WORCESTER, MA ·
OSHA Inspection: WYMAN-GORDON COMPANY
Planned inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a planned safety inspection of WYMAN-GORDON COMPANY in 105 MADISON ST., WORCESTER, MA 01610 (NAICS 332111). OSHA activity number 313203176.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- WYMAN-GORDON COMPANY
- Site address
- 105 MADISON ST.
- City
- WORCESTER
- State
- MA
- ZIP
- 01610
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Planned (H)
- Scope
- Complete (A)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Union (Y)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 332111
- SIC code (legacy)
- 3463
- Employees
- 80
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
- Industry flags
- Manufacturing safety.
Citations
7 citations on file for this inspection.
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- Feb 22, 2010
- Abate by
- Jul 17, 2010
- Penalty
- Initial $5,000 · Current $2,000 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 a possible entrapment of the head and torso between the forklift and the floor or other surface while operating the forklift should a tip-over of the forklift occur. One feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard is to provide an operator protection (restraint) device on the forklift such as seat belts. ESTABLISHMENT: FIVE FORKLIFTS WERE NOT EQUIPPED WITH OPERATOR RESTRAINT DEVICES. SPECIFIC ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION DEMONSTRATING THE ABATEMENT IS COMPLETE MUST BE PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH 29 cfr 1903.19(D)(1).
Recent events (3)
- · P (S) $2000.00
- · I (S) $2000.00
- · Z (S) $5000.00
1910.147 C06 I
- Issued
- Feb 22, 2010
- Abate by
- Apr 8, 2010
- Penalty
- Initial $2,500 · Current $1,000 Reduced
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $1000.00
- · Z (S) $2500.00
1910.147 C06 II
- Issued
- Feb 22, 2010
- Abate by
- Apr 8, 2010
Recent events (2)
- · I (S)
- · Z (S)
1910.37 B04
- Issued
- Feb 22, 2010
- Abate by
- Apr 8, 2010
- Penalty
- Initial $2,000 · Current $500 Reduced
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $500.00
- · Z (S) $2000.00
1910.38 C01
- Issued
- Feb 22, 2010
- Abate by
- Apr 8, 2010
Recent events (2)
- · I (S)
- · Z (S)
1910.303 B01
- Issued
- Feb 22, 2010
- Abate by
- Apr 8, 2010
- Penalty
- Initial $2,500 · Current $1,000 Reduced
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $1000.00
- · Z (S) $2500.00
1910.305 G01 III
- Issued
- Feb 22, 2010
- Abate by
- Feb 25, 2010
- Penalty
- Initial $2,000 · Current $500 Reduced
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $500.00
- · Z (S) $2000.00
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). OSHA publishes its own view of this case as inspection number 313203176.
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