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MHQ, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Shrewsbury, Massachusetts · Other Automotive Mechanical and Electrical Repair and Maintenance · NAICS 811118

1inspections
2citation items
$16,000current penalties
Jul 25, 2016last inspection

MHQ, Inc. has one OSHA inspection on record in Massachusetts.

OSHA opened it on Jul 25, 2016 on a referral, in Shrewsbury.

From that inspection OSHA issued 2 citation items: 2 serious.

OSHA proposed $22,448 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $16,000, down 29%.

For context, across all repair and personal services employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $1,200. MHQ, Inc. averages $16,000 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

MHQ, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2016 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341643344 OPENED JUL 25, 2016Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 22 employees at the site · Closed Nov 26, 2019

409 Hartford Pike, Shrewsbury, MA 01545 · Other Automotive Mechanical and Electrical Repair and Maintenance · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
OSH Act Section 5(a)(1) · General Duty Clause
Serious$11,224$8,000Oct 5, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$11,224$8,000Oct 5, 2016Final

The rules behind these citations

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

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.

OSH Act Section 5 · General Duty Clause

OSH Act Section 5(a)(1)

Each employer shall furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees.

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