Farmingdale, New Jersey · All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing · NAICS 325998
2inspections
20citation items
$101,200current penalties
May 18, 2023last inspection
Since 2020, OSHA inspectors have visited Nutrastar Inc. in New Jersey 2 times.
The most recent inspection opened on May 18, 2023 after a complaint, in Farmingdale and is still open.
In all, OSHA issued 20 citation items: 17 serious, 2 repeat and 1 other-than-serious.
The proposed penalties came to $178,834; today they stand at $101,200, 43% less.
The rule cited most here is 1910.134 (respiratory protection), 4 times.
Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $4,500 penalty. Nutrastar Inc. averages $50,600 across 2 cited inspections.
Nutrastar Inc. 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.
New Jersey · latest 90 days of OSHA records
270employers cited
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Incident on Sep 17, 2020: Two employees amputate fingertips while cleaning, jogging ma
At 9:00 a.m. on September 17, 2020, Employee #1 and Employee #2, both machine operators, were working for a chemical products manufacturer. Employee #1 was cleaning the NJ P1200 encapsulation machine when her left-hand index finger got caught between two machine segments. Employee #2 was working on a granulator machine aligning the hopper when he caught his right-hand middle finger between the hopper and the base of the machine. Both Employee #1 and Employee #2 amputated their fingertips, requiring hospitalization.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Farmingdale site logged 5 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 267 workers: 2.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.1 for its industry. Those cases cost 1 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
NutraStar
Farmingdale · 2025
267
5
1
2.0
1.1
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.
Jun 17, 2025, Farmingdale: Amputation · amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified · finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
An employee was standing on a step stool, preparing an encapsulation machine to be cleaned by putting a piece of plastic over the top part of it. As he was tucking in the plastic with his right hand, the machine's front access door closed on his right index finger. The right fingertip was amputated under the nail.
An employee was cleaning an encapsulation machine when her left index finger got caught between two segments of the machine and was amputated.
An employee was working on a granulator machine to align the hopper when his right middle finger got caught between the hopper and the base of the machine resulting in a fingertip amputation.
Note to user: This record contains two separate events…
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(a) Basic requirement. Each employer required by this part to keep records of fatalities, injuries, and illnesses must record each fatality, injury and illness that:
(A) The exposure determination required by paragraph (c)(2),
29 CFR 1910.1030(c)(1)(ii)(b)
(B) The schedule and method of implementation for paragraphs (d) Methods of Compliance, (e) HIV and HBV Research Laboratories and Production Facilities, (f) Hepatitis B Vaccination and Post-Exposure Evaluation and Follow-up, (g) Communication of Hazards to Employees, and (h) Recordkeeping, of this standard, and
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