WESTMINSTER, MA —
OSHA Inspection: INTERSTATE CONTAINER WESTMINSTER LLC
Complaint inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a complaint safety inspection of INTERSTATE CONTAINER WESTMINSTER LLC in 100 SIMPLEX DR, WESTMINSTER, MA 01473 (NAICS 322211). OSHA activity number 335681599.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- INTERSTATE CONTAINER WESTMINSTER LLC
- Site address
- 100 SIMPLEX DR
- City
- WESTMINSTER
- State
- MA
- ZIP
- 01473
- Mailing
- 100 SIMPLEX DR, WESTMINSTER, MA 01473
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
- 322211
- Employees
- 50
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
2 citations on file for this inspection.
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- Oct 25, 2012
- Abate by
- Oct 26, 2012
- Penalty
- Initial $4,900 · Current $3,900 Reduced
General-duty citation text
OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): 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 crushing hazards from being caught in a pinch point: Rotary Die Cutter Machine, 100 Simplex Dr., Westminster, MA. On 8/21/12 and times prior, employees installing and removing pull straps on a Titan Rotary Die Cutter Machine were exposed to injury from pull straps being jerked into the machine by interior rotating rollers. Among other means, one feasible means of abatement would be to direct employees to only handle pull straps being installed or removed from the machine with a hand tool incapable of fitting into the pinch point.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $3900
- — Z (S) $4900
1910.147 C04 I
- Issued
- Oct 25, 2012
- Abate by
- Oct 26, 2012
- Penalty
- Initial $3,500 · Current $2,500 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i): Procedures were not developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees were engaged in activities covered by this section: 100 Simplex Dr., Westminster, MA On 8/21/12 and times prior, employees were exposed to crushing hazards while inside of a Titan Rotary Die Cutter Machine without the machine's closing mechanism de-energized.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $2500
- — Z (S) $3500
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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 335681599.
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