Since 2006, OSHA inspectors have visited Suddekor LLC in Massachusetts 6 times.
The most recent inspection opened on Jun 1, 2016 on a referral, in East Longmeadow.
In all, OSHA issued 23 citation items: 21 serious, 1 repeat and 1 other-than-serious.
The proposed penalties came to $50,700; today they stand at $32,950, 35% less.
The rule cited most here is 1910.1048 (formaldehyde), 4 times.
Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $4,500 penalty. Suddekor LLC averages $6,300 across 1 cited inspection.
Suddekor LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
Massachusetts · latest 90 days of OSHA records
235employers cited
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From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2018, the East Longmeadow site logged 4 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 71 workers: 6.9 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.1 for its industry. Those cases cost 23 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Suddekor at East Longmeadow
East Longmeadow · 2018
71
4
3
6.9
2.1
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.
May 30, 2016, East Longmeadow: Hospitalization · soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury · arm(s), unspecified
An employee's arm was pulled into nip rollers while working at a drying rack, requiring hospitalization for tissue damage.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(1) Selection. The employer shall select protective clothing and equipment based upon the form of formaldehyde to be encountered, the conditions of use, and the hazard to be prevented.
29 CFR 1910.1048(l)(1)(ii)
(ii) The employer shall make medical surveillance available for employees who develop signs and symptoms of overexposure to formaldehyde and for all employees exposed to formaldehyde in emergencies. When determining whether an employee may be experiencing signs and symptoms of possible overexposure to formaldehyde, the employer may rely on the evidence that signs and symptoms associated with formaldehyde exposure will occur only in exceptional circumstances when airborne exposure is less than 0.1 ppm and when formaldehyde is present in material in concentrations less than 0.1 percent.
29 CFR 1910.1048(n)(2)
(2) Frequency. Employers shall provide such information and training to employees at the time of initial assignment, and whenever a new exposure to formaldehyde is introduced into the work area. The training shall be repeated at least annually.
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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.