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THE PAPER TIGERS
$28,125
penalties
28
viol.
2
insp.

THE PAPER TIGERS

200 S BYRD, PINE BLUFF, AR 71601NAICS 423930 Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers

Inspections
2
Sep 2009 to Sep 2010 · 2 safety, 0 health
Violations
28
across 2 inspections
Penalties on record
$28,125
latest amounts in DOL records
By classification
Serious 25Willful 0Repeat 1Other 2

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Inspection records

Sep 3, 2010Follow-Up (F) · Complete scope, Safety#314913989$1,1251 viol.

Inspection #314913989

Dates

Opened
Sep 3, 2010
Closing Conference Date
Sep 14, 2010
Closed
Oct 28, 2010

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
22

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
1
Violation Types
1 serious
Initial Penalties
$1,125
Penalties on Record
$1,125
Site Address
200 S Byrd, Pine Bluff, AR 71601
Industry
423930 Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers

Follow-Up Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a follow-up inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Follow-up inspections are used by OSHA after earlier enforcement activity and can be used to check later compliance status.

Violations

Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010011910.212
General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding)
OSHA citation code: 19100212 A01
Serious11$1,125$1,125Oct 7, 2010--
Sep 22, 2009FatalityAccident (A) · Partial scope, Safety#313560567$27,00027 viol.

Inspection #313560567

Dates

Opened
Sep 22, 2009
Closing Conference Date
Dec 9, 2009
Closed
Sep 28, 2010

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
14
Related Activity
1 accident

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
27
Violation Types
24 serious, 1 repeat, 2 other-than-serious
Initial Penalties
$20,000
Penalties on Record
$27,000
Site Address
200 S Byrd, Pine Bluff, AR 71601
Industry
423930 Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers

Accident Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an accident inspection in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data. Employers must report work-related fatalities within 8 hours, and work-related inpatient hospitalizations, amputations, or losses of an eye within 24 hours. An accident-related inspection does not by itself determine fault.

Incident Investigation Summaries

Incident investigation summaries linked to this inspection through OSHA's accident and injury enforcement data. These summaries describe the reported incident. The enforcement outcome for the linked inspection is in the inspection details above.

FatalitySep 21, 2009

Employee is killed in paper baler

Injury: OtherBody part: AbdomenSource: MachineEvent: Struck By

Violations

Violation list (25 of 27 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010015A0001
General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1)
Serious11$2,500$2,000Jan 20, 2010--
010025A0001
General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1)
Serious12$2,500$2,000Jan 20, 2010--
010051910.146
Permit-Required Confined Spaces
OSHA citation code: 19100146 D03
Serious14$2,500$2,000Jan 26, 2010--
010081910.146
Permit-Required Confined Spaces
OSHA citation code: 19100146 E01
Serious14$2,500$2,000Jan 26, 2010--
01011A1910.147
Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout)
OSHA citation code: 19100147 C04 I
Repeat24$2,500$2,500Jan 20, 2010--
01011B1910.147
Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout)
OSHA citation code: 19100147 C05 IID
Serious14$0$0Jan 20, 2010--
01011C1910.147
Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout)
OSHA citation code: 19100147 C06 I
Serious14$0$0Jan 20, 2010--
010141910.147
Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout)
OSHA citation code: 19100147 F03 IID
Other14$2,500$1,500Jan 20, 2010--
010151910.212
General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding)
OSHA citation code: 19100212 A03 II
Serious14$2,500$2,500Jan 20, 2010--
01016A1910.252
Welding, Cutting, and Brazing - General Requirements
OSHA citation code: 19100252 A02 IV
Serious14$2,500$2,000Jan 20, 2010--
01016B1910.252
Welding, Cutting, and Brazing - General Requirements
OSHA citation code: 19100252 A02 V
Serious14$0$0Jan 20, 2010--
01016C1910.252
Welding, Cutting, and Brazing - General Requirements
OSHA citation code: 19100252 A02 VID
Serious14$0$0Jan 20, 2010--
01016D1910.252
Welding, Cutting, and Brazing - General Requirements
OSHA citation code: 19100252 A02 VII
Serious14$0$0Jan 20, 2010--
01016E1910.252
Welding, Cutting, and Brazing - General Requirements
OSHA citation code: 19100252 A02 VIII
Serious14$0$0Jan 20, 2010--
01019A1910.146
Permit-Required Confined Spaces
OSHA citation code: 19100146 C01
Serious14$0$2,000Jan 26, 2010--
01019B1910.146
Permit-Required Confined Spaces
OSHA citation code: 19100146 C02
Serious14$0$0Jan 26, 2010--
01019C1910.146
Permit-Required Confined Spaces
OSHA citation code: 19100146 C04
Serious14$0$0Jan 26, 2010--
01020A1910.146
Permit-Required Confined Spaces
OSHA citation code: 19100146 D06
Serious14$0$2,500Jan 26, 2010--
01020B1910.146
Permit-Required Confined Spaces
OSHA citation code: 19100146 D08
Serious14$0$0Jan 26, 2010--
01020C1910.146
Permit-Required Confined Spaces
OSHA citation code: 19100146 D09
Serious14$0$0Jan 26, 2010--
01021A1910.146
Permit-Required Confined Spaces
OSHA citation code: 19100146 G02 I
Serious14$0$2,500Jan 26, 2010--
01021B1910.146
Permit-Required Confined Spaces
OSHA citation code: 19100146 H01
Serious14$0$0Jan 26, 2010--
01022A1910.147
Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout)
OSHA citation code: 19100147 D02
Serious14$0$2,500Jan 20, 2010--
01022B1910.147
Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout)
OSHA citation code: 19100147 D03
Serious14$0$0Jan 20, 2010--
01023A1910.303
Electrical - General Requirements
OSHA citation code: 19100303 B07 I
Serious24$0$1,000Jan 22, 2010--

Showing the 25 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 27 total violations documented in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement database. The complete violation list is available at enforcedata.dol.gov.

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA incident investigation data (`osha_accident` + `osha_accident_injury`). Linked via `rel_insp_nr` to the inspection activity number (exact government key). Injury, body part, source and event values are OSHA's own codes. OSHA states that these fields are not coded according to the requirements under the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS). Only the values present in the OSHA record are listed; an incident with no value that resolves in OSHA's code table shows "Injury details not recorded". Where a record covers several people, each field lists every value recorded across them.

Understanding These Penalties

The maximum penalty for a serious violation in 2025 is $16,550 per violation. For willful violations, the range is $11,823 to $165,514. The current penalty column shows the latest amount on record in OSHA's database for each citation. When the current penalty differs from the initial penalty, OSHA's records show that the amount changed during the enforcement process, but this page does not determine the specific reason for each change. Penalty amounts are set by OSHA and adjusted annually for inflation.

Standards cited

1910.146Permit-Required Confined Spaces10 citations · $11,000
1910.147Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout)7 citations · $6,500
1910.252Welding, Cutting, and Brazing - General Requirements5 citations · $2,000

Industry comparison

Violations per inspection
This employer14.0
Industry average2.6
Penalties per inspection
This employer$14,063
Industry average$2,639

Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods, 25,331 employers with OSHA inspections. Arithmetic from DOL records.

BLS 2024 survey: recyclable material merchant wholesalers reported 3.7 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers (total recordable cases, national, private industry; relative standard error 12.0%; NAICS 42393 level). This is an industry-wide average from a federal survey, not a measurement of this establishment. Source

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