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Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1550373.015 - Beta Plastics Corporation

Inspection Information - Office: Hasbrouck Heights Area Office

 

Inspection Nr: 1550373.015
Report ID: 0214500
Date Opened: 08/31/2021

Site Address:
Beta Plastics Corporation
120 Amor Ave
Carlstadt, NJ 07072

Mailing Address:
120 Amor Ave, Carlstadt, NJ 07072

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 326111/Plastics Bag Manufacturing

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 02/22/2022

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 03/26/2025

Related Activity
Type Activity Nr Safety Health
Referral 1804990 Yes
Case Status: CLOSED
Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties Serious Willful Repeat Other Unclass Total
Initial Violations 7 7
Current Violations 7 7
Initial Penalty $40,609 $0 $0 $0 $0 $40,609
Current Penalty $26,396 $0 $0 $0 $0 $26,396
FTA Penalty $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0

Violation Items
# Citation ID Citation Type Standard Cited Issuance Date Abatement Due Date Current Penalty Initial Penalty FTA Penalty Contest Latest Event Note
1. 01001 Serious 19100303 F02 02/24/2022 03/22/2022 $2,828 $4,351 $0 I - Informal Settlement  
2. 01002 Serious 19100303 G02 I 02/24/2022 $4,714 $7,252 $0 I - Informal Settlement  
3. 01003 Serious 19100304 F01 IV 02/24/2022 $3,771 $5,801 $0 I - Informal Settlement  
4. 01004 Serious 19100305 B02 I 02/24/2022 03/22/2022 $4,714 $7,252 $0 I - Informal Settlement  
5. 01005 Serious 19100305 G01 II A 02/24/2022 03/22/2022 $3,771 $5,801 $0 I - Informal Settlement  
6. 01006 Serious 19100305 G01 IV D 02/24/2022 $3,771 $5,801 $0 I - Informal Settlement  
7. 01007 Serious 19100334 A02 I 02/24/2022 $2,828 $4,351 $0 I - Informal Settlement  

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 138654.015
Event: 08/27/2021
Employee partially amputates thumb in separator rollers

At 6:00 p.m. on August 27, 2021, an employee working for a plastics manufacturer was restarting a separator following a power outage from a storm. The employee caught his left thumb in the rollers. The employee was hospitalized to treat a partially amputated thumb, which was reattached at the hospital during surgery.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Catch Point, Caught Between, Caught In, Engineering Controls, Finger, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Partial Amputation, Plastic Mfg, Power Roller, Roller--Mach/Part, Started, Thumb, Traumatic Amputation

Investigated Inspection
# Inspection Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 1550373.015 32 M Hospitalized injury
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