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MVC Welding: OSHA inspections and violations

Whitman, Massachusetts · Other Foundation, Structure, and Building Exterior Contractors · NAICS 238190

2inspections
12citation items
$30,261current penalties
Dec 16, 2021last inspection

OSHA has inspected MVC Welding 2 times in Massachusetts since 2021.

The latest one began on Dec 16, 2021 on a referral, in Charlton.

Those inspections ended with 12 citation items: 7 serious and 5 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $30,261 and still stand at $30,261.

Proving cited hazards were fixed comes up most often in these citations: 4 items under 1903.19.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,079, and MVC Welding averages $15,130 (2 cited inspections).

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

MVC Welding: OSHA citation items per year, 2021 to 2021
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345692164 OPENED DEC 16, 2021Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 3 employees at the site · Closed Mar 18, 2026

425 Worcester Road, Charlton, MA 01507 · Other Foundation, Structure, and Building Exterior Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.501(a)(2) · Fall protection in construction
 Serious$4,351$4,351Mar 18, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10) · Fall protection in construction
 Serious$4,351$4,351Mar 18, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1) · Fall protection training in construction
 Serious$4,351$4,351Mar 18, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1926.503(b)(1) · Fall protection training in construction
 Serious$4,351$4,351Mar 18, 2022Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1) · Proving cited hazards were fixed
 Other-than-serious$349$349Jun 17, 2022Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1903.19(d)(1) · Proving cited hazards were fixed
 Other-than-serious$349$349Jun 17, 2022Final

Inspection 345678437 OPENED DEC 8, 2021Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 3 employees at the site · Closed Mar 10, 2026

1245 Auburn Street, Whitman, MA 02382 · Other Foundation, Structure, and Building Exterior Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Dec 16, 2021 (fatal): Employee falls from aerial lift and is killed

At 8:00 a.m. on December 16, 2021, an employee worked from an aerial lift to install metal siding. At some point, the employee fell approximately twelve feet from the aerial lift, received vertebrae fractures and was killed.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.453(b)(2)(v) · Aerial lifts
 Serious$4,351$4,351May 26, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1926.454(a) · Scaffold training
 Serious$4,351$4,351May 26, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1926.761(b) · Training
 Serious$0$0May 26, 2022Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1904.39(a)(1) · Reporting deaths and severe injuries
 Other-than-serious$3,108$3,108May 26, 2022Final
Citation 3, item 1a
29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1) · Proving cited hazards were fixed
 Other-than-serious$349$349Sep 27, 2022Final
Citation 3, item 1b
29 CFR 1903.19(d)(1) · Proving cited hazards were fixed
 Other-than-serious$0$0Sep 27, 2022Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1903.19 · Proving cited hazards were fixed

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1)

(c) Abatement certification. (1) Within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, the employer must certify to OSHA (the Agency) that each cited violation has been abated, except as provided in paragraph (c)(2) of this section.

29 CFR 1903.19(d)(1)

(d) Abatement documentation. (1) The employer must submit to the Agency, along with the information on abatement certification required by paragraph (c)(3) of this section, documents demonstrating that abatement is complete for each willful or repeat violation and for any serious violation for which the Agency indicates in the citation that such abatement documentation is required.

29 CFR 1904.39 · Reporting deaths and severe injuries

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(1)

(a) Basic requirement. (1) Within eight (8) hours after the death of any employee as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the fatality to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), U.S. Department of Labor.

29 CFR 1926.453 · Aerial lifts

29 CFR 1926.454 · Scaffold training

29 CFR 1926.501 · Fall protection in construction

29 CFR 1926.503 · Fall protection training in construction

29 CFR 1926.761 · Training

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