Since 2012, OSHA inspectors have visited Lutco, Inc. in Massachusetts 5 times.
The most recent inspection opened on May 18, 2023 on a referral, in Worcester.
In all, OSHA issued 26 citation items: 24 serious and 2 other-than-serious.
The proposed penalties came to $81,958; today they stand at $51,391, 37% less.
The rule cited most here is 1910.147 (lockout/tagout), 6 times.
Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,600 penalty. Lutco, Inc. averages $7,320 across 2 cited inspections.
Lutco, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
The Wage and Hour Division has 1 case on it since 2015, with $1,320 in back wages owed to workers.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
Massachusetts · latest 90 days of OSHA records
242employers cited
3 of them in the same industry
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From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Worcester site logged 2 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 87 workers: 3.2 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.4 for its industry. Those cases cost 2 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Lutco, Inc.
Worcester · 2025
87
2
1
3.2
2.4
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Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.
Sep 23, 2024, Worcester: Hospitalization, amputation · amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified · finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
An employee was chaining up a bundle of stock for a crane to lift. When the bundle was lifted, the chain grabbed the employee's left thumb, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
Wage and hour cases
Cases by the Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division since 2015: unpaid minimum wage or overtime, child labor, family leave and more.
Period reviewed
Violations
Workers owed
Back wages
Penalties
Jun 16, 2018 to Jan 12, 2019
Worcester
1
1
$1,320
$0
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(a) General requirements. (1) The employer shall ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation.
(4) Energy control procedure. (i) Procedures shall be developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees are engaged in the activities covered by this section.
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(5)(iid)
(D) Identifiable. Lockout devices and tagout devices shall indicate the identity of the employee applying the device(s).
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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.