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Rhetech Colors: OSHA inspections and violations

Sandusky, Ohio · Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing · NAICS 325211

1inspections
7citation items
$7,448current penalties
Mar 18, 2015last inspection

Rhetech Colors has one OSHA inspection on record in Ohio.

OSHA opened it on Mar 18, 2015 after a complaint, in Sandusky.

From that inspection OSHA issued 7 citation items: 7 serious.

OSHA proposed $14,895 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $7,448, down 50%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.134, respiratory protection (3 items).

For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $4,500. Rhetech Colors averages $7,448 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

Rhetech Colors also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Rhetech Colors: OSHA citation items per year, 2015 to 2015
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 340471028 OPENED MAR 18, 2015Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 42 employees at the site · Closed Apr 21, 2016

2901 West Monroe St., Sandusky, OH 44870 · Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.23(c)(1) · Guarding floor and wall openings and holes
 Serious$2,295$1,448Jul 29, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(7)(ii) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$2,700$1,200Jul 29, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$2,700$1,200Jul 29, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$0$0Jul 29, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iv)(a) · Electrical wiring methods
 Serious$2,700$1,350Jul 29, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 5a
29 CFR 1910.1000(a)(2) · Air contaminants
 Serious$4,500$2,250Jul 29, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 5b
29 CFR 1910.1000(e) · Air contaminants
 Serious$0$0Jul 29, 2015Final

Injury and illness logs

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

In 2025, the Sandusky site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 50 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.6 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
RheTech Colors
Sandusky · 2025
50 000.01.6

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.

Feb 13, 2021, Sandusky: Amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified

On February 13, 2021, an employee was working to unjam a pelletizer machine when their finger was caught by an auger blade and partially amputated. The machine had been turned off, and a guard was open at the time of the incident.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1000 · Air contaminants

29 CFR 1910.1000(a)(2)

(2) Other substances—8-hour Time Weighted Averages. An employee's exposure to any substance in Table Z-1, the exposure limit of which is not preceded by a “C”, shall not exceed the 8-hour Time Weighted Average given for that substance in any 8-hour work shift of a 40-hour work week.

29 CFR 1910.1000(e)

(e) To achieve compliance with paragraphs (a) through (d) of this section, administrative or engineering controls must first be determined and implemented whenever feasible. When such controls are not feasible to achieve full compliance, protective equipment or any other protective measures shall be used to keep the exposure of employees to air contaminants within the limits prescribed in this section. Any equipment and/or technical measures used for this purpose must be approved for each particular use by a competent industrial hygienist or other technically qualified person. Whenever respirators are used, their use shall comply with 1910.134.

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(7)(ii)

(ii) A PLHCP, supervisor, or the respirator program administrator informs the employer that an employee needs to be reevaluated;

29 CFR 1910.23 · Guarding floor and wall openings and holes

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

Other plastics material and resin manufacturing employers in Ohio

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