Establishment profile
MICRO PLASTICS, INC
HWY 178 N 11 INDUSTRY LANE, FLIPPIN, AR, 72634
Operated by Micro Plastics, Inc · 1 of 2 establishments
326199 — All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing
Summary
MICRO PLASTICS, INC has accumulated 25 OSHA violations across 9 inspections over 43 years of recorded history, with $4,720 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 95th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 74 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 97th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 13 years ago.
Federal records were found in 1 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.
Agency coverage
MICRO PLASTICS, INC appears in OSHA workplace safety and EPA environmental compliance records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.
OSHA workplace safety
67% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 3 inspections producing serious-or-greater violations.
Most-cited OSHA standards
Top OSHA standards cited at this employer, ranked by citation count. Standards (CFR sections) cluster citations into safety themes -- machine guarding, lockout-tagout, hazard communication, fall protection, process safety, etc. A concentration on one or two sections reveals a pattern that individual citations don’t. 20 distinct standards shown · 24 citations in this view · $4,720 in penalties.
| CFR section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A01 | 2 | 2 | $2,800 | Jan 1993 | Jan 2013 |
| 29 CFR 1904.0002 A | 2 | 2 | — | Jun 1988 | Jun 1995 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1200 E01 I | 2 | 2 | — | Jun 1988 | Jun 1995 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1200 E01 | 2 | 2 | — | Sep 1986 | Jun 1995 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0305 A01 I | 1 | 1 | $900 | Jan 1993 | Jan 1993 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0304 F05 V | 1 | 1 | $900 | Jan 1993 | Jan 1993 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0132 A | 1 | 1 | $120 | Jun 1988 | Jun 1988 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2013 | Jan 2013 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1200 H | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 1995 | Jun 1995 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0132 D01 | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 1995 | Jun 1995 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0132 F04 | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 1995 | Jun 1995 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0305 G01 III | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 1993 | Jan 1993 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0022 D01 | 1 | 1 | — | May 1991 | May 1991 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0095 D01 II | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 1988 | Jun 1988 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0020 G02 | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 1988 | Jun 1988 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0020 G01 III | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 1988 | Jun 1988 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0020 G01 II | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 1988 | Jun 1988 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0095 K01 | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 1988 | Jun 1988 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0020 G01 I | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 1988 | Jun 1988 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1200 G01 | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 1988 | Jun 1988 |
Source: OSHA inspection citations (violation_detail). CFR section codes can be looked up at osha.gov/laws-regs for the formal standard text. Per-inspection detail and the specific violation descriptions are available by expanding individual inspections below.
Peer comparison
Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 3261 within AR. Peer group: 74 employers. This establishment has 25 OSHA violations; peer median is 3.
Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)
Recordable injury rates the employer filed with OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application. DART covers cases with days away, restricted, or transferred; TRIR is the total recordable case rate.
Reported for 400 average annual employees at this establishment.
Source: OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported). Rates are per 100 full-time equivalent workers. Establishments below the ~10-FTE threshold are not required to report.
Industry benchmark
BLS rates reflect industry-wide averages. Self-reported figures come from OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application; absence of self-reported data does not necessarily indicate non-compliance — many establishments fall below the ITA reporting threshold.
Inspection breakdown
Complaint- and accident-triggered inspections are stronger risk signals than routine planned inspections.
OSHA severe injury reports
Self-reported events under 29 CFR 1904.39 (24-hour notification of hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) · Jul 2025
Most frequent event: Struck by rolling, sliding, or shifting objects non-running
Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports (federal OSHA only; state-plan states like California, Oregon, and Washington maintain their own programs and do not consistently report into this feed).
Severe injury reports — events
Each row is a hospitalization, amputation, or eye-loss event the employer self-reported to OSHA under 29 CFR 1904.39. Narratives are written by the reporting employer.
| Date | Event | Body part | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2025 | Struck by rolling, sliding, or shifting objects non-running | Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) | Amputation |
Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.
Activity timeline
No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 13+ years. Most recent activity: 13 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.
