OSHA has inspected Norpaco, Inc. 3 times in Connecticut since 2014.
The latest one began on Aug 5, 2019 after a complaint, in Middletown.
Those inspections ended with 12 citation items: 1 serious and 11 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $22,725 and now stand at $18,111, 20% lower after settlements or reviews.
Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1910.178.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,872, and Norpaco, Inc. averages $9,056 (2 cited inspections).
Norpaco, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Inspection 342626272 OPENED SEP 5, 2017Closed
Referral · Partial · Safety · 98 employees at the site · Closed Dec 7, 2017
80 Bysiewicz Drive, Middletown, CT 06457 · All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Sep 5, 2017: Employee sustains amputation and lacerations fingers in rota
At 11:30 a.m. on September 5, 2017, Employee #1 was sweeping the floor around the olive pitting machine. The employee decided to place her right hand in the auger area of the olive pitting machine on the underside above the barrel and drum. The employee's hand became caught, resulting in amputation of her right pinky finger and lacerations to her middle and ring fingers. The employee was not hospitalized.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 |
Serious | $5,926 | $5,926 | Nov 2, 2017 | Final |
| Citation 2, item 1 |
Other-than-serious | $1,185 | $1,185 | Nov 2, 2017 | Final |
| Citation 2, item 2 |
Other-than-serious | $0 | $0 | Nov 2, 2017 | Final |
| Citation 2, item 3 |
Other-than-serious | $0 | $0 | Nov 2, 2017 | Final |
| Citation 2, item 4 |
Other-than-serious | $0 | $0 | Nov 2, 2017 | Final |
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2022, the Middletown site logged 14 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 152 workers: 9.7 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.4 for its industry. Those cases cost 372 days away from work.
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.
Sep 5, 2017, Middletown: Amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
An employee was sweeping the floor around an olive pitting machine when her hand entered the auger chute, which then amputated her pinky finger and lacerated her middle/ring fingers.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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.
