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Lee Plastics Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Sterling, Massachusetts · All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · NAICS 326199

4inspections
7citation items
$4,648current penalties
Dec 4, 2025last inspection

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.

Lee Plastics Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 1983 to 2025
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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3 of them in the same industry

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Inspection history

Inspection 348626201 OPENED DEC 4, 2025Closed

Follow-up · Partial · Safety · 21 employees at the site · Closed Jan 16, 2026

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.

Inspection 348232117 OPENED MAY 8, 2025Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 21 employees at the site · Closed Jan 16, 2026

102 Pratts Junction Road, Sterling, MA 01564 · All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$4,729$3,310May 22, 2025Final
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$662May 22, 2025Final

Inspection 306278318 OPENED JAN 28, 2005Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 25 employees at the site · Closed Apr 19, 2005

102 Pratts Junction Rd., Sterling, MA 01564 · All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
Serious$375$375Mar 15, 2005Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.219(f)(3) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
Serious$300$300Mar 15, 2005Closed

Inspection 10646826 OPENED OCT 17, 1983Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 33 employees at the site · Closed Dec 27, 1983

102 Pratts Junction Rd, Sterling, MA 01564 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.22(d)(1) · General requirements
Other-than-serious$0$0Oct 21, 1983Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.38(a)(1) · Emergency action plans
Other-than-serious$0$0Oct 21, 1983Closed
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.38(b)(1) · Emergency action plans
Other-than-serious$0$0Oct 21, 1983Closed

Injury and illness logs

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 yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Lee Plastics Inc
Sterling · 2024
23 110.12.6
102 Pratts Jct Road
Sterling · 2017
24 000.02.6

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1904.41 · Electronic submission of Employer Identification Number (EIN) and injury and illness records to OSHA

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 · Lockout/tagout

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 · Machine guarding

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.

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

29 CFR 1910.22 · General requirements

29 CFR 1910.38 · Emergency action plans

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