MIDDLETON, MA ·
OSHA Inspection: BOSTIK, INC.
Follow-up inspection · Health discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a follow-up health inspection of BOSTIK, INC. in 211 BOSTON STREET, MIDDLETON, MA 01949 (NAICS 325520). OSHA activity number 338282619.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- BOSTIK, INC.
- Site address
- 211 BOSTON STREET
- City
- MIDDLETON
- State
- MA
- ZIP
- 01949
- Mailing
- 211 BOSTON STREET, MIDDLETON, MA 01949
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Follow-up (F)
- Scope
- Complete (A)
- Discipline
- Health
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Non-union (B)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 325520
- Employees
- 120
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
3 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.119 J03
- Issued
- Jun 21, 2013
- Abate by
- Feb 3, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $7,000 · Current $7,000
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.119(j)(3): The employer did not train each employee involved in maintaining the on-going integrity of process equipment in the procedures applicable to the employee's job tasks to ensure that the employee could perform the job tasks in a safe manner. (a) Location - Facility: On or about 1/17/2013, employees involved in maintaining process equipment had not been properly trained on operating tolerences for that equipment.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $7000
- · Z (S) $7000
1910.119 J04 II
- Issued
- Jun 21, 2013
- Abate by
- Feb 3, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.119(j)(4)(ii): Inspection and testing procedures did not follow recognized and generally accepted good engineering practices. (a) Location - Facility: On or about 1/17/2013, employees involved in maintaining process equipment were not following recognized and generally accepted good engineering practices (RAGAGEP).
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $0
- · Z (S) $0
1910.119 F01 I E
- Issued
- Jun 21, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $27,500 · Current $7,000 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1)(i)(E): The employer did not develop and implement written operating procedures that provided clear instructions for safely conducting activities involved in each covered process consistent with the process safety information that addressed emergency operations. (a) Location - Polyurethane Department: On or About 1/15/2013, work instruction, "PU-018 - Discharge of SFA From Reactor to Appropriate Container," did not provide clear instructions related to emergency operations. The instruction section on emergency operations said N/A. Bostik, Inc., was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1910.119(f)(1)(i)(E), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 315298307, citation number 1, item number 9b and was affirmed as a final order on May 14, 2012, with respect to a workplace located at 211 Boston St., Middleton, MA.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $7000
- · Z (R) $27500
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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 338282619.
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