Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
5,191,871Inspections Most recent open 2026-07-30 Last loaded 2026-08-03

OSHA Inspection: CHARLES A. RICHARDSON, INCORPORATED

Planned inspection · Health discipline

On , OSHA opened a planned health inspection of CHARLES A. RICHARDSON, INCORPORATED in 330 OTIS STREET, MANSFIELD, MA 02048 (NAICS 000000). OSHA activity number 107056079.

What this inspection record means

OSHA opens inspections for many reasons: routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.

Watch Charles a. Richardson, Incorporated for free Get an email when a new federal OSHA severe-injury report for Charles a. Richardson, Incorporated is published. One employer, no account, unsubscribe in one click.
Site address
330 OTIS STREET
City
MANSFIELD
State
MA
ZIP
02048
Mailing
P.O. BOX 29, MANSFIELD, MA 02048
Inspection type
Planned (H)
Scope
Complete (A)
Discipline
Health
Advance notice
No
Union status
N
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Data loaded
NAICS code
000000
SIC code (legacy)
3494
Employees
20
Ownership type
A
Industry flags
Manufacturing health.

10 citations on file for this inspection.

5(a)(1)

Serious Gravity 07 1 instance 10 exposed
Issued
Jan 29, 1990
Abate by
Feb 12, 1990
Penalty
Initial $350 · Current $350
Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The
employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were
free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death
or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to:
a). Employees in the plating shop were exposed to the hazard
of explosion and/or fire from an open container of zinc dust
located in close proximity to sulfuric acid. Damp zinc dust
may ignite on exposure to air and if mixed with acid, may cause
flammable hydrogen gas to be involved.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement methodto
correct this hazard is to keep all conainers of zinc dust covered and
away from any acids or other incompatible substances.

1910.132 A

Serious Gravity 03 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Jan 29, 1990
Abate by
May 12, 1990
Penalty
Initial $150 · Current $150

1910.133 A01

Serious Gravity 06 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Jan 29, 1990
Abate by
Feb 12, 1990
Penalty
Initial $300 · Current $300

1910.95 K01

Serious Gravity 02 3 instances 6 exposed
Issued
Jan 29, 1990
Abate by
Feb 20, 1990
Penalty
Initial $2,000 · Current $600 Reduced
Recent events (2)
  • · I (S) $600.00
  • · Z (W) $2000.00

1910.20 G02

Other-than-serious Gravity 02 1 instance 20 exposed
Issued
Jan 29, 1990
Abate by
Feb 12, 1990

1910.95 L01

Other-than-serious Gravity 02 3 instances 6 exposed
Issued
Jan 29, 1990
Abate by
Feb 20, 1990

Hazardous substances 8111

1910.157 C01

Other-than-serious Gravity 01 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Jan 29, 1990
Abate by
Feb 1, 1990

1910.1200 E01 I

Other-than-serious Gravity 03 1 instance 20 exposed
Issued
Jan 29, 1990
Abate by
Feb 12, 1990

1910.1200 F04 I

Other-than-serious Gravity 01 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Jan 29, 1990
Abate by
Feb 12, 1990

1910.1200 F04 II

Other-than-serious Gravity 01 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Jan 29, 1990
Abate by
Feb 12, 1990

View Charles a. Richardson, Incorporated's full OSHA safety record →

This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 107056079.

Look up any company's OSHA accident reports by company, or browse severe injury reports by year, state, and company.