Mayhew Basque Plastics, LLC has 2 OSHA inspections on record in Massachusetts, the first in 2018.
OSHA's last visit started on Jul 23, 2019 on a referral, in Westminster.
Across those inspections OSHA issued 12 citation items: 9 serious and 3 other-than-serious.
OSHA proposed $48,171 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $19,454, down 60%.
Most often, OSHA cited 1910.333, working near live electrical parts (4 items).
For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $4,500. Mayhew Basque Plastics, LLC averages $9,727 over 2 cited inspections in that time.
Mayhew Basque Plastics, LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 2 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
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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Incident on Jul 9, 2019: Employee suffers finger amputation in pneumatic press
At 9:40 a.m. on July 9, 2019, an employee was removing handle caps with a pneumatic press when he braced the handle with his hand and activated the press by pressing the two separate hand controls with his other hand. The press caught the employee's right hand when he pressed the controls. The employee was hospitalized to treat an amputation of his finger and lacerations to his thumb, index and middle fingers of his right hand.
Incident on Aug 1, 2018: Employee's left pinkie finger tip is amputated with plastic
At 10:50 a.m. on August 1, 2018, Employee #1, employed by a plastic fabrication company, was changing an insert in a mold. The ejector plate spring snapped the plastic mold shut on Employee #1's finger, amputating the tip of his left pinkie.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Westminster site logged 4 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 47 workers: 8.2 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 1 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Mayhew Basque Plastics LLC.
Westminster · 2025
47
4
1
8.2
2.6
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 2 reports on file.
On August 1, 2018, an employee was using a small hoist to lift a mold. The employee was using the left hand to stabilize the mold during the lift when a movable component on the mold unexpectedly shifted and trapped the employee's finger, resulting in an amputation of the left little finger above the first knuckle.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1910.145 · Specifications for accident prevention signs and tags
29 CFR 1910.145(c)(2)(i)
(2) Caution signs. (i) Caution signs shall be used only to warn against potential hazards or to caution against unsafe practices.
(ii) The procedures shall clearly and specifically outline the scope, purpose, authorization, rules, and techniques to be utilized for the control of hazardous energy, and the means to enforce compliance including, but not limited to, the following:
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(6)(i)(c)
(C) Where lockout is used for energy control, the periodic inspection shall include a review, between the inspector and each authorized employee, of that employee's responsibilities under the energy control procedure being inspected.
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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.
