OSHA has inspected Westminster Tool Inc. 2 times in Connecticut since 2005.
The latest one began on Jul 11, 2018 as a planned inspection, in Plainfield.
Those inspections ended with 15 citation items: 14 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $12,646 and now stand at $6,323, 50% lower after settlements or reviews.
Grinders and abrasive wheels comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1910.215.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Westminster Tool Inc. averages $3,848 (1 cited inspection).
Westminster Tool Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Plainfield site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 40 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.7 for its industry.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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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.
