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Vytek Systems, Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

Fitchburg, Massachusetts · Machine Tool Manufacturing · NAICS 333517

1inspections
3citation items
$7,765current penalties
Oct 26, 2018last inspection

OSHA inspectors have visited Vytek Systems, Inc in Massachusetts one time.

It opened on Oct 26, 2018 on a referral, in Fitchburg.

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

The proposed penalties came to $15,521; today they stand at $7,765, 50% less.

Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,600 penalty. Vytek Systems, Inc averages $7,765 across 1 cited inspection.

Vytek Systems, Inc: OSHA citation items per year, 2018 to 2018
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343561072 OPENED OCT 26, 2018Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 36 employees at the site · Closed Jan 6, 2021

195 Industrial Rd, Fitchburg, MA 01420 · Machine Tool Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Oct 26, 2018: Employee fractures both legs when struck by sheet metal dump

AT 8:30 a.m. on October 26, 2018, an employee was moving a cart of sheet metal when it tipped over and landed on his legs. The employee fractured both legs and was hospitalized.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.176(b) · Material storage and aisles
 Serious$9,054$4,054Dec 27, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii) · Machine guarding
 Serious$6,467$3,711Dec 27, 2018Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(10) · Hazard communication
 Other-than-serious$0$0Dec 27, 2018Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(10)

(10) The employer shall ensure that workplace labels or other forms of warning are legible, in English, and prominently displayed on the container, or readily available in the work area throughout each work shift. Employers having employees who speak other languages may add the information in their language to the material presented, as long as the information is presented in English as well.

29 CFR 1910.176 · Material storage and aisles

29 CFR 1910.176(b)

(b) Secure storage. Storage of material shall not create a hazard. Bags, containers, bundles, etc., stored in tiers shall be stacked, blocked, interlocked and limited in height so that they are stable and secure against sliding or collapse.

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(3)(ii)

(ii) The point of operation of machines whose operation exposes an employee to injury, shall be guarded. The guarding device shall be in conformity with any appropriate standards therefor, or, in the absence of applicable specific standards, shall be so designed and constructed as to prevent the operator from having any part of his body in the danger zone during the operating cycle.

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