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Moldmaster Engineering Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

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

3inspections
14citation items
$5,181current penalties
Dec 6, 2022last inspection

Since 1974, OSHA inspectors have visited Moldmaster Engineering Inc in Massachusetts 3 times.

The most recent inspection opened on Dec 6, 2022 as a planned inspection, in Pittsfield.

In all, OSHA issued 14 citation items: 4 serious and 10 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $10,092; today they stand at $5,181, 49% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.215 (grinders and abrasive wheels), 3 times.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $4,500 penalty. Moldmaster Engineering Inc averages $4,911 across 1 cited inspection.

Moldmaster Engineering Inc also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Moldmaster Engineering Inc: OSHA citation items per year, 1974 to 2022
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 346374549 OPENED DEC 6, 2022Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 24 employees at the site · Closed Jul 6, 2023

187 Newell Street, Pittsfield, MA 01201 · 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$3,572$1,786Mar 9, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.215(a)(2) · Grinders and abrasive wheels
 Serious$3,572$1,786Mar 9, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.215(a)(4) · Grinders and abrasive wheels
 Serious$2,678$1,339Mar 9, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9) · Grinders and abrasive wheels
 Serious$0$0Mar 9, 2023Final

Inspection 964072 OPENED JUN 8, 1984Closed

Planned · Records only · Safety · 47 employees at the site · Closed Jun 8, 1984

187 Newell St, Pittsfield, MA 01201 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 10663011 OPENED FEB 28, 1974Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 45 employees at the site · Closed Mar 10, 1984

187 Newell St, Pittsfield, MA 01201 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1904.5(a) · Determination of work-relatedness
 Other-than-serious$100$100Mar 4, 1974Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.22(d)(1) · General requirements
 Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 4, 1974Closed
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.24(b) · Fixed industrial stairs
 Other-than-serious$30$30Mar 4, 1974Closed
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.37(q)(1) · Exit routes
 Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 4, 1974Closed
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1910.106(e)(6)(i) · Flammable liquids
 Other-than-serious$25$25Mar 4, 1974Closed
Citation 1, item 6
29 CFR 1910.157(a)(5) · Portable fire extinguishers
 Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 4, 1974Closed
Citation 1, item 7
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii) · Machine guarding
 Other-than-serious$55$55Mar 4, 1974Closed
Citation 1, item 8
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(4) · Machine guarding
 Other-than-serious$25$25Mar 4, 1974Closed
Citation 1, item 9
29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Other-than-serious$35$35Mar 4, 1974Closed
Citation 1, item 10 Other-than-serious$0$0Mar 4, 1974Closed

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2023, the Pittsfield site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 23 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.6 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Moldmaster Engineering Inc
Pittsfield · 2023
23 000.02.6

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1904.5 · Determination of work-relatedness

29 CFR 1904.5(a)

(a) Basic requirement. You must consider an injury or illness to be work-related if an event or exposure in the work environment either caused or contributed to the resulting condition or significantly aggravated a pre-existing injury or illness. Work-relatedness is presumed for injuries and illnesses resulting from events or exposures occurring in the work environment, unless an exception in § 1904.5(b)(2) specifically applies.

29 CFR 1910.106 · Flammable liquids

29 CFR 1910.106(e)(6)(i)

(6) Sources of ignition—(i) General. Adequate precautions shall be taken to prevent the ignition of flammable vapors. Sources of ignition include but are not limited to open flames; lightning; smoking; cutting and welding; hot surfaces; frictional heat; static, electrical, and mechanical sparks; spontaneous ignition, including heat-producing chemical reactions; and radiant heat.

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 1910.157 · Portable fire extinguishers

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.215 · Grinders and abrasive wheels

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

29 CFR 1910.22 · General requirements

29 CFR 1910.24 · Fixed industrial stairs

29 CFR 1910.309

29 CFR 1910.37 · Exit routes

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