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Custom Pallets Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

Brookfield, Massachusetts · Wood Container and Pallet Manufacturing · NAICS 321920

3inspections
11citation items
$3,277current penalties
Oct 8, 2021last inspection

Since 1986, OSHA inspectors have visited Custom Pallets Inc in Massachusetts 3 times.

The most recent inspection opened on Oct 8, 2021 as a planned inspection, in Brookfield.

In all, OSHA issued 11 citation items: 9 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $4,506; today they stand at $3,277, 27% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.95 (noise), 5 times.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $4,500 penalty. Custom Pallets Inc averages $2,867 across 1 cited inspection.

Custom Pallets Inc: OSHA citation items per year, 1986 to 2021
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345569669 OPENED OCT 8, 2021Closed

Planned · Partial · Health · 6 employees at the site · Closed Mar 23, 2022

11 Mill Street, Brookfield, MA 01506 · Wood Container and Pallet Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1 Serious$4,096$2,867Nov 5, 2021Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.134(k)(6) · Respiratory protection
Other-than-serious$0$0Nov 5, 2021Final

Inspection 101836799 OPENED JAN 30, 1986Closed

Referral · Complete · Health · 14 employees at the site · Closed Jun 17, 1986

Mill Street, Brookfield, MA 01506 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a Serious$350$350Feb 18, 1986Closed
Citation 1, item 1b Serious$0$0Feb 18, 1986Closed
Citation 1, item 1c Serious$0$0Feb 18, 1986Closed
Citation 1, item 1d Serious$0$0Feb 18, 1986Closed

Inspection 101698942 OPENED JAN 27, 1986Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 14 employees at the site · Closed Jun 20, 1986

Mill Street, Brookfield, MA 01506 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.213(h)(1) · Woodworking machinery
Serious$60$60Feb 7, 1986Closed
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.213(b)(3) · Woodworking machinery
Serious$0$0Feb 7, 1986Closed
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.213(h)(3) · Woodworking machinery
Serious$0$0Feb 7, 1986Closed
Citation 1, item 1d
29 CFR 1910.213(h)(4) · Woodworking machinery
Serious$0$0Feb 7, 1986Closed
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.133(a)(1) · Eye and face protection
Other-than-serious$0$0Feb 7, 1986Closed

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.133 · Eye and face protection

29 CFR 1910.133(a)(1)

(a) General requirements. (1) The employer shall ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation.

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.134(k)(6)

(6) The basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in appendix D of this section, shall be provided by the employer in any written or oral format, to employees who wear respirators when such use is not required by this section or by the employer.

29 CFR 1910.213 · Woodworking machinery

29 CFR 1910.213(b)(3)

(3) On applications where injury to the operator might result if motors were to restart after power failures, provision shall be made to prevent machines from automatically restarting upon restoration of power.

29 CFR 1910.95 · Noise

Other wood container and pallet manufacturing employers in Massachusetts

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