REPUBLIC PLASTICS LTD
5316 S NATIONAL DRIVE, KNOXVILLE, TN 37914 · NAICS 326140 Polystyrene Foam Product Manufacturing
Having inspection records is common for businesses in regulated industries. Data and methodology
Inspection records
Dec 9, 2024#347922304Dec 9, 2024Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#347922304$3001 viol.1 violation$300 in penalties
Inspection #347922304
Dates
- Opened
- Dec 9, 2024
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 9, 2024
- Final Order
- Feb 4, 2025
- Closed
- Jan 27, 2025
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 185
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $300
- Penalties on Record
- $300
- Site Address
- 5316 S National Drive, Knoxville, TN 37914
- Industry
- 326140 Polystyrene Foam Product Manufacturing
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Violations
Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.178 Powered Industrial Trucks OSHA citation code: 19100178 A05 | Other | 1 | 3 | $300 | $300 | Jan 27, 2025 | - | Feb 4, 2025 |
Oct 31, 2018#343587465Oct 31, 2018Referral (C) · Partial scope, Safety#343587465$7,2002 viol.2 violations$7,200 in penalties
Inspection #343587465
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 31, 2018
- Closing Conference Date
- Nov 6, 2018
- Final Order
- Mar 27, 2019
- Closed
- Aug 19, 2020
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 635
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 2 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $7,200
- Penalties on Record
- $7,200
- Site Address
- 5316 S National Drive, Knoxville, TN 37914
- Industry
- 326140 Polystyrene Foam Product Manufacturing
Referral Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a referral inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Referral inspections can result from another agency, another OSHA activity, or another source referring a potential hazard to OSHA.
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 sustains multiple fractures to hand and arm when ca
Violations
Violation list (2 of 2 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.28 Duty to Have Fall Protection OSHA citation code: 19100028 B06 I | Serious | 1 | 7 | $3,200 | $3,200 | Jun 28, 2019 | - | Mar 27, 2019 |
| 01002 | 1910.212 General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding) OSHA citation code: 19100212 A01 | Serious | 1 | 7 | $4,000 | $4,000 | Jun 28, 2019 | - | Mar 27, 2019 |
Apr 6, 2015#340531367Apr 6, 2015Referral (C) · Partial scope, Safety#340531367$4,4001 viol.1 violation$4,400 in penalties
Inspection #340531367
Dates
- Opened
- Apr 6, 2015
- Closing Conference Date
- Apr 6, 2015
- Contested
- Jul 22, 2015
- Final Order
- Jan 19, 2017
- Closed
- Mar 31, 2017
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 700
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $4,000
- Penalties on Record
- $4,400
- Site Address
- 5316 S National Drive, Knoxville, TN 37914
- Industry
- 326140 Polystyrene Foam Product Manufacturing
Referral Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a referral inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Referral inspections can result from another agency, another OSHA activity, or another source referring a potential hazard to OSHA.
Violations
Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001A | 1910.147 Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout) OSHA citation code: 19100147 C04 I | Other | 1 | 4 | $4,000 | $4,400 | Aug 5, 2015 | Jul 22, 2015 | Jan 19, 2017 |
Oct 27, 2006#310311329Oct 27, 2006Unprogrammed Related (G) · Partial scope, Health#310311329$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #310311329
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 27, 2006
- Closing Conference Date
- Oct 27, 2006
- Closed
- Nov 6, 2006
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 115
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 5316 South National Drive, Knoxville, TN 37914
- Industry
- 326140 Polystyrene Foam Product Manufacturing
Unprogrammed Related Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an unprogrammed related inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. The public DOL category label is preserved here without adding extra interpretation beyond the government label.
Sep 16, 2005#309228575Sep 16, 2005Referral (C) · Partial scope, Health#309228575$6,45023 viol.23 violations$6,450 in penalties
Inspection #309228575
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 16, 2005
- Closing Conference Date
- Sep 16, 2005
- Closed
- Mar 20, 2006
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 103
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 23
- Violation Types
- 23 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $8,600
- Penalties on Record
- $6,450
- Site Address
- 5316 South National Drive, Knoxville, TN 37914
- Industry
- 326150 Urethane and Other Foam Product (except Polystyrene) Manufacturing
Referral Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a referral inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Referral inspections can result from another agency, another OSHA activity, or another source referring a potential hazard to OSHA.
Violations
Violation list (8 of 23 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001A | 1910.38 Emergency Action Plans OSHA citation code: 19100038 C05 | Serious | 1 | 2 | $1,600 | $1,200 | Dec 6, 2005 | - | - |
| 01001B | 1910.38 Emergency Action Plans OSHA citation code: 19100038 D | Serious | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Dec 6, 2005 | - | - |
| 01002A | 1910.119 Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals OSHA citation code: 19100119 D02 | Serious | 1 | 2 | $1,600 | $1,200 | Dec 12, 2005 | - | - |
| 01002B | 1910.119 Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals OSHA citation code: 19100119 D03 | Serious | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Feb 13, 2006 | - | - |
| 01002C | 1910.119 Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals OSHA citation code: 19100119 E03 I | Serious | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Dec 12, 2005 | - | - |
| 01002D | 1910.119 Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals OSHA citation code: 19100119 E05 | Serious | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Dec 12, 2005 | - | - |
| 01002E | 1910.119 Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals OSHA citation code: 19100119 F01 | Serious | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Dec 12, 2005 | - | - |
| 01002F | 1910.119 Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals OSHA citation code: 19100119 G03 | Serious | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Dec 12, 2005 | - | - |
Showing the 8 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 23 total violations documented in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement database. The complete violation list is available at enforcedata.dol.gov.
Jul 13, 2005#309224152Jul 13, 2005Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#309224152$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #309224152
Dates
- Opened
- Jul 13, 2005
- Closing Conference Date
- Jul 13, 2005
- Closed
- Sep 15, 2005
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 98
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 5316 South National Drive, Knoxville, TN 37914
- Industry
- 326140 Polystyrene Foam Product Manufacturing
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.
Penalty amounts may differ from final amounts after settlement or judicial review. How to read these records
About these records
A company page groups inspections with the same normalized employer name, city and state; it is not a legal-entity identifier (how pages are grouped).
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.
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.
6 inspections, 2005 to 2024. 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.
Short cases: When a case closed soon after it opened, the closed marker is drawn slightly to the right so both markers stay visible. Each row's card shows the exact dates.
Standards cited
Industry comparison
Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing, 13,022 employers with OSHA inspections. Arithmetic from DOL records.