Ankeny, Iowa · All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · NAICS 326199
4inspections
2citation items
$12,891current penalties
Jan 2, 2020last inspection
Techniplas LLC has 4 OSHA inspections on record in Iowa, the first in 2001.
OSHA's last visit started on Jan 2, 2020 on a referral, in Ankeny.
Across those inspections OSHA issued 2 citation items: 2 other-than-serious.
OSHA proposed $12,891 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. Techniplas LLC averages $12,891 over 1 cited inspection in that time.
Techniplas LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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OSHA records show Techniplas LLC at 2 sites in 2 states. Together they've had 5 inspections and $12,891 in current penalties.
We match records by employer name and industry, so these sites are likely the same company, not certainly. Franchises and subsidiaries can file under one name.
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Incident on Dec 19, 2019: Employee slips inside press and injures back and leg
At 5:40 a.m. on December 19, 2019, an employee was running an injection molding machine. The machine blew a hydraulic hose and sprayed fluid on the floor. After the hose was repaired and the excess fluid that was sprayed on the floor was cleaned up, the machine was put back in operation. The employee slipped inside the machine while retrieving a part. The employee injured his back and leg and was hospitalized.
Incident on Jul 27, 2004: Employee's finger is amputated in molding machine
On July 27, 2004, Employee #1 was setting a die in an injection mold machine. Wh en the die shifted, his finger was caught between the die and the machine, and a mputated.
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 115085870 OPENED FEB 5, 2001Closed
Planned · Complete · Health · 75 employees at the site · Closed Feb 28, 2001
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2019, the Ankeny site logged 17 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 128 workers: 11.1 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 16 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Techniplas-Ankeny
Ankeny · 2019
128
17
3
11.1
2.6
Techniplas
Ankeny · 2018
134
16
6
12.9
2.6
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(2) Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA.
(c) Access and egress. The employer must provide, and ensure each employee uses, a safe means of access and egress to and from walking-working surfaces.
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