PLASTICS RECYCLING CORPORATION
26027 ALDINE-WESTFIELD, SPRING, TX 77383
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Inspection records
Dec 14, 1995#100751965Dec 14, 1995Follow-Up (F) · Partial scope, Health#100751965$2001 viol.1 violation$200 in penalties
Inspection #100751965
Dates
- Opened
- Dec 14, 1995
- Closing Conference Date
- Jan 10, 1996
- Closed
- Mar 15, 1996
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 30
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 repeat
- Initial Penalties
- $200
- Penalties on Record
- $200
- Site Address
- 26027 Aldine-Westfield, Spring, TX 77383
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
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)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.134 Respiratory Protection OSHA citation code: 19100134 B03 | Repeat | 1 | 6 | $200 | $200 | Jan 31, 1996 | - | - |
Mar 9, 1995#123564189Mar 9, 1995FatalityComplaint (B) · Partial scope, HealthFatality#123564189$4,0009 viol.9 violations$4,000 in penalties
Inspection #123564189
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 9, 1995
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 9, 1995
- Contested
- Apr 19, 1995
- Final Order
- Oct 30, 1995
- Closed
- Mar 15, 1996
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 30
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint, 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 9
- Violation Types
- 4 serious, 5 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $8,225
- Penalties on Record
- $4,000
- Site Address
- 26027 Aldine-Westfield, Spring, TX 77383
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
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.
Employee collapses and dies of hyperthermia
Violations
Violation list (9 of 9 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 C01 | Serious | 1 | 2 | $3,500 | $1,750 | May 11, 1995 | Apr 19, 1995 | Oct 30, 1995 |
| 01002A | 1910.132 Personal Protective Equipment - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100132 D01 | Serious | 1 | 2 | $675 | $250 | Apr 13, 1995 | Apr 19, 1995 | Oct 30, 1995 |
| 01002B | 1910.132 Personal Protective Equipment - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100132 F01 | Serious | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Apr 13, 1995 | Apr 19, 1995 | Oct 30, 1995 |
| 01002C | 1910.133 Eye and Face Protection OSHA citation code: 19100133 A01 | Serious | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Mar 31, 1995 | Apr 19, 1995 | Oct 30, 1995 |
| 02001 | 1904.2 Partial Exemption for Establishments in Certain Industries OSHA citation code: 19040002 A | Other | 3 | 3 | $0 | $0 | Apr 13, 1995 | Apr 19, 1995 | Oct 30, 1995 |
| 02002 | 1904.8 Recording Criteria for Needlestick and Sharps Injuries | Other | 1 | 30 | $3,500 | $1,750 | Mar 30, 1995 | Apr 19, 1995 | Oct 30, 1995 |
| 02003A | 1910.134 Respiratory Protection OSHA citation code: 19100134 B03 | Other | 1 | 2 | $550 | $250 | Apr 13, 1995 | Apr 19, 1995 | Oct 30, 1995 |
| 02003B | 1910.1000 Air Contaminants OSHA citation code: 19101000 A02 | Other | 2 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Aug 7, 1995 | Apr 19, 1995 | Oct 30, 1995 |
| 02003C | 1910.1000 Air Contaminants OSHA citation code: 19101000 E | Other | 2 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Aug 7, 1995 | Apr 19, 1995 | Oct 30, 1995 |
Failure to Abate Penalties1 citation, $45,000 in FTA penalties on record
OSHA's enforcement record shows Failure to Abate (FTA) activity recorded against 1 citation issued in this inspection. An FTA penalty is assessed during a follow-up inspection when OSHA's records indicate a previously cited hazard was not corrected by the abatement date. Each row below shows the FTA fields published on the original citation record: the follow-up inspection number, the FTA issuance date, the FTA penalty amount, and any FTA contest or final order date on record.
| Citation | FTA Inspection | FTA Issuance | FTA Penalty | FTA Contest | FTA Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | #100751965 | Jan 18, 1996 | $45,000 | - | - |
Mar 9, 1995#123562738Mar 9, 1995Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#123562738$20,0005 viol.5 violations$20,000 in penalties
Inspection #123562738
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 9, 1995
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 9, 1995
- Contested
- May 24, 1995
- Final Order
- Oct 30, 1995
- Closed
- Mar 15, 1996
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 25
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 5
- Violation Types
- 2 serious, 1 willful, 2 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $61,300
- Penalties on Record
- $20,000
- Site Address
- 26027 Aldine-Westfield, Spring, TX 77383
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
Violations
Violation list (5 of 5 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.176 Handling Materials - General OSHA citation code: 19100176 B | Serious | 1 | 25 | $1,300 | $1,000 | May 11, 1995 | May 24, 1995 | Oct 30, 1995 |
| 01002 | 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 C02 I | Serious | 1 | 4 | $4,000 | $2,000 | May 8, 1995 | May 24, 1995 | Oct 30, 1995 |
| 02001 | 1910.212 General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding) OSHA citation code: 19100212 A01 | Willful | 1 | 4 | $56,000 | $17,000 | May 26, 1995 | May 24, 1995 | Oct 30, 1995 |
| 03001 | 1910.157 Portable Fire Extinguishers OSHA citation code: 19100157 E03 | Other | 3 | 3 | $0 | $0 | May 9, 1995 | May 24, 1995 | Oct 30, 1995 |
| 03002 | 1910.178 Powered Industrial Trucks OSHA citation code: 19100178 N04 | Other | 3 | 20 | $0 | $0 | May 11, 1995 | May 24, 1995 | Oct 30, 1995 |
Penalty amounts may differ from final amounts after settlement or judicial review. How to read these records
About these records
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This page displays public OSHA enforcement data. Status text follows the DOL inspection record first and may include citation-level context when the inspection feed and citation records are out of sync. Penalty amounts shown reflect the latest penalty amounts on record in the DOL database and may differ from initial assessments or final amounts. This is not an official OSHA resource.
OSHA's public enforcement data does not publish a "guilty" or "not guilty" field for inspections. The closest outcome fields available are the citation counts, penalty amounts, contest dates, final-order dates, and the inspection close date shown on this page. How to interpret these status fields. How initial and current penalties are recorded.
OSHA may publish multiple citation rows in the same inspection with the same standard and penalty fields. Separate rows can still differ in OSHA metadata such as citation identifier, recorded instance count, exposed workers, or gravity value. Contest and Final Order columns show citation-level dates from OSHA's enforcement record. A dash means OSHA's record does not currently show that activity for the citation.
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.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, violations table fields fta_insp_nr, fta_issuance_date, fta_penalty, fta_contest_date, fta_final_order_date. The FTA follow-up inspection is linked via fta_insp_nr to the inspection activity number (exact government key). When the follow-up inspection is not currently on record in SafetyRecord, the inspection number is shown without a link.
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.
3 inspections, 1995 to 1995. Each row is one inspection; point at or tap a row for its dates and totals.
Source: DOL OSHA enforcement data (inspections and violations), linked via activity_nr (exact government key).
Penalty changes: Amounts shown reflect what OSHA's enforcement record publishes. The reason for any change is not stated unless OSHA's record explicitly says so.