Establishment profile
TEKNI PLEX INC.
201 INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY, SOMERVILLE, NJ, 08876
Operated by Tekni Plex, Inc
326112 — Plastics Packaging Film and Sheet (including Laminated) Manufacturing
Summary
TEKNI PLEX INC. has accumulated 41 OSHA violations across 13 inspections over 50 years of recorded history, with $39,566 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 97th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 360 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 98th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 9 years ago.
Federal records were found in 1 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.
Agency coverage
TEKNI PLEX INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety record only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls. Single-agency enforcement records typically indicate either a discrete incident-based inspection or a low-risk operational profile.
OSHA workplace safety
69% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 6 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 · 28 citations in this view · $39,566 in penalties.
| CFR section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A01 | 4 | 4 | $12,693 | Oct 1985 | Apr 2017 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0151 C | 3 | 3 | $1,735 | Feb 1991 | Feb 2007 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0335 A01 I | 2 | 2 | $4,500 | Aug 1997 | Feb 2007 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0303 G01 II | 2 | 2 | $120 | Feb 1991 | Feb 2007 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0176 B | 2 | 2 | — | Jan 1976 | Aug 1997 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I | 1 | 1 | $11,408 | Apr 2017 | Apr 2017 |
| 5A0001 | 1 | 1 | $4,500 | Apr 2009 | Apr 2009 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0037 B05 | 1 | 1 | $1,800 | Feb 2007 | Feb 2007 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0333 B02 I | 1 | 1 | $975 | Aug 1997 | Aug 1997 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0036 B01 | 1 | 1 | $800 | Oct 1994 | Oct 1994 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0037 K02 | 1 | 1 | $450 | Oct 1994 | Oct 1994 |
| 29 CFR 1904.0032 A04 | 1 | 1 | $300 | Feb 2007 | Feb 2007 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1200 F04 I | 1 | 1 | $200 | Feb 1991 | Feb 1991 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0106 E02 IVD | 1 | 1 | $50 | Jan 1976 | Jan 1976 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0242 B | 1 | 1 | $35 | Jan 1976 | Jan 1976 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C07 I | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2017 | Apr 2017 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0253 B04 III | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2007 | Feb 2007 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0141 D02 II | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2007 | Feb 2007 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 B | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2007 | Feb 2007 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0157 C01 | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 1997 | Aug 1997 |
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 NJ. Peer group: 360 employers. This establishment has 41 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 112 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) · Oct 2016
Most frequent event: Nonclassifiable
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 2016 | Nonclassifiable | Nonclassifiable | 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 9+ years. Most recent activity: 9 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 TEKNI PLEX INC.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division →
Mine safety (MSHA)
No MSHA mine safety violations on file for TEKNI PLEX 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 TEKNI PLEX 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 TEKNI PLEX INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification →
Environmental compliance (EPA)
No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for TEKNI PLEX INC.. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency →
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TEKNI PLEX INC 201 INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY · BRANCHBURG, NJ, 08876 | AirRCRA | No Violation Identified | 0 | 0 | — | Sep 2019 | 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.
Inspection history
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-10-19 | Referral | 3 | 3 | $22,816 | |
| 2010-08-17 | Follow-up | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2009-03-04 | Planned | 1 | 1 | $4,500 | |
| 2007-04-26 | Follow-up | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2007-02-06 | Planned | 9 | 2 | $8,970 | |
| 1997-08-19 | Complaint | 6 | 2 | $975 | |
| 1994-09-28 | Complaint | 3 | 3 | $1,700 | |
| 1991-03-12 | Follow-up | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1991-02-13 | Planned | 6 | 3 | $520 | |
| 1985-10-01 | Planned | 3 | — | $0 | |
| 1982-07-20 | Planned | 3 | — | $0 | |
| 1982-07-13 | Planned | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1976-01-05 | Complaint | 7 | — | $85 |
Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.
In the news
Part of a larger organization
TEKNI PLEX INC. is one of 1 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Tekni Plex, Inc.
Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Tekni Plex, Inc across all 1 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.
Other employers in this industry and state
Other employers in plastics packaging film and sheet (including laminated) manufacturing within NJ, ordered by federal enforcement volume:
- Acupac Packaging, Inc.Mahwah — 3 federal enforcement records
- LORENZO FOOD GROUP, INC.ENGLEWOOD — 2 federal enforcement records
- DOUGLAS STEPHEN PLASTICS, INC.PATERSON — 2 federal enforcement records
- GENERAL FILM PRODUCTS INC.ELIZABETH — 1 federal enforcement record
- JJM PACKAGING LLCTOTOWA — 1 federal enforcement record
- SIGMA PLASTICS GROUPLYNDHURST — 1 federal enforcement record
- MONARCH ART PLASTIC COMPANY LLC.MOUNT LAUREL — 1 federal enforcement record
- KNF CLEAN ROOM PRODUCTS CORPORATIONVINELAND — 1 federal enforcement record
- GOLDEN PLASTICS, INC.TETERBORO — 1 federal enforcement record
- BROADWAY INDUSTRIESMONROE — 1 federal enforcement record
Related searches
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About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on TEKNI PLEX INC. from every major federal compliance and enforcement source. 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.
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Contact sales →Frequently asked
- What is TEKNI PLEX INC.'s OSHA violation history?
- TEKNI PLEX INC. has 13 OSHA inspections on record with 41 violations and $39,566 in total penalties.
- How does TEKNI PLEX INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
- TEKNI PLEX INC. operates in the plastics packaging film and sheet (including laminated) manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2. TEKNI PLEX INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 1.6 compared to an industry average of 1.3.