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FW Webb Co: OSHA inspections and violations

Canton, Massachusetts · All Other Miscellaneous Store Retailers (except Tobacco Stores) · NAICS 453998

1inspections
2citation items
$6,000current penalties
Aug 8, 2022last inspection

OSHA has inspected FW Webb Co once in Massachusetts.

The inspection began on Aug 8, 2022 on a referral, in Canton.

That inspection ended with 2 citation items: 2 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $14,502 and now stand at $6,000, 59% lower after settlements or reviews.

Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.178.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for retail employers since 2015 is $2,130, and FW Webb Co averages $6,000 (1 cited inspection).

FW Webb Co also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

FW Webb Co: OSHA citation items per year, 2022 to 2022
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 346137078 OPENED AUG 8, 2022Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 50 employees at the site · Closed Feb 13, 2023

152 Will Drive, Canton, MA 02021 · All Other Miscellaneous Store Retailers (except Tobacco Stores) · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.178(o)(1) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
Serious$14,502$6,000Dec 1, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
Serious$0$0Dec 1, 2022Final

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 Canton site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 28 workers: 3.5 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.4 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Canton 75
Canton · 2025
28 103.51.4
Canton 18
Canton · 2025
22 000.01.7

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i)

(l) Operator training. (1) Safe operation. (i) The employer shall ensure that each powered industrial truck operator is competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l).

29 CFR 1910.178(o)(1)

(o) Loading. (1) Only stable or safely arranged loads shall be handled. Caution shall be exercised when handling off-center loads which cannot be centered.

Other all other miscellaneous store retailers (except tobacco stores) employers in Massachusetts

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