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Syncot Plastics, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Cartersville, Georgia · Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers · NAICS 423930

5inspections
11citation items
$19,690current penalties
Jul 20, 2018last inspection

Since 2015, OSHA inspectors have visited Syncot Plastics, Inc. in Georgia 5 times.

The most recent inspection opened on Jul 20, 2018 on a referral, in Cartersville.

In all, OSHA issued 11 citation items: 8 serious and 3 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $29,817; today they stand at $19,690, 34% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.305 (electrical wiring methods), 2 times.

Among wholesale employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,425 penalty. Syncot Plastics, Inc. averages $6,563 across 3 cited inspections.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Syncot Plastics, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2015 to 2018
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343319067 OPENED JUL 20, 2018Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 57 employees at the site · Closed Jan 4, 2019

707 South Erwin St., Cartersville, GA 30120 · Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Jul 14, 2018: Employee is struck by heated plastic material and sustains b

At 3:21 a.m. on July 14, 201i8, an employee and a coworker were clearing excess plastic from the extrusion machine. Pressure from inside the machine caused heated plastic to spray onto left side of the employee's body. The employee sustained burns to the left side of his body to include his face, arm and hip. The employee was hospitalized.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.133(a)(1) · Eye and face protection
 Serious$7,317$4,390Dec 20, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.138(a) · Gloves and hand protection
 Serious$0$0Dec 20, 2018Final

Inspection 341073690 OPENED NOV 18, 2015Closed

Follow-up · Partial · Health · 80 employees at the site · Closed Jan 6, 2016

707 S. Erwin Street, Cartersville, GA 30120 · Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 341073765 OPENED NOV 18, 2015Closed

Follow-up · Partial · Safety · 130 employees at the site · Closed Jan 6, 2016

707 S. Erwin Street, Cartersville, GA 30120 · Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 340497528 OPENED MAR 26, 2015Closed

Referral · Partial · Health · 198 employees at the site · Closed Oct 28, 2015

707 S. Erwin Street, Cartersville, GA 30120 · Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1 Serious$4,500$4,500Aug 24, 2015Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
 Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 24, 2015Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
 Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 24, 2015Final

Inspection 340469246 OPENED MAR 17, 2015Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 198 employees at the site · Closed Sep 2, 2015

707 S. Erwin Street, Cartersville, GA 30120 · Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Mar 17, 2015 (fatal): Employee is killed when caught-in-between equipment.

At 7:00 a.m. on March 17, 2015, an employee was killed when caught in between equipment.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$6,300$3,780Aug 24, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.243(c)(1)(ii)(a) · Guarding of portable powered tools
 Serious$2,700$1,620Aug 24, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.253(b)(4)(i) · Gas welding and cutting
 Serious$3,600$2,160Aug 24, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 4a
29 CFR 1910.304(g)(5) · Grounding and circuit protection
 Serious$5,400$3,240Aug 24, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 4b
29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iv) · Electrical wiring methods
 Serious$0$0Aug 24, 2015Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.305(g)(2)(iii) · Electrical wiring methods
 Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 24, 2015Final

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.

Jul 14, 2018, Cartersville: Hospitalization · heat (thermal) burns, unspecified · nonclassifiable

Two employees were clearing a jam on an extruder machine when the hot plastic ejected from the mold and burned one of them.

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 1910.133 · Eye and face protection

29 CFR 1910.133(a)(1)

(a) General requirements. (1) The employer shall ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation.

29 CFR 1910.138 · Gloves and hand protection

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.243 · Guarding of portable powered tools

29 CFR 1910.253 · Gas welding and cutting

29 CFR 1910.304 · Grounding and circuit protection

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

29 CFR 1910.95 · Noise

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