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Transhield: OSHA inspections and violations

Elkhart, Indiana · Textile Bag and Canvas Mills · NAICS 314912

1inspections
3citation items
$487current penalties
Jul 12, 2017last inspection

OSHA has inspected Transhield once in Indiana.

The inspection began on Jul 12, 2017 on a referral, in Elkhart.

That inspection ended with 3 citation items: 3 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $750 and now stand at $487, 35% lower after settlements or reviews.

Hazard communication comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1910.1200.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,874, and Transhield averages $487 (1 cited inspection).

Transhield also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Transhield: OSHA citation items per year, 2017 to 2017
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 342465762 OPENED JUL 12, 2017Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 42 employees at the site · Closed Mar 8, 2018

2932 Thorne Drive, Elkhart, IN 46514 · Textile Bag and Canvas Mills · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$750$487Oct 11, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(2) · Hazard communication
 Serious$0$0Oct 11, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$0$0Oct 11, 2017Final

Injury and illness logs

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

In 2022, the Elkhart site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 78 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.0 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Transhield, Inc.
Elkhart · 2022
78 000.03.0

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(g)(2)

(2) The chemical manufacturer or importer shall ensure that the safety data sheet is in English (although the employer may maintain copies in other languages as well), and includes at least the following section numbers and headings, and associated information under each heading, in the order listed (see appendix D to this section, for the specific content of each section of the safety data sheet):

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.

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