OSHA has inspected Treplar Inc. 2 times in West Virginia since 2024.
The latest one began on Sep 15, 2025 on a referral, in Martinsburg.
Those inspections ended with 6 citation items: 6 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $45,532 and now stand at $41,372, 9% lower after settlements or reviews.
Lockout/tagout comes up most often in these citations: 4 items under 1910.147.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Treplar Inc. averages $20,686 (2 cited inspections).
Treplar Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 3 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Martinsburg site logged 27 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 240 workers: 0.9 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 510 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Treplar inc
Martinsburg · 2025
240
27
19
0.9
2.6
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Martinsburg · 2023
81
1
1
8.2
2.6
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 3 reports on file.
An employee was inspecting and adjusting a tray in a thermoforming machine when the the trigger switch was touched, causing the machine door to close on their right hand. The employee sustained crushing injuries to the hand.
Aug 16, 2024, Martinsburg: Hospitalization · traumatic injuries or exposures unspecified · hip joint(s)
An employee was descending a ladder when they lost their footing on the second-to-last rung and fell onto their right hip, resulting in an injury and hospitalization.
Jan 30, 2024, Martinsburg: Hospitalization · thermal burns degree unspecified · hand(s) and arm(s) n.e.c.
An employee was removing bolts from a machine when pressurized hot plastic came out of the machine, burning the employee's hands and arms. The employee was hospitalized.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(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.
29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2)
(2) The employer shall verify that the required workplace hazard assessment has been performed through a written certification that identifies the workplace evaluated; the person certifying that the evaluation has been performed; the date(s) of the hazard assessment; and, which identifies the document as a certification of hazard assessment.
(4) Energy control procedure. (i) Procedures shall be developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees are engaged in the activities covered by this section.
Other polystyrene foam product manufacturing employers in West Virginia
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.
