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Darn it!, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

New Bedford, Massachusetts · All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing · NAICS 339999

2inspections
6citation items
$8,147current penalties
Aug 26, 2024last inspection

Since 2008, OSHA inspectors have visited Darn it!, Inc. in Massachusetts 2 times.

The most recent inspection opened on Aug 26, 2024 as a planned inspection, in New Bedford.

In all, OSHA issued 6 citation items: 5 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $10,567; today they stand at $8,147, 23% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.36 (exit route design), 2 times.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,600 penalty. Darn it!, Inc. averages $5,647 across 1 cited inspection.

Darn it!, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Darn it!, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2008 to 2024
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 347710717 OPENED AUG 26, 2024Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 71 employees at the site · Closed Nov 19, 2024

686 Belleville Avenue, New Bedford, MA 02745 · Piece Goods, Notions, and Other Dry Goods Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.36(d)(1) · Exit route design
 Serious$8,067$5,647Oct 23, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.36(g)(2) · Exit route design
 Serious$0$0Oct 23, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.22(a)(3) · Walking-working surfaces
 Serious$0$0Oct 23, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 1d
29 CFR 1910.37(b)(5) · Exit routes
 Serious$0$0Oct 23, 2024Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1)(ii) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
 Other-than-serious$0$0Oct 23, 2024Final

Inspection 312099625 OPENED JUN 30, 2008Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 100 employees at the site · Closed Mar 13, 2009

92 Harbor Street, New Bedford, MA 02744 · All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii) · Machine guarding
 Serious$2,500$2,500Dec 18, 2008Closed

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 New Bedford site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 43 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.4 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Darn It! Inc.
New Bedford · 2025
43 000.01.4

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii)

(ii) The point of operation of machines whose operation exposes an employee to injury, shall be guarded. The guarding device shall be in conformity with any appropriate standards therefor, or, in the absence of applicable specific standards, shall be so designed and constructed as to prevent the operator from having any part of his body in the danger zone during the operating cycle.

29 CFR 1910.22 · Walking-working surfaces

29 CFR 1910.22(a)(3)

(3) Walking-working surfaces are maintained free of hazards such as sharp or protruding objects, loose boards, corrosion, leaks, spills, snow, and ice.

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1)(ii)

(ii) Working space required by this standard may not be used for storage. When normally enclosed live parts are exposed for inspection or servicing, the working space, if in a passageway or general open space, shall be suitably guarded.

29 CFR 1910.36 · Exit route design

29 CFR 1910.37 · Exit routes

Other all other miscellaneous manufacturing employers in Massachusetts

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