Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Inspection: MARTIN AND WARE, INC.

Referral inspection · Safety discipline

On , OSHA opened a referral safety inspection of MARTIN AND WARE, INC. in BARKER MOUNTAIN ROAD, NEWRY, ME 04261 (NAICS 713990). OSHA activity number 348357013.

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Site address
BARKER MOUNTAIN ROAD
City
NEWRY
State
ME
ZIP
04261
Mailing
165 MAPLE STREET, FARMINGDALE, ME 04344
Inspection type
Referral (C)
Scope
Partial (B)
Discipline
Safety
Advance notice
No
Union status
B
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Last modified
Data loaded
NAICS code
713990
Employees
130
Ownership type
A

3 citations on file for this inspection.

5(a)(1)

Deleted Serious Gravity 10 1 instance 35 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $14895.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced
OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to explosion hazards while handling pyrotechnics, with debris in the mortars:				  Barker Mountain Road - On July 5, 2025, an employee sustained life-threatening injuries when a 5-inch firework shell and mortar tube exploded at ground level during a public pyrotechnics display, due to shell loading on top of leftover debris.
Recent events (3)
  • — F (S) $0
  • — C (S) $14895
  • — Z (S) $14895

1910.1200 E01

Serious Gravity 1 1 instance 35 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $6384.00 · Current $5000.00 Reduced
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met:  Establishment - Employer failed to develop, implement, and maintain a written hazard communication program for employees using fireworks.
Recent events (3)
  • — F (S) $5000
  • — C (S) $6384
  • — Z (S) $6384

1910.1200 H01

Serious Gravity 5 1 instance 35 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area:  Establishment - Employer failed to provide hazard communication training for employees that handle fireworks.
Recent events (3)
  • — F (S) $0
  • — C (S) $0
  • — Z (S) $0

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 348357013.