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Seitz LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Torrington, Connecticut · All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · NAICS 326199

2inspections
8citation items
$9,055current penalties
May 10, 2018last inspection

OSHA has inspected Seitz LLC 2 times in Connecticut since 2008.

The latest one began on May 10, 2018 after a complaint, in Torrington.

Those inspections ended with 8 citation items: 6 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $15,466 and now stand at $9,055, 41% lower after settlements or reviews.

Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.219.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Seitz LLC averages $7,930 (1 cited inspection).

Seitz LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Seitz LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2008 to 2018
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343152252 OPENED MAY 10, 2018Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 151 employees at the site · Closed Jul 19, 2018

212 Industrial Lane, Torrington, CT 06790 · All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1 Serious$4,806$2,884Jun 21, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.242(b) · Hand and power tools
 Serious$3,604$2,162Jun 21, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.303(b)(2) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
 Serious$4,806$2,884Jun 21, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9) · Grinders and abrasive wheels
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 21, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6)(i) · Hazard communication
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 21, 2018Final

Inspection 311756480 OPENED APR 1, 2008Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 140 employees at the site · Closed Jun 5, 2008

P.o. Box 1398-212, Industrial Lane, Torrington, CT 06790 · All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9) · Grinders and abrasive wheels
 Serious$1,000$500Apr 18, 2008Closed
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$1,250$625Apr 18, 2008Closed
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.219(e)(1)(i) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$0$0Apr 18, 2008Closed

Injury and illness logs

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

In 2016, the Torrington site logged 4 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 98 workers: 3.1 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.1 for its industry. Those cases cost 60 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Seitz LLC
Torrington · 2016
98 433.11.1

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6)(i)

(i) The information specified under paragraphs (f)(1)(i) through (v) of this section for labels on shipped containers; or,

29 CFR 1910.184 · Slings

29 CFR 1910.184(e)(3)(i)

(3) Inspections. (i) In addition to the inspection required by paragraph (d) of this section, a thorough periodic inspection of alloy steel chain slings in use shall be made on a regular basis, to be determined on the basis of (A) frequency of sling use; (B) severity of service conditions; (C) nature of lifts being made; and (D) experience gained on the service life of slings used in similar circumstances. Such inspections shall in no event be at intervals greater than once every 12 months.

29 CFR 1910.215 · Grinders and abrasive wheels

29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9)

(9) Exposure adjustment. Safety guards of the types described in subparagraphs (3) and (4) of this paragraph, where the operator stands in front of the opening, shall be constructed so that the peripheral protecting member can be adjusted to the constantly decreasing diameter of the wheel. The maximum angular exposure above the horizontal plane of the wheel spindle as specified in paragraphs (b) (3) and (4) of this section shall never be exceeded, and the distance between the wheel periphery and the adjustable tongue or the end of the peripheral member at the top shall never exceed one-fourth inch. (See Figures O-18, O-19, O-20, O-21, O-22, and O-23.)

29 CFR 1910.219 · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts

29 CFR 1910.242 · Hand and power tools

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

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