SHREWSBURY, MA —
OSHA Inspection: INDUSTRIAL POLYMERS & CHEMICALS, INC.
Referral inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a referral safety inspection of INDUSTRIAL POLYMERS & CHEMICALS, INC. in 508 BOSTON TURNPIKE, SHREWSBURY, MA 01545 (NAICS 314999). OSHA activity number 344081732.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- INDUSTRIAL POLYMERS & CHEMICALS, INC.
- Site address
- 508 BOSTON TURNPIKE
- City
- SHREWSBURY
- State
- MA
- ZIP
- 01545
- Mailing
- 508 BOSTON TURNPIKE, SHREWSBURY, MA 01545
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
- 314999
- Employees
- 31
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
1 citation on file for this inspection.
1910.212 A01
- Issued
- Oct 10, 2019
- Abate by
- Nov 6, 2019
- Penalty
- Initial $10,210 · Current $5,102 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: Linen #3, carousel mounted rewind roller, 508 Boston Turnpike, Shrewsbury, MA: On or about June 12, 2019 employees were exposed to in running nip points by holding newly stapled fiberglass fabric on the rewind roller while it was actively winding up slack material and one or more methods of guarding was not provided to prevent their hands or fingers from getting caught by and drawn into such pinch points. (a) In running nip point. Rewind roller and in running fiberglass fabric. (b) In running nip point. Employees placing inspection light under actively rewinding fiberglass fabric and rotating rewind roller spindle. Specific abatement documentation that this violation has been corrected must be provided within 10 days of the abatement in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(d)(1).
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $5102
- — Z (S) $10210
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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 344081732.
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