WESTPORT, MA —
OSHA Inspection: TITCOMB BROTHERS MANUFACTURING, INCORPORATED
Complaint inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a complaint safety inspection of TITCOMB BROTHERS MANUFACTURING, INCORPORATED in 251 FORGE ROAD, WESTPORT, MA 02790 (NAICS 331221). OSHA activity number 335362604.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- TITCOMB BROTHERS MANUFACTURING, INCORPORATED
- Site address
- 251 FORGE ROAD
- City
- WESTPORT
- State
- MA
- ZIP
- 02790
- Mailing
- 251 FORGE ROAD, WESTPORT, MA 02790
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Complaint (B)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- B
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 331221
- Employees
- 23
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
6 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.147 C01
- Issued
- Dec 18, 2012
- Abate by
- Feb 8, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $2,800 · Current $1,200 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1): The employer did not establish a program consisting of an energy control procedure, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performed any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energing, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative. Location: Facility located at 251 Forge Road, Westport, MA Employer did not provide a lock out - tag out program to ensure power presses, cnc machines and other equipment were safe and inoperative, while being worked on by employees.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $1200
- — Z (S) $2800
1910.178 L
- Issued
- Dec 18, 2012
- Abate by
- Feb 8, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $1,600 · Current $1,200 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.178(l): Operators were not trained in the safe operation of powered industrial trucks: Location: Facility located at 251 Forge Road, Westport, MA Employer did not provide operators with training on power industrial trucks.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $1200
- — Z (S) $1600
1910.217 E01 I
- Issued
- Dec 18, 2012
- Abate by
- Feb 8, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $2,400 · Current $1,000 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.217(e)(1)(i): A program of periodic and regular inspections of mechanical power press(es) was not established and followed to ensure that all parts, auxiliary equipment and safeguards were in a safe operating condition and adjustment. Location: Facility located at 251 Forge Road, Westport, MA Employer did not conduct periodic or regular inspections prior to operating machines.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $1000
- — Z (S) $2400
1910.212 A01
- Issued
- Dec 18, 2012
- Abate by
- Dec 24, 2012
- Penalty
- Initial $1,360 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): One or more methods of machine guarding was not provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips. Location: Facility located at 251 Forge Road, Westport, MA (Fenn Extruder machine) Rotating parts on the Fenn Extruding machine were not guarded.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $1360
1910.217 C02 I A
- Issued
- Dec 18, 2012
- Abate by
- Feb 8, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.217(c)(2)(i)(a): Point of operation guard(s) on mechanical power press did not prevent entry of hands or fingers into the point of operation by reaching through, over, under or around the guard(s) Location: Facility located at 251 Forge Road, Westport, MA (Mechincal Power Press) Mechanical power press was not fully guarded to prevent contact at point of operation.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.38 B
- Issued
- Dec 18, 2012
- Abate by
- Feb 6, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.38(b): An emergency action plan was not in writing, kept in the workplace, and available to employees for review: Location: Facility located at 251 Forge Road, Westport, MA Employer did not ensure there was an emergency action plan in place and available for employees to review.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $0
- — Z (O) $0
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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 335362604.
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