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Packaging Specialties, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Newburyport, Massachusetts · All Other Miscellaneous Textile Product Mills · NAICS 314999

7inspections
27citation items
$21,451current penalties
Feb 26, 2024last inspection

Packaging Specialties, LLC has 7 OSHA inspections on record in Massachusetts, the first in 1995.

OSHA's last visit started on Feb 26, 2024 after a complaint, in Newburyport.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 27 citation items: 26 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $49,618 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $21,451, down 57%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1910.305, electrical wiring methods (5 items).

For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $4,872. Packaging Specialties, LLC averages $10,000 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

Packaging Specialties, LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Packaging Specialties, LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 1995 to 2024
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 347302531 OPENED FEB 26, 2024Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 50 employees at the site · Closed Jun 15, 2026

3 Opportunity Way, Newburyport, MA 01950 · Industrial and Personal Service Paper Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.151(c) · First aid and eyewash
 Serious$6,453$2,500Apr 18, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iv)(a) · Electrical wiring methods
 Serious$11,292$3,000Apr 18, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
 Serious$8,067$4,000Apr 18, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(6)(ii) · Hazard communication
 Serious$0$0Apr 18, 2024Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(6) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Other-than-serious$906$500Apr 18, 2024Final

Inspection 339487613 OPENED NOV 15, 2013Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 129 employees at the site · Closed Mar 19, 2014

3 Opportunity Way, Newburyport, MA 01950 · Support Activities for Printing · 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$3,600$1,800Feb 18, 2014Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(ii) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$3,600$1,800Feb 18, 2014Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.303(b)(2) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
 Serious$3,600$1,800Feb 18, 2014Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1)(ii) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
 Serious$0$0Feb 18, 2014Final
Citation 1, item 3c
29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1)(iii) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
 Serious$0$0Feb 18, 2014Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iv)(a) · Electrical wiring methods
 Serious$3,600$1,800Feb 18, 2014Final

Inspection 308254648 OPENED OCT 27, 2004Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 45 employees at the site · Closed Feb 17, 2005

3-5 Opportunity Way, Newburyport, MA 01950 · All Other Miscellaneous Textile Product Mills · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(iib) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$2,500$1,250Jan 28, 2005Closed

Inspection 113543094 OPENED OCT 23, 1998Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 60 employees at the site · Closed Jan 5, 2011

3-5 Opportunity Way, Newburyport, MA 01950 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.151(c) · First aid and eyewash
 Serious$1,125$563Nov 30, 1998Closed
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.303(g)(2)(i) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
 Serious$1,125$562Nov 30, 1998Closed
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.305(g)(2)(iii) · Electrical wiring methods
 Serious$0$0Nov 30, 1998Closed
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5)(i) · Hazard communication
 Serious$1,125$562Nov 30, 1998Closed
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5)(ii) · Hazard communication
 Serious$0$0Nov 30, 1998Closed

Inspection 122122823 OPENED OCT 24, 1997Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 50 employees at the site · Closed Jan 5, 2011

3-5 Opportunity Way, Newburyport, MA 01950 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.303(b)(2) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
 Serious$1,125$563Nov 24, 1997Closed
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.305(a)(2)(iiig) · Electrical wiring methods
 Serious$0$0Nov 24, 1997Closed
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iii) · Electrical wiring methods
 Serious$0$0Nov 24, 1997Closed

Inspection 122118565 OPENED JAN 30, 1997Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 50 employees at the site · Closed Jan 31, 1997

3-5 Opportunity Way, Newburyport, MA 01950 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 122113566 OPENED SEP 27, 1995Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 60 employees at the site · Closed Jan 5, 2011

3-5 Opportunity Way, Newburyport, MA 01950 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.22(b)(1) · General requirements
 Serious$375$188Oct 5, 1995Closed
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.22(b)(2) · General requirements
 Serious$0$0Oct 5, 1995Closed
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.132(a) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Serious$500$250Oct 5, 1995Closed
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.133(a)(1) · Eye and face protection
 Serious$0$0Oct 5, 1995Closed
Citation 1, item 2c
29 CFR 1910.151(c) · First aid and eyewash
 Serious$0$0Oct 5, 1995Closed
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.219(d)(1) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$625$312Oct 5, 1995Closed
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.219(f)(3) · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
 Serious$0$0Oct 5, 1995Closed

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 Newburyport site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 46 workers: 1.6 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.8 for its industry. Those cases cost 7 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Packaging Specialties, LLC
Newburyport · 2023
46 111.61.8
Packaging Spec
Newburyport · 2019
72 000.02.1
Packaging Specialties
Newburyport · 2017
112 000.02.1

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)

(e) Written hazard communication program. (1) Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5)(i)

(5) Transportation. (i) Chemical manufacturers, importers, or distributors shall ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals leaving the workplace is labeled, tagged, or marked in accordance with this section in a manner which does not conflict with the requirements of the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.) and regulations issued under that Act by the Department of Transportation (49 CFR subtitle B).

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5)(ii)

(ii) The label for bulk shipments of hazardous chemicals must be on the immediate container, transmitted with the shipping papers or the bills of lading, or, with the agreement of the receiving entity, transmitted by technological or electronic means so that it is immediately available to workers in printed form on the receiving end of shipment.

29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.133 · Eye and face protection

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.151 · First aid and eyewash

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

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

29 CFR 1910.22 · General requirements

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

OSH Act Section 5 · General Duty Clause

Other all other miscellaneous textile product mills employers in Massachusetts

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