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Engineering Specialties Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

North Branford, Connecticut · Forging and Stamping · NAICS 332116

3inspections
15citation items
$18,314current penalties
Jan 22, 2025last inspection

Since 2011, OSHA inspectors have visited Engineering Specialties Inc. in Connecticut 3 times.

The most recent inspection opened on Jan 22, 2025 as a planned inspection, in North Branford.

In all, OSHA issued 15 citation items: 13 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $27,020; today they stand at $18,314, 32% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.147 (lockout/tagout), 4 times.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,600 penalty. Engineering Specialties Inc. averages $4,634 across 1 cited inspection.

Engineering Specialties Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Engineering Specialties Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2011 to 2025
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 347990525 OPENED JAN 22, 2025Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 29 employees at the site · Closed Feb 28, 2025

452 Twin Lakes Road, North Branford, CT 06471 · Metal Crown, Closure, and Other Metal Stamping (except Automotive) · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$6,620$4,634Feb 11, 2025Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
Other-than-serious$0$0Feb 11, 2025Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.178(p)(1) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
Other-than-serious$0$0Feb 11, 2025Final

Inspection 315338202 OPENED APR 14, 2011Closed

Referral · Partial · Health · 15 employees at the site · Closed Dec 18, 2013

452 Twin Lakes Road, North Branford, CT 06471 · Forging and Stamping · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$2,400$1,680Jun 27, 2011Closed
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1)(i) · Hazard communication
Serious$0$0Jun 27, 2011Closed

Inspection 123192668 OPENED APR 5, 2011Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 15 employees at the site · Closed Dec 18, 2013

452 Twin Lakes Road, North Branford, CT 06471 · Forging and Stamping · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.132(a) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
Serious$2,400$1,440Jun 27, 2011Closed
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
Serious$2,400$1,440Jun 27, 2011Closed
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.132(f)(1) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
Serious$0$0Jun 27, 2011Closed
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$4,200$3,120Jun 27, 2011Closed
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$0$0Jun 27, 2011Closed
Citation 1, item 3c
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$0$0Jun 27, 2011Closed
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
Serious$2,400$1,440Jun 27, 2011Closed
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9) · Grinders and abrasive wheels
Serious$2,400$1,440Jun 27, 2011Closed
Citation 1, item 6a
29 CFR 1910.217(c)(2)(ia) · Mechanical power presses
Serious$4,200$3,120Jun 27, 2011Closed
Citation 1, item 6b
29 CFR 1910.217(e)(1)(ii) · Mechanical power presses
Serious$0$0Jun 27, 2011Closed

Injury and illness logs

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

In 2023, the North Branford site logged 3 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 33 workers: 10.8 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.7 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Engineering Specialties, Inc.
North Branford · 2023
33 3010.82.7

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)(i)

(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 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.132(a)

(a) Application. Protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, shall be provided, used, and maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition wherever it is necessary by reason of hazards of processes or environment, chemical hazards, radiological hazards, or mechanical irritants encountered in a manner capable of causing injury or impairment in the function of any part of the body through absorption, inhalation or physical contact.

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.215 · Grinders and abrasive wheels

29 CFR 1910.217 · Mechanical power presses

Other forging and stamping employers in Connecticut

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