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Coating Systems Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

Lowell, Massachusetts · Electroplating, Plating, Polishing, Anodizing, and Coloring · NAICS 332813

3inspections
9citation items
$3,225current penalties
May 23, 2019last inspection

Since 1987, OSHA inspectors have visited Coating Systems Inc in Massachusetts 3 times.

The most recent inspection opened on May 23, 2019 after a complaint, in Lowell.

In all, OSHA issued 9 citation items: 9 serious.

The proposed penalties came to $6,428; today they stand at $3,225, 50% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.94 (ventilation), 3 times.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,600 penalty. Coating Systems Inc averages $2,000 across 1 cited inspection.

Coating Systems Inc also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Coating Systems Inc: OSHA citation items per year, 1987 to 2019
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 344038765 OPENED MAY 23, 2019Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 70 employees at the site · Closed Sep 24, 2019

90 Phoenix Ave, Lowell, MA 01852 · Electroplating, Plating, Polishing, Anodizing, and Coloring · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.134(d)(1)(iii) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$3,978$2,000Sep 5, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$0$0Sep 5, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.134(k)(6) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$0$0Sep 5, 2019Final

Inspection 122121403 OPENED MAY 7, 1998Closed

Referral · Partial · Health · 64 employees at the site · Closed Jan 5, 2011

90 Phoenix Ave, Lowell, MA 01852 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a Serious$875$438Jul 15, 1998Closed
Citation 1, item 1b Serious$0$0Jul 15, 1998Closed
Citation 1, item 1c Serious$0$0Jul 15, 1998Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.242(b) · Hand and power tools
 Serious$700$350Jul 15, 1998Closed
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5)(i) · Hazard communication
 Serious$875$438Jul 15, 1998Closed
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5)(ii) · Hazard communication
 Serious$0$0Jul 15, 1998Closed

Inspection 100535822 OPENED JUN 17, 1987Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 4 employees at the site · Closed Jun 17, 1987

39 Davol Street, Fall River, MA 02720 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Injury and illness logs

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

In 2024, the Lowell site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 52 workers: 2.1 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.2 for its industry. Those cases cost 2 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Coating Systems, Inc.
Lowell · 2024
52 112.13.2
Coating Systems Inc
Lowell · 2023
52 101.93.2

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(f)(5)(i)

(5) Transportation. (i) Chemical manufacturers, importers, or distributors shall ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals leaving the workplace is labeled, tagged, or marked in accordance with this section in a manner which does not conflict with the requirements of the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.) and regulations issued under that Act by the Department of Transportation (49 CFR subtitle B).

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5)(ii)

(ii) The label for bulk shipments of hazardous chemicals must be on the immediate container, transmitted with the shipping papers or the bills of lading, or, with the agreement of the receiving entity, transmitted by technological or electronic means so that it is immediately available to workers in printed form on the receiving end of shipment.

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 1910.242 · Hand and power tools

29 CFR 1910.94 · Ventilation

Other electroplating, plating, polishing, anodizing, and coloring employers in Massachusetts

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