Ronpak, Inc. has 3 OSHA inspections on record in Louisiana, the first in 2016.
OSHA's last visit started on Jun 5, 2019 on a referral, in Shreveport.
Across those inspections OSHA issued 5 citation items: 3 serious and 2 other-than-serious.
OSHA proposed $32,342 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $12,104, down 63%.
Most often, OSHA cited 1910.212, machine guarding (2 items).
For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $4,500. Ronpak, Inc. averages $4,035 over 3 cited inspections in that time.
Ronpak, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 3 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Inspection 344070107 OPENED JUN 5, 2019Closed
Referral · Partial · Safety · 120 employees at the site · Closed Feb 19, 2020
1 Nathan Sedley Rd., Shreveport, LA 71115 · Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Jun 3, 2019: Employee amputates finger while operating sack machine
At 6:15 a.m. on June 3, 2019, an employee was operating a Holweg Weber (S/N#:W808-2301) Stand-Up Sack machine without a specific procedure for deenergizing the pneumatic power source. The employee by-passed the safety device to perform to clear a jam on the machine. The employee was hospitalized and suffered a left hand finger amputation.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 |
Other-than-serious | $11,934 | $1,000 | Nov 1, 2019 | Final |
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Shreveport site logged 4 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 224 workers: 1.9 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.1 for its industry.
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 3 reports on file.
Apr 24, 2024, Shreveport: Hospitalization, amputation · amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified · other finger(s) n.e.c.
An employee was servicing a shear packer machine and sustained a partial finger amputation.
Jun 3, 2019, Shreveport: Amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)
An employee was unjamming a paper bagging machine and amputated the tip of his left middle finger.
Sep 30, 2016, Shreveport: Amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)
An employee was cleaning bag machine plates with a rag when the rag and his left hand were pulled into the machine, amputating his fingertip between a plate cylinder and impression roller. The machine was running at the time.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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.
