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Trans-Tex, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Cranston, Rhode Island · Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing · NAICS 322220

1inspections
9citation items
$7,500current penalties
Jun 19, 2019last inspection

OSHA has inspected Trans-Tex, LLC once in Rhode Island.

The inspection began on Jun 19, 2019 as a planned inspection, in Cranston.

That inspection ended with 9 citation items: 4 serious and 5 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $35,802 and now stand at $7,500, 79% lower after settlements or reviews.

Machine guarding comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.212.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Trans-Tex, LLC averages $7,500 (1 cited inspection).

Trans-Tex, LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2019 to 2019
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 344093737 OPENED JUN 19, 2019Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 78 employees at the site · Closed Aug 25, 2020

117 Pettaconsett Avenue, Cranston, RI 02920 · Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper 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
 Other-than-serious$6,630$0Jul 1, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.133(a)(1) · Eye and face protection
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jul 1, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i) · Respiratory protection
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jul 1, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$6,630$3,250Jul 1, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(6) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Other-than-serious$6,630$0Jul 1, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 4a
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
 Serious$9,282$4,250Jul 1, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 4b
29 CFR 1910.212(b) · Machine guarding
 Serious$0$0Jul 1, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 4c
29 CFR 1910.219(f)(3) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$0$0Jul 1, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
 Other-than-serious$6,630$0Jul 1, 2019Final

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 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1)

(d) Hazard assessment and equipment selection. (1) The employer shall assess the workplace to determine if hazards are present, or are likely to be present, which necessitate the use of personal protective equipment (PPE). If such hazards are present, or likely to be present, the employer shall:

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 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.219 · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts

Other paper bag and coated and treated paper manufacturing employers in Rhode Island

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