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Pitney Bowes: OSHA inspections and violations

Waltham, Massachusetts · General Warehousing and Storage · NAICS 493110

2inspections
4citation items
$14,502current penalties
Jan 10, 2022last inspection

Since 1981, OSHA inspectors have visited Pitney Bowes in Massachusetts 2 times.

The most recent inspection opened on Jan 10, 2022 on a referral, in Norton.

In all, OSHA issued 4 citation items: 1 serious and 3 other-than-serious.

The penalties, $14,502 in total, stand where OSHA first set them.

Among transportation and warehousing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,555 penalty. Pitney Bowes averages $14,502 across 1 cited inspection.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Pitney Bowes: OSHA citation items per year, 1981 to 2022
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345714851 OPENED JAN 10, 2022Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 50 employees at the site · Closed Jul 12, 2022

15 Leonard Street, Norton, MA 02766 · General Warehousing and Storage · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Jan 6, 2022: Employee injures fingers when caught between two rolls of co

At 11:00 a.m. on January 6, 2022, an employee was stooping down, about to mark a roll with a magic marker. The thread of the conveyer belt caught the employee's shirt and pulled his arm between two rolls. The employee was hospitalized and still has no use of some of his fingers.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i) · Lockout/tagout
 Serious$14,502$14,502Jun 13, 2022Final

Inspection 10142461 OPENED APR 30, 1981Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 190 employees at the site · Closed Jul 22, 1981

1605 Trapelo Road, Waltham, MA 02154 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1903.2(a)(1) · Posting of notice; availability of the Act, regulations and applicable standards
 Other-than-serious$0$0May 7, 1981Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1904.5(a) · Determination of work-relatedness
 Other-than-serious$0$0May 7, 1981Closed
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.215(a)(4) · Grinders and abrasive wheels
 Other-than-serious$0$0May 7, 1981Closed

Severe injury reports

Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.

Jan 6, 2022, Norton: Hospitalization · major tears to muscles, tendons, ligaments · arm(s), unspecified

An employee was troubleshooting a conveyor when his arm was caught between its rolls. He suffered a torn muscle and nerve inflammation in the arm.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1903.2 · Posting of notice; availability of the Act, regulations and applicable standards

29 CFR 1903.2(a)(1)

(a)(1) Each employer shall post and keep posted a notice or notices, to be furnished by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, informing employees of the protections and obligations provided for in the Act, and that for assistance and information, including copies of the Act and of specific safety and health standards, employees should contact the employer or the nearest office of the Department of Labor. Such notice or notices shall be posted by the employer in each establishment in a conspicuous place or places where notices to employees are customarily posted. Each employer shall take steps to insure that such notices are not altered, defaced, or covered by other material.

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 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i)

(4) Energy control procedure. (i) Procedures shall be developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees are engaged in the activities covered by this section.

29 CFR 1910.215 · Grinders and abrasive wheels

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