1, 2022Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 49 employees at the site · Closed Oct 17, 2022

615 Chatham, Lowell, MI 49331 · Urethane and Other Foam Product (except Polystyrene) Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 408.10034(9)
 Serious$4,200$4,200Aug 23, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 408.16225(1)
 Serious$3,000$3,000Aug 23, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 408.16226(2)
 Serious$0$0Aug 23, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 408.16226(1)
 Serious$3,000$3,000Aug 23, 2022Final

Inspection 346123268 OPENED AUG 1, 2022Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 49 employees at the site · Closed Oct 17, 2022

615 Chatham, Lowell, MI 49331 · Urethane and Other Foam Product (except Polystyrene) Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 408.10727(1)
 Serious$1,600$1,600Aug 23, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 408.10731(1)
 Serious$1,600$1,600Aug 23, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 408.12722(2)
 Serious$2,000$2,000Aug 23, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(ii) · Electrical wiring methods
 Serious$1,600$1,600Aug 23, 2022Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(i) · Electrical wiring methods
 Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 23, 2022Final

Inspection 342725272 OPENED OCT 31, 2017Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 57 employees at the site · Closed Mar 5, 2018

615 Chatham, Lowell, MI 49331 · All Other Plastics Product 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
 Serious$900$450Jan 12, 2018Final

Inspection 304868284 OPENED JAN 6, 2004Closed

Planned · No inspection · Safety · Closed Jan 22, 2004

835 Hall Sw, Grand Rapids, MI 49503 · Polystyrene Foam Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

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 Lowell site logged 2 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 40 workers: 5.1 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.6 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
PURforms Venture LLC
Lowell · 2024
40 205.12.6
PURforms, Inc.
Lowell · 2023
44 307.32.6
PURforms, Inc
Lowell · 2022
47 5112.12.6
PURforms
Lowell · 2017
63 617.22.6

The rules behind these citations

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

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 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(i)

(b) Cabinets, boxes, and fittings—(1) Conductors entering boxes, cabinets, or fittings. (i) Conductors entering cutout boxes, cabinets, or fittings shall be protected from abrasion, and openings through which conductors enter shall be effectively closed.

29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(ii)

(ii) Unused openings in cabinets, boxes, and fittings shall be effectively closed.

Other urethane and other foam product (except polystyrene) manufacturing employers in Michigan

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