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Summit Polymer: OSHA inspections and violations

Akron, Ohio · All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · NAICS 326199

1inspections
3citation items
$3,200current penalties
May 18, 2016last inspection

OSHA inspectors have visited Summit Polymer in Ohio one time.

It opened on May 18, 2016 on a referral, in Akron.

In all, OSHA issued 3 citation items: 3 serious.

The penalties, $3,200 in total, stand where OSHA first set them.

The rule cited most here is 1910.1200 (hazard communication), 2 times.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $4,500 penalty. Summit Polymer averages $3,200 across 1 cited inspection.

Summit Polymer: OSHA citation items per year, 2016 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341486140 OPENED MAY 18, 2016Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 3 employees at the site · Closed Nov 18, 2019

1489 Kelly Ave., Akron, OH 44306 · All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$1,600$1,600Aug 15, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$1,600$1,600Aug 15, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$0$0Aug 15, 2016Final

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(e)(1)

(e) Written hazard communication program. (1) Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1)

(h) Employee information and training. (1) Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and safety data sheets.

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i)

(l) Operator training. (1) Safe operation. (i) The employer shall ensure that each powered industrial truck operator is competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l).

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