LOWELL, MA —
OSHA Inspection: VULKOR, INC.
Complaint inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a complaint safety inspection of VULKOR, INC. in 950 BROADWAY, LOWELL, MA 01854 (NAICS 000000). OSHA activity number 107415754.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
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Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- VULKOR, INC.
- Site address
- 950 BROADWAY
- City
- LOWELL
- State
- MA
- ZIP
- 01854
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Complaint (B)
- Scope
- Complete (A)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- A
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 000000
- SIC code (legacy)
- 3315
- Employees
- 200
- Ownership type
- A
- Industry flags
- Manufacturing safety.
Citations
20 citations on file for this inspection.
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- Nov 16, 1990
- Abate by
- Nov 20, 1990
- Penalty
- Initial $560 · Current $335 Reduced
General-duty citation text
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 to serious injury from lifting tasks without administrative to engineering controls: A) Banbury Area - Dumping plastic ingredients into Banbury: The evaluation of this manual lifting task indicates that employees are exposed to an increased risk of musculoskeletal injuries in populations exposed to similar lifting conditions. Step 1- Effective administrative protection, such as employee training, physical assessment, job rotation, etc., shall be provided as an interim protective measure until feasible engineering or permanent administrative controls can be implemented which whill reduce employee exposure to nominal risk. Step 2- Submit to the Area Director a written, detailed plan of abatement outlining a schedule for the implementation of engineering or administrative measures to control employee injury due to manual lifting tasks. Engineering controls to reduce musculoskeletal stresses include, but are not limited to job redesign, reduction of the horizontal and vertical load distance from the body, reduction of the lifting frequency, or weight, and use of mechanical lifting aids. This plan shall inlcude at a minimum, target dates for the following actions which must be consistent with the dates required by this citation. 1) Evaluation of the conditions, locations and manual lifting activities that the employees are performing at the onset of musculoskeletal injuries. 2) Evaluation of applicable control measure(s). 3) Procurement, installation and operation of selected control measures. 4) Monitoring to assure effective utilization of the control measure(s). Step 3- Abatement shall have been completed by implementation of feasible engineering or administrative controls, upon verification of their effectiveness in reducing the occurrence of musculoskeletal injuries.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $335.00
- — Z (S) $560.00
1910.22 B01
- Issued
- Nov 16, 1990
- Abate by
- Nov 20, 1990
- Penalty
- Initial $400 · Current $240 Reduced
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $240.00
- — Z (S) $400.00
1910.23 D01 III
- Issued
- Nov 16, 1990
- Abate by
- Jan 2, 1991
- Penalty
- Initial $320 · Current $190 Reduced
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $190.00
- — Z (S) $320.00
1910.101 B
- Issued
- Nov 16, 1990
- Abate by
- Nov 20, 1990
- Penalty
- Initial $320 · Current $190 Reduced
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $190.00
- — Z (S) $320.00
1910.106 E06 II
- Issued
- Nov 16, 1990
- Abate by
- Nov 20, 1990
- Penalty
- Initial $320 · Current $190 Reduced
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $190.00
- — Z (S) $320.00
1910.132 A
- Issued
- Nov 16, 1990
- Abate by
- Jan 2, 1991
- Penalty
- Initial $400 · Current $240 Reduced
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $240.00
- — Z (S) $400.00
1910.147 C04 I
- Issued
- Nov 16, 1990
- Abate by
- Nov 20, 1990
- Penalty
- Initial $640 · Current $385 Reduced
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $385.00
- — Z (S) $640.00
1910.147 C07 I
- Issued
- Nov 16, 1990
- Abate by
- Nov 20, 1990
- Penalty
- Initial $640 · Current $320 Reduced
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $320.00
- — Z (S) $640.00
1910.151 C
- Issued
- Nov 16, 1990
- Abate by
- Jan 2, 1991
- Penalty
- Initial $560 · Current $340 Reduced
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $340.00
- — Z (S) $560.00
1910.219 E03 I
- Issued
- Nov 16, 1990
- Abate by
- Nov 20, 1990
- Penalty
- Initial $640 · Current $385 Reduced
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $385.00
- — Z (S) $640.00
1910.219 F03
- Issued
- Nov 16, 1990
- Abate by
- Nov 20, 1990
- Penalty
- Initial $640 · Current $385 Reduced
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $385.00
- — Z (S) $640.00
1910.252 A02 IID
- Issued
- Nov 16, 1990
- Abate by
- Nov 20, 1990
- Penalty
- Initial $320 · Current $190 Reduced
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $190.00
- — Z (S) $320.00
1910.252 A02 IVC
- Issued
- Nov 16, 1990
- Abate by
- Nov 20, 1990
- Penalty
- Initial $320 · Current $190 Reduced
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $190.00
- — Z (S) $320.00
1910.303 B01
- Issued
- Nov 16, 1990
- Abate by
- Nov 20, 1990
- Penalty
- Initial $240 · Current $150 Reduced
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $150.00
- — Z (S) $240.00
1910.303 G02 I
- Issued
- Nov 16, 1990
- Abate by
- Nov 20, 1990
- Penalty
- Initial $560 · Current $340 Reduced
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $340.00
- — Z (S) $560.00
1910.304 F05 V
- Issued
- Nov 16, 1990
- Abate by
- Nov 20, 1990
- Penalty
- Initial $400 · Current $240 Reduced
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $240.00
- — Z (S) $400.00
1910.305 B01
- Issued
- Nov 16, 1990
- Abate by
- Nov 20, 1990
- Penalty
- Initial $480 · Current $290 Reduced
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $290.00
- — Z (S) $480.00
1910.1200 F05 I
- Issued
- Nov 16, 1990
- Abate by
- Nov 20, 1990
- Penalty
- Initial $400 · Current $240 Reduced
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $240.00
- — Z (S) $400.00
1910.1200 F05 II
- Issued
- Nov 16, 1990
- Abate by
- Nov 20, 1990
- Penalty
- Initial $400 · Current $240 Reduced
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $240.00
- — Z (S) $400.00
1910.1200 H
- Issued
- Nov 16, 1990
- Abate by
- Jan 2, 1991
- Penalty
- Initial $640 · Current $385 Reduced
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $385.00
- — Z (S) $640.00
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Source
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 107415754.
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