West Haven, Connecticut · All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing · NAICS 325998
Macdermid Enthone Inc. has one OSHA inspection on record in Connecticut.
OSHA opened it on Aug 2, 2018 on a referral, in West Haven.
From that inspection OSHA issued 1 citation item: 1 serious.
OSHA proposed $9,054 in penalties and the amount has not been reduced.
For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $4,500. Macdermid Enthone Inc. averages $9,054 over 1 cited inspection in that time.
Macdermid Enthone Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
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| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii) · Machine guarding |
Serious | $9,054 | $9,054 | Jan 18, 2019 | Final |
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the West Haven site logged 4 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 104 workers: 3.9 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 2 days away from work.
| Site and year | Workers | Cases | Days-away cases | Rate | Industry median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacDermid Enthone, Inc. West Haven · 2025 | 104 | 4 | 1 | 3.9 | 1.6 |
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.
Jul 14, 2018, West Haven: Amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
At about 11:00 a.m. on July 14, 2018, an employee was cleaning the front/feed roll of a three-roll mill after milling a batch. He was scraping the front roll using a metal spatula, 10 inches long with a 4-inch blade. He had finished cleaning the left side and center of the front roll and had started cleaning the right side of the roll, applying pressure to the spatula with his right hand and…
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii)
(ii) The point of operation of machines whose operation exposes an employee to injury, shall be guarded. The guarding device shall be in conformity with any appropriate standards therefor, or, in the absence of applicable specific standards, shall be so designed and constructed as to prevent the operator from having any part of his body in the danger zone during the operating cycle.
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.