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Edgecomb Potters: OSHA inspections and violations

Edgecomb, Maine · Pottery, Ceramics, and Plumbing Fixture Manufacturing · NAICS 327112

2inspections
17citation items
$3,960current penalties
Nov 18, 2015last inspection

OSHA has inspected Edgecomb Potters 2 times in Maine since 2001.

The latest one began on Nov 18, 2015 after a complaint, in Edgecomb.

Those inspections ended with 17 citation items: 8 serious and 9 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $4,400 and now stand at $3,960, 10% lower after settlements or reviews.

Respiratory protection comes up most often in these citations: 6 items under 1910.134.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Edgecomb Potters averages $3,960 (1 cited inspection).

Edgecomb Potters: OSHA citation items per year, 2001 to 2015
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341063204 OPENED NOV 18, 2015Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 20 employees at the site · Closed Aug 12, 2016

727 Boothbay Road, Edgecomb, ME 04556 · Pottery, Ceramics, and Plumbing Fixture 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
 Serious$2,000$1,800Apr 22, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$0$0Apr 22, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.134(f)(1) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$0$0Apr 22, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 1d
29 CFR 1910.134(h)(1) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$0$0Apr 22, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 1e
29 CFR 1910.134(k) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$0$0Apr 22, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$2,000$1,800Apr 22, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$0$0Apr 22, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2c
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$0$0Apr 22, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1904.4(a) · Recording criteria
 Other-than-serious$400$360Apr 22, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.132(a) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 22, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 3
29 CFR 1910.157(e)(2) · Portable fire extinguishers
 Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 22, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 4
29 CFR 1910.305(b)(2)(i) · Electrical wiring methods
 Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 22, 2016Final

Inspection 303784722 OPENED APR 19, 2001Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 12 employees at the site · Closed Oct 3, 2001

727 Boothbay Road, Edgecomb, ME 04556 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jul 9, 2001Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(i) · Respiratory protection
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jul 9, 2001Closed
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.157(e)(2) · Portable fire extinguishers
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jul 9, 2001Closed
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.157(e)(3) · Portable fire extinguishers
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jul 9, 2001Closed
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.219(c)(3) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jul 9, 2001Closed

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1904.4 · Recording criteria

29 CFR 1904.4(a)

(a) Basic requirement. Each employer required by this part to keep records of fatalities, injuries, and illnesses must record each fatality, injury and illness that:

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(g)(1)

(g) Safety data sheets. (1) Chemical manufacturers and importers shall obtain or develop a safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical they produce or import. Employers shall have a safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they use.

29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.157 · Portable fire extinguishers

29 CFR 1910.219 · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

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