Calzone Ltd: OSHA Violations and Fines, Bridgeport CT

Calzone Ltd has 2 OSHA inspections on record in Connecticut, the first in 2015.

OSHA's last visit started on Jan 18, 2017 to follow up on an earlier case, in Bridgeport.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 10 citation items: 9 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $28,637 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $16,480, down 42%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.213, woodworking machinery (3 items).

For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $4,874. Calzone Ltd averages $8,240 over 2 cited inspections in that time.

Calzone Ltd also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Calzone Ltd: OSHA citation items per year, 2015 to 2017 — Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 342051349 OPENED JAN 18, 2017Closed

Follow-up · Partial · Health · 43 employees at the site · Closed Dec 26, 2019

225 Black Rock Ave, Bridgeport, CT 06605 · Other Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and rule	Type	Proposed	Current	Issued	Status
Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1) · Walking-working surfaces	Serious	$5,577	$3,100	Apr 10, 2017	Final
Citation 1, item 2 29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii) · Respiratory protection	Serious	$5,577	$3,100	Apr 10, 2017	Final
Citation 1, item 4a 29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication	Serious	$4,183	$2,300	Apr 10, 2017	Final
Citation 1, item 4b 29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication	Serious	$0	$0	Apr 10, 2017	Final
Citation 2, item 1 29 CFR 1910.134(k)(6) · Respiratory protection	Other-than-serious	$0	$0	Apr 10, 2017	Final

Inspection 340815943 OPENED JUL 31, 2015Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 28 employees at the site · Closed Nov 2, 2016

225 Black Rock Avenue, Bridgeport, CT 06604 · Other Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and rule	Type	Proposed	Current	Issued	Status
Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.213(c)(1) · Woodworking machinery	Serious	$4,900	$2,940	Oct 13, 2015	Final
Citation 1, item 2a 29 CFR 1910.213(c)(2) · Woodworking machinery	Serious	$3,500	$2,100	Oct 13, 2015	Final
Citation 1, item 2b 29 CFR 1910.213(c)(3) · Woodworking machinery	Serious	$0	$0	Oct 13, 2015	Final
Citation 1, item 3 29 CFR 1910.303(b)(2) · Electrical equipment, general requirements	Serious	$2,100	$1,260	Oct 13, 2015	Final
Citation 1, item 4 29 CFR 1910.304(g)(5) · Grounding and circuit protection	Serious	$2,800	$1,680	Oct 13, 2015	Final

Injury and illness logs

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

In 2025, the Bridgeport site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 35 workers: 3.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 4.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 2 days away from work.

Site and year	Workers	Cases	Days-away cases	Rate	Industry median
Calzone Case Company Bridgeport · 2025	35	1	1	3.0	4.6

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.

Jul 30, 2015, Bridgeport: Hospitalization, amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)

The top part of an employee's thumb was amputated on a table saw.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)

(e) Written hazard communication program. (1) Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1)

(h) Employee information and training. (1) Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and safety data sheets.

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii)

(iii) The employer shall identify and evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace; this evaluation shall include a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to respiratory hazard(s) and an identification of the contaminant's chemical state and physical form. Where the employer cannot identify or reasonably estimate the employee exposure, the employer shall consider the atmosphere to be IDLH.

29 CFR 1910.213 · Woodworking machinery

29 CFR 1910.22 · Walking-working surfaces

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.304 · Grounding and circuit protection

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.

Calzone Ltd: OSHA inspections and violations