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Technology Plastics, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Torrington, Connecticut · All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · NAICS 326199

3inspections
28citation items
$29,350current penalties
Mar 7, 2017last inspection

OSHA has inspected Technology Plastics, LLC 3 times in Connecticut since 2011.

The latest one began on Mar 7, 2017 on a referral, in Terryville.

Those inspections ended with 28 citation items: 23 serious and 5 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $40,828 and now stand at $29,350, 28% lower after settlements or reviews.

Electrical wiring methods comes up most often in these citations: 5 items under 1910.305.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Technology Plastics, LLC averages $10,394 (2 cited inspections).

Technology Plastics, LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Technology Plastics, LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2011 to 2017
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 342148988 OPENED MAR 7, 2017Closed

Referral · Complete · Safety · 20 employees at the site · Closed Nov 13, 2018

75 Napco Drive, Terryville, CT 06786 · All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.38(b) · Emergency action plans
 Serious$3,622$2,535May 9, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.157(e)(3) · Portable fire extinguishers
 Serious$0$0May 9, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.157(g)(1) · Portable fire extinguishers
 Serious$0$0May 9, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$3,622$2,535May 9, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.303(b)(1)(iv) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
 Serious$3,622$2,535May 9, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 4a
29 CFR 1910.303(b)(2) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
 Serious$2,897$2,028May 9, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 4b
29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iv)(a) · Electrical wiring methods
 Serious$0$0May 9, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.304(g)(6)(vi)(c)(8) · Grounding and circuit protection
 Serious$2,897$2,028May 9, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 6a
29 CFR 1910.305(b)(2)(i) · Electrical wiring methods
 Serious$2,897$2,028May 9, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 6b
29 CFR 1910.305(c)(4) · Electrical wiring methods
 Serious$0$0May 9, 2017Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.334(a)(2)(i) · Using electrical equipment
 Other-than-serious$0$0May 9, 2017Final

Inspection 342073368 OPENED FEB 2, 2017Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 20 employees at the site · Closed May 1, 2018

75 Napco Drive, Plymouth, CT 06782 · All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Serious$2,897$2,028May 10, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.133(a)(1) · Eye and face protection
 Serious$0$0May 10, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.138(a) · Gloves and hand protection
 Serious$0$0May 10, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2 Serious$3,622$2,535May 10, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$3,622$2,535May 10, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8) · Hazard communication
 Serious$0$0May 10, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 3c
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$0$0May 10, 2017Final

Inspection 314406158 OPENED JUL 7, 2011Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 20 employees at the site · Closed Apr 20, 2012

230 Ella Grasso Avenue, Torrington, CT 06790 · All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.36(g)(2) · Exit route design
 Serious$1,530$1,071Aug 15, 2011Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$1,800$1,260Aug 15, 2011Closed
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(6) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$1,800$1,260Aug 15, 2011Closed
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.242(b) · Hand and power tools
 Other-than-serious$3,600$350Aug 15, 2011Closed
Citation 1, item 7
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$2,400$1,680Aug 15, 2011Closed
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1904.4(a) · Recording criteria
 Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 15, 2011Closed
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 15, 2011Closed
Citation 2, item 3
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(2) · Machine guarding
 Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 15, 2011Closed
Citation 3, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(ii) · Electrical wiring methods
 Serious$0$2,940Aug 15, 2011Closed
Citation 3, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.305(d) · Electrical wiring methods
 Serious$0$0Aug 15, 2011Closed

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2019, the Terryville site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 30 workers: 6.6 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.6 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Technology Plastics LLC
Terryville · 2019
30 106.62.6

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

29 CFR 1904.4 · Recording criteria

29 CFR 1904.4(a)

(a) Basic requirement. Each employer required by this part to keep records of fatalities, injuries, and illnesses must record each fatality, injury and illness that:

29 CFR 1910.1048 · Formaldehyde

29 CFR 1910.1048(d)(1)(i)

(d) Exposure monitoring—(1) General. (i) Each employer who has a workplace covered by this standard shall monitor employees to determine their exposure to formaldehyde.

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 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.133 · Eye and face protection

29 CFR 1910.138 · Gloves and hand protection

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.157 · Portable fire extinguishers

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.242 · Hand and power tools

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.304 · Grounding and circuit protection

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

29 CFR 1910.334 · Using electrical equipment

29 CFR 1910.36 · Exit route design

29 CFR 1910.38 · Emergency action plans

Other all other plastics product manufacturing employers in Connecticut

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