SOUTHBRIDGE, MA —
OSHA Inspection: UNITED LENS COMPANY, INC.
Referral inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a referral safety inspection of UNITED LENS COMPANY, INC. in 259 WORCESTER ST., SOUTHBRIDGE, MA 01550 (NAICS 333314). OSHA activity number 340960673.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- UNITED LENS COMPANY, INC.
- Site address
- 259 WORCESTER ST.
- City
- SOUTHBRIDGE
- State
- MA
- ZIP
- 01550
- Mailing
- 259 WORCESTER ST., SOUTHBRIDGE, MA 01550
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Referral (C)
- 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
- 333314
- Employees
- 140
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
5 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.147 C04 I
- Issued
- Nov 10, 2015
- Abate by
- Jan 29, 2016
- Penalty
- Initial $6,300 · Current $3,150 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: 259 Worcester St, Southbridge, MA On October 1, 2015 and at times prior, employees were not protected by the locking out of energy sources or by alternative methods of protection while they set up or cleaned Hoffman PR-1 polishing machines. On September 21, 2015, an employee received a fingertip amputation injury on one of these machines that was being cleaned.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $3150
- — Z (S) $6300
1910.147 C06 I
- Issued
- Nov 10, 2015
- Abate by
- Jan 29, 2016
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i): The employer did not conduct a periodic inspection of the energy control procedure at least annually to ensure that the procedure and the requirement of this standard were being followed: 259 Worcester St, Southbridge, MA On October 1, 2015 at the closing of the inspection, the employer had not performed an inspection of the energy control procedures for more than two years.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.147 F03 II D
- Issued
- Nov 10, 2015
- Abate by
- Dec 30, 2015
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.147(f)(3)(ii)(D): Each authorized employee did not affix a personal lockout or tagout device to the group lockout device before working on the machine or equipment: 259 Worcester St, Southbridge MA On October 1, 2015 and at times prior, maintenance employees placed only one lock on energy sources when multiple employees were exposed to hazards.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1910.212 A01
- Issued
- Nov 10, 2015
- Abate by
- Dec 30, 2015
- Penalty
- Initial $6,300 · Current $3,150 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 and sparks: 259 Worcester St, Southbridge MA On October 1, 2015 and at times prior, multiple PR 1 Hoffman polishing machines were not fully guarded during production operations to protect employees from pinch point and rotating part hazards. On October 1, 2015, an employee received a fingertip injury in one of the unguarded pinch points of a Hoffman machine that was in use polishing lenses.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $3150
- — Z (S) $6300
1904.39 A02
- Issued
- Nov 10, 2015
- Abate by
- Dec 30, 2015
- Penalty
- Initial $4,500 · Current $1,000 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2): The employer did not report an in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye as a result of a work-related incident to OSHA within twenty-four (24) hours. 259 Worcester St, Southbridge MA On September 29, 2015, the employer reported to OSHA that on September 21, 2015 an employee had received a fingertip amputation.
Recent events (2)
- — I (O) $1000
- — Z (O) $4500
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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 340960673.
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