Wage & Hour Division (WHD)
No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for MICRO PLASTICS, INC. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division →
Mine safety (MSHA)
No MSHA mine safety violations on file for MICRO PLASTICS, INC. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration →
Labor relations (NLRB)
No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for MICRO PLASTICS, INC. Verify directly with National Labor Relations Board →
Visa & labor certification (OFLC) — historical
No H-1B, H-2A, or H-2B labor condition applications on file (historical data only — DOL ended OFLC publication) for MICRO PLASTICS, INC. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification →
Environmental compliance (EPA)
EPA Enforcement and Compliance History — Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Safe Drinking Water Act. Status: No Violation Identified.
EPA-registered facilities
Every EPA ECHO facility associated with this employer, sorted most-significant first. Each row links to EPA’s Detailed Facility Report for the source-of-truth record. Permits column lists active programs (Air = Clean Air Act, Water = Clean Water Act, RCRA = hazardous waste, TRI = Toxics Release Inventory reporting). 1 facility.
| Facility | Permits | Status | Inspections | Formal actions | Penalties | Last inspected | ECHO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MICRO PLASTICS INC 111 INDUSTRY LANE · FLIPPIN, AR, 72634 | Water | No Violation Identified | 1 | 0 | — | May 2026 | View → |
Source: EPA ECHO (Enforcement and Compliance History Online). Compliance status follows EPA’s own labels (“Sig Violation” = significant noncompliance; QNCR = quarters of noncompliance over the recent reporting window). Inactive facilities (struck through) retain historical enforcement records even after operations ceased.
Federal criminal prosecution record
No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for MICRO PLASTICS, INC. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry →
Inspection history
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-11-27 | Complaint | 2 | 2 | $2,125 | |
| 2004-09-21 | Planned | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1995-09-12 | Follow-up | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1995-03-21 | Complaint | 6 | — | $0 | |
| 1993-01-12 | Planned | 4 | 3 | $2,475 | |
| 1991-04-30 | Complaint | 1 | — | $0 | |
| 1988-05-24 | Complaint | 11 | 1 | $120 | |
| 1986-08-19 | Planned | 1 | — | $0 | |
| 1983-02-09 | Planned | 0 | — | $0 |
Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.
In the news
Part of a larger organization
MICRO PLASTICS, INC is one of 2 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Micro Plastics, Inc.
Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Micro Plastics, Inc across all 2 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.
Other employers in this industry and state
Other employers in all other plastics product manufacturing within AR, ordered by federal enforcement volume:
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- MISSION PLASTICS OF ARKANSASNASHVILLE — 2 federal enforcement records
- ESSICK AIR PRODUCTS, INC.LITTLE ROCK — 1 federal enforcement record
- BENTONVILLE PLASTICS, INC.BENTONVILLE — 1 federal enforcement record
- MID SOUTH PLASTICS, INC.JUDSONIA — 1 federal enforcement record
- DECEUNINCK NORTH AMERICALITTLE ROCK — 1 federal enforcement record
- TANKINETICS, INC.HARRISON — 1 federal enforcement record
- PYRAMID PLASTICSHOPE — 1 federal enforcement record
- ATLANTIS PLASTICSFORT SMITH — 1 federal enforcement record
- ACI PLASTICS, INC.NORTH LITTLE ROCK — 1 federal enforcement record
Related searches
- All Micro Plastics, Inc locationsParent rollup
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About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on MICRO PLASTICS, INC from every major federal compliance and enforcement source plus the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. OSHA workplace safety inspections, WHD wage cases, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental enforcement, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa/labor certification, FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov debarments, CMS nursing-home records, BLS industry safety benchmarks, OSHA ITA self-reported injury rates, SEC enforcement and financial disclosures, CPSC and NHTSA recalls.
Establishments are matched across agencies using normalized employer name, state, and ZIP code. This establishment resolves to the parent rollup Micro Plastics, Inc, which operates 2 establishments in our dataset.
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Contact sales →Frequently asked
- What is MICRO PLASTICS, INC's OSHA violation history?
- MICRO PLASTICS, INC has 9 OSHA inspections on record with 25 violations and $4,720 in total penalties.
- How does MICRO PLASTICS, INC's safety record compare to its industry?
- MICRO PLASTICS, INC operates in the all other plastics product manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.8. MICRO PLASTICS, INC's self-reported DART rate is 2.48 compared to an industry average of 1.8.