WORCESTER, MA —
OSHA Inspection: APPLIED PLASTIC TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Planned inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a planned safety inspection of APPLIED PLASTIC TECHNOLOGY, INC. in 169 FREMONT STREET, WORCESTER, MA 01603 (NAICS 326199). OSHA activity number 346526163.
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Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- APPLIED PLASTIC TECHNOLOGY, INC.
- Site address
- 169 FREMONT STREET
- City
- WORCESTER
- State
- MA
- ZIP
- 01603
- Mailing
- 169 FREMONT STREET, WORCESTER, MA 01603
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Planned (H)
- 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
- 326199
- Employees
- 16
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
1 citation on file for this inspection.
1910.147 C01
- Issued
- Mar 31, 2023
- Abate by
- Nov 30, 2023
- Penalty
- Initial $6,250 · Current $4,375 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: 169 Fremont Street, Worcester, MA: On March 1, 2023 and at times prior, the employer had not established an energy control program to protect employees and outside contractors who performed maintenance and servicing activities on company machines. *Abatement Notes: Energy control procedures are required to be documented for all multiple-energy source machines including, but not limited to, the multi-energy source Zeres Zhafir machine. Energy control training is required to be documented and provided for all employees who are, or may be, in an area where energy control procedures may be utilized. A periodic inspection shall include the following elements: - Appointment of an authorized employee to inspect each local procedure for inaccuracies during an actual energy control task - A review by inspector with each authorized employee, of that employee's responsibilities under each energy control procedure they are authorized to use - Certification that the periodic inspections have been performed by identifying the machines or equipment on which the energy control procedures were being utilized, the dates of the inspections, the employees included in the inspections, and the persons performing the inspections *Abatement notes are intended only to provide clarity regarding existing requirements under the law or agency policies. Abatement notes do not create (or diminish) legal obligations under the Occupational Safety and Health Act
Recent events (4)
- — P (S) $4375
- — P (S) $4375
- — I (S) $4375
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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 346526163.
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