Mcdonald, Pennsylvania · Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing · NAICS 325188
2inspections
4citation items
$3,047current penalties
Oct 3, 2023last inspection
Since 2010, OSHA inspectors have visited Reaxis Inc. in Pennsylvania 2 times.
The most recent inspection opened on Oct 3, 2023 as a planned inspection, in Mc Donald.
In all, OSHA issued 4 citation items: 1 serious and 3 other-than-serious.
The proposed penalties came to $4,687; today they stand at $3,047, 35% less.
The rule cited most here is 1910.134 (respiratory protection), 2 times.
Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $4,500 penalty. Reaxis Inc. averages $3,047 across 1 cited inspection.
Reaxis Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
Pennsylvania · latest 90 days of OSHA records
299employers cited
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From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2022, the Mcdonald site logged 3 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 37 workers: 8.8 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 0.7 for its industry. Those cases cost 5 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Reaxis Inc (McDonald)
Mcdonald · 2022
37
3
1
8.8
0.7
Reaxis McDonald
Mcdonald · 2021
40
3
3
7.4
0.7
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(ii) Product identifier and words, pictures, symbols, or combination thereof, which provide at least general information regarding the hazards of the chemicals, and which, in conjunction with the other information immediately available to employees under the hazard communication program, will provide employees with the specific information regarding the physical and health hazards of the hazardous chemical.
(ii) In addition, the employer must establish and implement those elements of a written respiratory protection program necessary to ensure that any employee using a respirator voluntarily is medically able to use that respirator, and that the respirator is cleaned, stored, and maintained so that its use does not present a health hazard to the user. Exception: Employers are not required to include in a written respiratory protection program those employees whose only use of respirators involves the voluntary use of filtering facepieces (dust masks).
29 CFR 1910.134(k)(5)
(5) Retraining shall be administered annually, and when the following situations occur:
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.
