Inspection 348626201 OPENED DEC 4, 2025Closed
102 Pratts Junction Road, Sterling, MA 01564 · All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
Sterling, Massachusetts · All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · NAICS 326199
Lee Plastics Inc. has 4 OSHA inspections on record in Massachusetts, the first in 1983.
OSHA's last visit started on Dec 4, 2025 to follow up on an earlier case, in Sterling.
Across those inspections OSHA issued 7 citation items: 3 serious and 4 other-than-serious.
OSHA proposed $6,350 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $4,648, down 27%.
Most often, OSHA cited 1910.38, emergency action plans (2 items).
For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $4,500. Lee Plastics Inc. averages $3,972 over 1 cited inspection in that time.
Lee Plastics Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
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No citations from this inspection.
102 Pratts Junction Road, Sterling, MA 01564 · All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · 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)(1) · Lockout/tagout |
Serious | $4,729 | $3,310 | May 22, 2025 | Final |
| Citation 2, item 1 29 CFR 1904.41(a)(1)(i) · Electronic submission of Employer Identification Number (EIN) and injury and illness records to OSHA |
Other-than-serious | $946 | $662 | May 22, 2025 | Final |
102 Pratts Junction Rd., Sterling, MA 01564 · All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding |
Serious | $375 | $375 | Mar 15, 2005 | Closed |
| Citation 1, item 2 29 CFR 1910.219(f)(3) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts |
Serious | $300 | $300 | Mar 15, 2005 | Closed |
102 Pratts Junction Rd, Sterling, MA 01564 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.22(d)(1) · General requirements |
Other-than-serious | $0 | $0 | Oct 21, 1983 | Closed |
| Citation 1, item 2 29 CFR 1910.38(a)(1) · Emergency action plans |
Other-than-serious | $0 | $0 | Oct 21, 1983 | Closed |
| Citation 1, item 3 29 CFR 1910.38(b)(1) · Emergency action plans |
Other-than-serious | $0 | $0 | Oct 21, 1983 | Closed |
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2024, the Sterling site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 23 workers: 0.1 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 4 days away from work.
| Site and year | Workers | Cases | Days-away cases | Rate | Industry median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Plastics Inc Sterling · 2024 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0.1 | 2.6 |
| 102 Pratts Jct Road Sterling · 2017 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.6 |
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1904.41(a)(1)(i)
(a) Basic requirements—(1) Annual electronic submission of information from OSHA Form 300A Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses. (i) If your establishment had 20-249 employees at any time during the previous calendar year, and your establishment is classified in an industry listed in appendix A to subpart E of this part, then you must electronically submit information from OSHA Form 300A Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses to OSHA or OSHA's designee. You must submit the information once a year, no later than the date listed in paragraph (c) of this section of the year after the calendar year covered by the form.
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1)
(c) General—(1) Energy control program. The employer shall establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performs any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, start up or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source, and rendered inoperative.
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1)
(a) Machine guarding—(1) Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks. Examples of guarding methods are—barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices, electronic safety devices, etc.
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