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Valco Precision Machine, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Brockton, Massachusetts · Machine Shops · NAICS 332710

1inspections
3citation items
$3,500current penalties
May 5, 2025last inspection

OSHA inspectors have visited Valco Precision Machine, Inc. in Massachusetts one time.

It opened on May 5, 2025 as a planned inspection, in Brockton.

In all, OSHA issued 3 citation items: 2 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $9,458; today they stand at $3,500, 63% less.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,600 penalty. Valco Precision Machine, Inc. averages $3,500 across 1 cited inspection.

Valco Precision Machine, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2025 to 2025
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

Massachusetts · latest 90 days of OSHA records

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3 of them in the same industry

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Inspection history

Inspection 348222993 OPENED MAY 5, 2025Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 11 employees at the site · Closed Jun 26, 2025

800 West Chestnut Street, Brockton, MA 02301 · Machine Shops · 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$3,783$1,000May 28, 2025Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
 Serious$4,729$2,500May 28, 2025Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1904.40(a) · Giving injury records to OSHA
 Other-than-serious$946$0May 28, 2025Final

The rules behind these citations

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

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 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1)

(a) Machine guarding—(1) Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks. Examples of guarding methods are—barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices, electronic safety devices, etc.

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