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Avantor, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Chester, Connecticut · All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing · NAICS 325998

1inspections
4citation items
$19,644current penalties
Jun 23, 2023last inspection

OSHA inspectors have visited Avantor, Inc. in Connecticut one time.

It opened on Jun 23, 2023 after a complaint, in Chester.

In all, OSHA issued 4 citation items: 4 other-than-serious.

The penalties, $19,644 in total, stand where OSHA first set them.

The rule cited most here is 1910.134 (respiratory protection), 2 times.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $4,500 penalty. Avantor, Inc. averages $19,644 across 1 cited inspection.

Avantor, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2023 to 2023
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 346819246 OPENED JUN 23, 2023Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 12 employees at the site · Closed Mar 6, 2024

67 Winthrop Road, Chester, CT 06412 · All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1) · Respiratory protection
 Other-than-serious$7,366$7,366Dec 19, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1) · Respiratory protection
 Other-than-serious$0$0Dec 19, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.1026(d)(1) · Hexavalent chromium
 Other-than-serious$12,278$12,278Dec 19, 2023Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(4) · Hazard communication
 Other-than-serious$0$0Dec 19, 2023Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1026 · Hexavalent chromium

29 CFR 1910.1026(d)(1)

(d) Exposure determination—(1) General. Each employer who has a workplace or work operation covered by this section shall determine the 8-hour TWA exposure for each employee exposed to chromium (VI). This determination shall be made in accordance with either paragraph (d)(2) or paragraph (d)(3) of this section.

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(4)

(4) The employer shall make the written hazard communication program available, upon request, to employees, their designated representatives, the Assistant Secretary and the Director, in accordance with the requirements of § 1910.1020(e).

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)

(1) The test instrument must have an effective audio-warning device, or a visual-warning device in the form of a screen tracing, that indicates when the test subject fails to hold his or her breath during the test. The test must be terminated and restarted from the beginning when the test subject fails to hold his or her breath during the test. The test subject then may be refitted and retested.

Other all other miscellaneous chemical product and preparation manufacturing employers in Connecticut

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