AMSCO, INC.

According to U.S. Department of Labor enforcement records, AMSCO, INC. — a industry sector 00 facility located at LINCOLN ROAD, LINCOLN, MA 01773 — was the subject of a formal OSHA inspection that resulted in 5 citation(s) and cumulative proposed penalties of $27,875.00. The inspection case was opened on 2001-09-27.

DOL records document workplace safety violations warranting formal citation under the OSH Act. While classified at the standard enforcement level, all OSHA citations require corrective action and may indicate areas where workplace safety programs should be strengthened.

State Context: Within MA, this facility's penalty places it at the 99th percentile among 60,671 inspected facilities. The statewide average penalty is $2,824.83.

Citation Analysis: The inspection produced 5 citations spanning 3 distinct OSHA regulatory standards. The citation breakdown includes: 2 other-than-serious — The violation has a direct relationship to job safety and health but is unlikely to cause death or serious physical harm. 2 serious — A workplace hazard that could cause death or serious physical harm exists, and the employer knew or should have known about the condition. 1 unclassified — A technical violation that does not fit neatly into the standard classification categories.

Enforcement Timeline: Citations were issued beginning February 27, 1995 with the latest abatement deadline set for January 10, 2002. Of the 5 total citations, 0 (0%) have been marked as abated in DOL records, which may indicate ongoing compliance gaps requiring further regulatory attention.

Penalty Assessment: The cumulative penalty of $27,875.00 reflects OSHA's gravity-based penalty calculation methodology, which considers the severity of potential injury, the probability of occurrence, the employer's size, good faith, and violation history. The per-citation average of $5,575.00 falls within the standard penalty range.

The inspection of AMSCO, Inc.’s Lincoln facility revealed a critical breakdown in trenching and excavation safety protocols, evidenced by a high-gravity enforcement action totaling $27,875. The regulatory focus centered on 1910.652(a)(1), which mandates protective systems for excavations. The assessment of a $27,000 penalty for this single "Unclassified" violation—a designation often used in settlement agreements to denote a violation that the employer agrees to abate without admitting a "Willful" or "Repeated" characterization—indicates a severity far exceeding industry averages for standard trenching citations. This penalty level suggests that workers were exposed to immediate risks of cave-ins, which are frequently fatal in the construction and excavation sectors. The presence of additional serious violations regarding safe means of egress (1926.651(c)(2)) and protection from falling loads or loose rock (1926.651(j)(2)) confirms a systemic failure to implement a comprehensive subterranean safety program. Rather than an isolated lapse, the data reflects a fundamental disregard for the "competent person" requirements inherent in excavation standards. By failing to provide both structural shoring and adequate exit routes, the employer created a "death trap" scenario where employees had neither the structural protection to prevent a collapse nor the logistical means to escape one. This enforcement record serves as a stark indicator of high-risk operational negligence, where the cost of non-compliance was leveraged by OSHA to compel fundamental changes in the facility’s safety culture.