Spartech LLC has 3 OSHA inspections on record in Missouri, the first in 1987.
OSHA's last visit started on May 7, 2024 on a referral, in Cape Girardeau.
Across those inspections OSHA issued 2 citation items: 2 serious.
OSHA proposed $6,282 in penalties and the amount has not been reduced.
For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $4,500. Spartech LLC averages $10,266 over 2 cited inspections in that time.
Spartech LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 2 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
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 Cape Girardeau site logged 5 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 58 workers: 7.6 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
spartech
Cape Girardeau · 2025
58
5
0
7.6
2.6
Spartech LLC
Cape Girardeau · 2024
50
2
1
3.5
2.6
Spartech- Cape Girardeau
Cape Girardeau · 2022
63
1
0
1.7
2.6
Spartech LLC - Cape Girardeau
Cape Girardeau · 2021
110
2
0
3.0
2.6
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 2 reports on file.
Aug 28, 2024, Cape Girardeau: Hospitalization · cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures · leg(s) unspecified
An employee was building wooden pallets when a pneumatic nail gun discharged a nail into their leg. The employee sustained a laceration and was hospitalized.
May 1, 2024, Cape Girardeau: Amputation · amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified · finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
While trying to remove dust from a hopper, an employee sustained a partial amputation to his left ring fingertip. The equipment was running at the time.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(3) Machine or equipment isolation. All energy isolating devices that are needed to control the energy to the machine or equipment shall be physically located and operated in such a manner as to isolate the machine or equipment from the energy source(s).
(b) Protection from fall hazards—(1) Unprotected sides and edges. (i) Except as provided elsewhere in this section, the employer must ensure that each employee on a walking-working surface with an unprotected side or edge that is 4 feet (1.2 m) or more above a lower level is protected from falling by one or more of the following:
Other laminated plastics plate, sheet (except packaging), and shape manufacturing employers in Missouri
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.