Gloucester, Massachusetts · Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging · NAICS 311710
OSHA has inspected Gorton's Inc. 6 times in Massachusetts since 2002.
The latest one began on Jan 31, 2024 as a planned inspection, in Gloucester.
Those inspections ended with 18 citation items: 12 serious, 1 repeat and 5 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $128,165 and now stand at $65,456, 49% lower after settlements or reviews.
Lockout/tagout comes up most often in these citations: 4 items under 1910.147.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,872, and Gorton's Inc. averages $15,592 (4 cited inspections).
Gorton's Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
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Watch this company127 Rogers Street, Gloucester, MA 01930 · Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(2) · Permit-required confined spaces |
Other-than-serious | $1,068 | $1,068 | Mar 7, 2024 | Final |
127 Rogers Street, Gloucester, MA 01930 · Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.147(d)(2) · Lockout/tagout |
Serious | $14,502 | $8,500 | Dec 9, 2022 | Final |
127 Rogers Street, Gloucester, MA 01930 · Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Jan 5, 2021: Employee amputates several fingers when caught in rotary air
At 1:45 a.m. on January 5, 2021, Employee #1, was attempting to determine why there was no flow in a machine. While looking beneath the machine to investigate, the employee attempted to balance himself and got his fingers caught in the rotary air lock. The incident resulted in the amputation of several fingers. The employee was transported to the hospital for admission and treatment.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(a) · Lockout/tagout |
Serious | $13,653 | $6,800 | May 3, 2021 | Final |
| Citation 2, item 1 29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout |
Repeat | $75,092 | $37,500 | May 3, 2021 | Final |
| Citation 3, item 1a 29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2) · Reporting deaths and severe injuries |
Other-than-serious | $5,000 | $2,500 | May 3, 2021 | Final |
| Citation 3, item 1b 29 CFR 1904.7(b)(3) · General recording criteria |
Other-than-serious | $0 | $0 | May 3, 2021 | Final |
128 Rogers Street, Gloucester, MA 01930 · Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout |
Serious | $12,675 | $6,000 | Apr 4, 2017 | Final |
128 Rogers Street, Gloucester, MA 01930 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.23(c)(1) · Guarding floor and wall openings and holes |
Serious | $1,300 | $650 | Mar 21, 2002 | Closed |
| Citation 1, item 2 29 CFR 1910.26(c)(2)(vii) · Portable metal ladders |
Serious | $1,300 | $650 | Mar 21, 2002 | Closed |
| Citation 1, item 3a 29 CFR 1910.37(q)(1) · Exit routes |
Serious | $975 | $488 | Mar 21, 2002 | Closed |
| Citation 1, item 3b 29 CFR 1910.37(q)(2) · Exit routes |
Serious | $0 | $0 | Mar 21, 2002 | Closed |
| Citation 1, item 4a 29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding |
Serious | $1,300 | $650 | Mar 21, 2002 | Closed |
| Citation 1, item 4b 29 CFR 1910.219(c)(2)(i) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts |
Serious | $0 | $0 | Mar 21, 2002 | Closed |
| Citation 1, item 5a 29 CFR 1910.215(a)(4) · Grinders and abrasive wheels |
Serious | $1,300 | $650 | Mar 21, 2002 | Closed |
| Citation 1, item 5b 29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9) · Grinders and abrasive wheels |
Serious | $0 | $0 | Mar 21, 2002 | Closed |
| Citation 1, item 5c 29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9) · Grinders and abrasive wheels |
Serious | $0 | $0 | Mar 21, 2002 | Closed |
| Citation 2, item 1 29 CFR 1910.146(c)(2) · Permit-required confined spaces |
Other-than-serious | $0 | $0 | Mar 21, 2002 | Closed |
| Citation 2, item 2 29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iii) · Electrical wiring methods |
Other-than-serious | $0 | $0 | Mar 21, 2002 | Closed |
128 Rogers Street, Gloucester, MA 01930 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Gloucester site logged 41 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 420 workers: 9.1 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 4.8 for its industry. Those cases cost 583 days away from work.
| Site and year | Workers | Cases | Days-away cases | Rate | Industry median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gorton's Gloucester Gloucester · 2025 | 420 | 41 | 21 | 9.1 | 4.8 |
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.
Oct 6, 2022, Gloucester: Hospitalization, amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
An employee was fixing a leaking hose/pipe. The employee's fingers entered a pump, and the employee suffered a finger amputation caused by the pump's rotors.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2)
(2) Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA.
29 CFR 1904.7(b)(3)
(3) How do I record a work-related injury or illness that results in days away from work? When an injury or illness involves one or more days away from work, you must record the injury or illness on the OSHA 300 Log with a check mark in the space for cases involving days away and an entry of the number of calendar days away from work in the number of days column. If the employee is out for an extended period of time, you must enter an estimate of the days that the employee will be away, and update the day count when the actual number of days is known.
29 CFR 1910.146(c)(2)
(2) If the workplace contains permit spaces, the employer shall inform exposed employees, by posting danger signs or by any other equally effective means, of the existence and location of and the danger posed by the permit spaces.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.