OSHA Inspection: PLASTILENE INC

Issued

Jul 25, 2025

Abate by

Feb 16, 2026

Penalty

Initial $9,268 · Current $6,487 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.147(c)(4)(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.   a) On or about 04/03/2025, the employer failed to ensure that specific procedures were developed and utilized for the energized Kampf Roll Slitting and Winding Machine Consult II 17/085 with two energy sources (pneumatic and electrical) as employees were between the unwind and rewind sections adjusting the slitting knives and pulling plastic pieces off the components as the machine was energized. As a result, employees were exposed to caught-in and cutting hazards from unguarded rollers, ingoing nip points, and slitting knives located in the rewind section.

Issued

Jul 25, 2025

Abate by

Feb 16, 2026

Penalty

Initial $9,268 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.147(c)(7)(i)(A): Each authorized employee shall receive training in the recognition of applicable hazardous energy sources, the type and magnitude of the energy available in the workplace, and the methods and means necessary for energy isolation and control.  a) On or about 04/03/2025, the employer failed to ensure that employees performing servicing and maintenance activities, such as adjusting slitting knives and removing plastic film from components on the energized Slitting and Winding Machine Conslit II 12/085, were trained as authorized employees. As a result, these employees were not trained to recognize hazardous energy sources, including electrical and pneumatic energy, or the methods and means necessary for energy isolation and control.

Issued

Jul 25, 2025

Abate by

Feb 16, 2026

Penalty

Initial $6,621 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.147(d): Application of control. The established procedures for the application of energy control (the lockout or tagout procedures) shall cover the following elements and actions and shall be done in the following sequence:  (1) Preparation for shutdown. Before an authorized or affected employee turns off a machine or equipment, the authorized employee shall have knowledge of the type and magnitude of the energy, the hazards of the energy to be controlled, and the method or means to control the energy.  (2) Machine or equipment shutdown. The machine or equipment shall be turned off or shut down using the procedures established for the machine or equipment. An orderly shutdown must be utilized to avoid any additional or increased hazard(s) to employees as a result of the equipment stoppage. (3) Machine or equipment isolation. All energy isolating devices that are needed to control the energy to the machine or equipment shall be physically located and operated in such a manner as to isolate the machine or equipment from the energy source(s).  (4) Lockout or tagout device application.  (4)(i) Lockout or tagout devices shall be affixed to each energy isolating device by authorized employees.  (5) Stored energy. (i) Following the application of lockout or tagout devices to energy isolating devices, all potentially hazardous stored or residual energy shall be relieved, disconnected, restrained, and otherwise rendered safe. (6) Verification of isolation. Prior to starting work on machines or equipment that have been locked out or tagged out, the authorized employee shall verify that isolation and deenergization of the machine or equipment have been accomplished.  a) On or about 04/03/2025, the employer did not ensure that employees adjusting the slitting knives on an energized Kampf Roll Slitting and Winding Machine Conslit II 17/085 performed (d1-d6) of the requirements to ensure all energy sources such as the compressed air (pneumatic) and electrical were secured to prevent employees from being exposed to ingoing nip points from the unguarded rollers and cut hazards from the slitting knives.

Issued

Jul 25, 2025

Abate by

Feb 16, 2026

Penalty

Initial $9,268 · Current $6,487 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.212(a)(1):Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks. Examples of guarding methods are-barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices,electronic safety devices)  a) On or about 04/03/2025, the employer failed to ensure that the Kampf Roll Slitting and Winding Machine Conslit II 17/085 was guarded at the front of the unwind section, where employees manually load the parent roll. Employees were exposed to caught-in hazards from unguarded rollers and ingoing nip points located at the parent roll and the dancer roller.  b) On or about 04/03/2025, the employer failed to ensure that the Kampf Roll Slitting and Winding Machine Conslit II 17/085 was guarded at the front of the rewind section, where employees unload finished rolls. Employees were exposed to caught-in hazards from unguarded rotating shafts and ingoing nip points located rewinder 1 and rewinder 2.  c) On or about  04/03/2025, the employer failed to ensure that the Kampf Roll Slitting and Winding Machine Conslit II 17/085 was guarded in the area located between the unwind and rewind sections. This area contained exposed rollers and slitting knives. As a result, employees were exposed to point of operation hazards located at the adjustable slitting knives and the rollers in the rewind section.

Issued

Jul 25, 2025

Penalty

Initial $744 · Current $250 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1903.2(a)(1):Each employer shall post and keep posted a notice or notices, to be furnished by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, informing employees of the protections and obligations provided for in the Act, and that for assistance and information, including copies of the Act and of specific safety and health standards, employees should contact the employer or the nearest office of the Department of Labor. Such notice or notices shall be posted by the employer in each establishment in a conspicuous place or places where notices to employees are customarily posted. Each employer shall take steps to insure that such notices are not altered, defaced, or covered by other material.  a) On or about 04/03/25, the employer did not ensure that a poster containing employee and employer rights was posted in a conspicuous place or places where notices to employees are customarily posted.

Issued

Jul 25, 2025

Penalty

Initial $1,324 · Current $500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1904.32(b)(6):When do I have to post the annual summary? You must post the summary no later than February 1 of the year following the year covered by the records and keep the posting in place until April 30.  [66 FR 6131, Jan. 19, 2001]  a) On or about 04/03/2025, the employer failed to post the certified OSHA Form 300A annual summary for calendar year 2024 in a conspicuous location where notices to employees are customarily posted.  Employees were not provided access to the required summary of work-related injuries and illnesses for the 2024