SOMERVILLE, MA ·
OSHA Inspection: ROGERS FOAM CORPORATION
Referral inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a referral safety inspection of ROGERS FOAM CORPORATION in 20 VERNON STREET, SOMERVILLE, MA 02145 (NAICS 326150). OSHA activity number 341560803.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- ROGERS FOAM CORPORATION
- Site address
- 20 VERNON STREET
- City
- SOMERVILLE
- State
- MA
- ZIP
- 02145
- Mailing
- 20 VERNON STREET, SOMERVILLE, MA 02145
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Referral (C)
- Scope
- Complete (A)
- Discipline
- Safety
- 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
- 326150
- Employees
- 200
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
3 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.147 C01
- Issued
- Jun 30, 2016
- Abate by
- Aug 5, 2016
- Penalty
- Initial $5,500 · Current $3,500 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 energizing, 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: (a) Location - 20 Vernon Street, Somerville, MA: On or about 6/20/2016, a hazardous energy control program addressing the subjects of employee training and periodic inspection of procedures has not been established.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $3500
- · Z (S) $5500
1910.219 C02 I
- Issued
- Jun 30, 2016
- Penalty
- Initial $3,300 · Current $2,000 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.219(c)(2)(i): All exposed part(s) of horizontal shafting seven (7) feet or less from floor or working platform were not protected by stationary casing(s) enclosing shafting completely or by trough(s) enclosing sides and top or sides and bottom of shafting: (a) Location - 20 Vernon Street, Somerville, MA: On or about 6/20/2016, the drive shaft of the motor for the material rewinder in line with Preco Die Cutting Machine Model #2430-P Serial #5289 was not adequately guarded.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $2000
- · Z (S) $3300
1910.219 C04 I
- Issued
- Jun 30, 2016
- Abate by
- Aug 5, 2016
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.219(c)(4)(i): Unguarded projecting shaft end(s) did not present a smooth edge and end, or projected more than one half the diameter of the shaft: (a) 20 Vernon Street, Somerville, MA: On or about 6/20/2016, the shaft end of the material rewinder in line with Preco Die Cutting Machine Model #2430-P Serial #5289 projected into the aisle more than half of its diameter and was not guarded by nonrotating caps or sleeves.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $0
- · Z (S) $0
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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 341560803.
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