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Academy Express LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Braintree, Massachusetts · School and Employee Bus Transportation · NAICS 485410

1inspections
3citation items
$13,000current penalties
May 14, 2015last inspection

OSHA inspectors have visited Academy Express LLC in Massachusetts one time.

It opened on May 14, 2015 on a referral, in Braintree.

In all, OSHA issued 3 citation items: 3 serious.

The proposed penalties came to $21,000; today they stand at $13,000, 38% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.147 (lockout/tagout), 2 times.

Among transportation and warehousing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $2,412 penalty. Academy Express LLC averages $13,000 across 1 cited inspection.

Academy Express LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Academy Express LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2015 to 2015
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 340629716 OPENED MAY 14, 2015Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 83 employees at the site · Closed Dec 11, 2015

35 Rocsam Road, Braintree, MA 02184 · School and Employee Bus Transportation · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on May 12, 2015: Employee's finger is severed when caught by a pulley belt

At 10:15 a.m. on May 12, 2015, an employee was checking the anti-freeze level in a bus that had stopped running. A co-worker turned the engine on while the employees hand was on the belt and it was pulled through the pulley, severing part of his ring finger.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.26(c)(3)(vii) · Portable metal ladders
Serious$7,000$4,000Aug 14, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$7,000$4,000Aug 14, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.147(d)(6) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$7,000$5,000Aug 14, 2015Final

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2023, the Braintree site logged 4 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 82 workers: 4.9 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.8 for its industry. Those cases cost 35 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
BOS Braintree
Braintree · 2023
82 434.93.8
BOS - Braintree
Braintree · 2022
69 000.03.8
BOS Braintree
Braintree · 2021
61 111.63.8

Severe injury reports

Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.

May 11, 2015, Braintree: Hospitalization, amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.

An employee's finger was partially amputated on a bus fan belt. The bus driver started the bus while the employee was checking fluid levels.

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1)

(c) General—(1) Energy control program. The employer shall establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performs any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, start up or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source, and rendered inoperative.

29 CFR 1910.147(d)(6)

(6) Verification of isolation. Prior to starting work on machines or equipment that have been locked out or tagged out, the authorized employee shall verify that isolation and deenergization of the machine or equipment have been accomplished.

29 CFR 1910.26 · Portable metal ladders

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