OSHA has inspected Spartech 2 times in Wisconsin since 2009.
The latest one began on Oct 18, 2017 on a referral, in Kohler.
Those inspections ended with 1 citation item: 1 serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $12,675 and now stand at $8,239, 35% lower after settlements or reviews.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Spartech averages $8,239 (1 cited inspection).
Spartech also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Sep 16, 2017: Employee sustains partial amputation of the left middle fing
At 5:30 a.m. on September 16, 2017, an employee was removing residual material from an excess material catch pad. While removing the residual material, the employee's left hand was inserted into an ingoing nip point created by two rollers. The employee sustained injuries to three fingers of the left hand including a partial amputation of the left middle finger.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Kohler site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 82 workers: 0.0 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
Kho
Kohler · 2025
82
0
0
0.0
2.6
Spartech LLC - Sheboygan Falls
Kohler · 2021
80
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. 1 report on file.
On September 16, 2017, an employee was removing material from a die machine when his left hand was drawn into the rollers, crushing his left pinky, ring, and middle fingers and amputating his middle fingertip.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(4) Energy control procedure. (i) Procedures shall be developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees are engaged in the activities covered by this section.
Other unlaminated plastics profile shape manufacturing employers in Wisconsin
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.
