Springfield, Massachusetts · Unlaminated Plastics Film and Sheet (except Packaging) Manufacturing · NAICS 326113
4inspections
6citation items
$21,934current penalties
Mar 23, 2018last inspection
Solutia Inc. has 4 OSHA inspections on record in Massachusetts, the first in 2003.
OSHA's last visit started on Mar 23, 2018 on a referral, in Springfield.
Across those inspections OSHA issued 6 citation items: 2 serious and 4 other-than-serious.
OSHA proposed $57,230 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $21,934, down 62%.
Most often, OSHA cited 1910.147, lockout/tagout (3 items).
For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $4,500. Solutia Inc. averages $8,467 over 2 cited inspections in that time.
Solutia 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.
Massachusetts · latest 90 days of OSHA records
235employers cited
2 of them in the same industry
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From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Springfield site logged 2 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 282 workers: 0.6 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 40 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Solutia Inc.
Springfield · 2025
282
2
1
0.6
2.6
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.
Dec 9, 2021, Springfield: Hospitalization · fractures · lumbar region
An employee stepped out of their work truck, slipped on black ice, and fell resulting in a fracture to their L1 vertebra.
An employee received a thumb pad amputation while troubleshooting a wooden pallet dispenser. The ram of the dispenser came forward to dispense a pallet and on its backward stroke caught the employee's thumb and pinched it between the ram and ram housing.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(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 1910.147(c)(6)(i)(c)
(C) Where lockout is used for energy control, the periodic inspection shall include a review, between the inspector and each authorized employee, of that employee's responsibilities under the energy control procedure being inspected.
29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
29 CFR 1910.178(p)(1)
(p) Operation of the truck. (1) If at any time a powered industrial truck is found to be in need of repair, defective, or in any way unsafe, the truck shall be taken out of service until it has been restored to safe operating condition.
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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.
