OSHA has inspected Royal Plastics, Inc. 5 times in South Dakota since 1984.
The latest one began on Jan 21, 2026 as a planned inspection, in Brookings.
Those inspections ended with 4 citation items: 3 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $4,251 and now stand at $2,463, 42% lower after settlements or reviews.
Machine guarding comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1910.212.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Royal Plastics, Inc. averages $2,026 (1 cited inspection).
Royal Plastics, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Brookings site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 32 workers: 3.5 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.6 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Royal Plastics Inc.
Brookings · 2025
32
1
0
3.5
2.6
Royal Plastics, Inc.
Brookings · 2019
33
2
0
7.5
1.1
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii)
(iii) An evaluation of each powered industrial truck operator's performance shall be conducted at least once every three years.
(a) Machine guarding—(1) Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks. Examples of guarding methods are—barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices, electronic safety devices, etc.
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii)
(ii) The point of operation of machines whose operation exposes an employee to injury, shall be guarded. The guarding device shall be in conformity with any appropriate standards therefor, or, in the absence of applicable specific standards, shall be so designed and constructed as to prevent the operator from having any part of his body in the danger zone during the operating cycle.
Other all other plastics product manufacturing employers in South Dakota
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.
