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Ramsbottom Printing, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Fall River, Massachusetts · Printing · NAICS 323110

2inspections
5citation items
$5,416current penalties
Feb 22, 2022last inspection

OSHA has inspected Ramsbottom Printing, Inc. 2 times in Massachusetts since 2013.

The latest one began on Feb 22, 2022 on a referral, in Fall River.

Those inspections ended with 5 citation items: 3 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $12,453 and now stand at $5,416, 57% lower after settlements or reviews.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Ramsbottom Printing, Inc. averages $2,500 (1 cited inspection).

Ramsbottom Printing, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Ramsbottom Printing, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2013 to 2022
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345794002 OPENED FEB 22, 2022Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 20 employees at the site · Closed Apr 17, 2023

135 Waldron Road, Fall River, MA 02720 · Commercial Printing (except Screen and Books) · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1) · Lockout/tagout
Serious$4,144$2,000Apr 5, 2022Final
Citation 2, item 1a
29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2) · Reporting deaths and severe injuries
Other-than-serious$4,144$500Apr 5, 2022Final
Citation 2, item 1b
29 CFR 1904.40(a) · Giving injury records to OSHA
Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 5, 2022Final

Inspection 338076219 OPENED JAN 3, 2013Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 43 employees at the site · Closed Nov 18, 2013

135 Waldron Road, Fall River, MA 02720 · Printing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
Serious$1,785$1,250Jan 22, 2013Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
Serious$2,380$1,666Jan 22, 2013Final

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2025, the Fall River site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 25 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.0 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Ramsbottom Printing
Fall River · 2025
25 000.02.0

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1904.39 · Reporting deaths and severe injuries

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2)

(2) Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA.

29 CFR 1904.40 · Giving injury records to OSHA

29 CFR 1904.40(a)

(a) Basic requirement. When an authorized government representative asks for the records you keep under part 1904, you must provide copies of the records within four (4) business hours.

29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout

29 CFR 1910.147(c)(1)

(c) General—(1) Energy control program. The employer shall establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performs any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, start up or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source, and rendered inoperative.

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

Other printing employers in Massachusetts

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.