COLOR CO., INC.
1261 WEST ELIZABETH AVE, Linden, NJ 07036
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Inspection records
Feb 10, 2005#308288505Feb 10, 2005Referral (C) · Partial scope, Health#308288505$02 viol.2 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #308288505
Dates
- Opened
- Feb 10, 2005
- Closing Conference Date
- Feb 28, 2005
- Closed
- May 9, 2005
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 30
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 2 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 1261 West Elizabeth Ave., Linden, NJ 07036
- Industry
- 325192
Referral Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a referral inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Referral inspections can result from another agency, another OSHA activity, or another source referring a potential hazard to OSHA.
Violations
Violation list (2 of 2 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 C01 | Other | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | May 6, 2005 | - | - |
| 01002 | 1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 G08 | Other | 1 | 3 | $0 | $0 | May 6, 2005 | - | - |
Jan 26, 2005#308288158Jan 26, 2005Follow-Up (F) · Partial scope, Safety#308288158$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #308288158
Dates
- Opened
- Jan 26, 2005
- Closing Conference Date
- Jan 26, 2005
- Closed
- Feb 9, 2005
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 31
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 1261 West Elizabeth Ave., Linden, NJ 07036
- Industry
- 325192
Follow-Up Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a follow-up inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Follow-up inspections are used by OSHA after earlier enforcement activity and can be used to check later compliance status.
Nov 8, 2004#308287069Nov 8, 2004Referral (C) · Partial scope, Safety#308287069$2,1135 viol.5 violations$2,113 in penalties
Inspection #308287069
Dates
- Opened
- Nov 8, 2004
- Closing Conference Date
- Nov 8, 2004
- Closed
- Feb 28, 2005
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 31
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 5
- Violation Types
- 4 serious, 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $3,250
- Penalties on Record
- $2,113
- Site Address
- 1261 West Elizabeth Ave., Linden, NJ 07036
- Industry
- 325192
Referral Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a referral inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Referral inspections can result from another agency, another OSHA activity, or another source referring a potential hazard to OSHA.
Violations
Violation list (5 of 5 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001A | 1910.212 General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding) OSHA citation code: 19100212 A01 | Serious | 10 | 10 | $2,500 | $1,625 | Dec 17, 2004 | - | - |
| 01001B | 1910.212 General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding) OSHA citation code: 19100212 A03 III | Serious | 6 | 10 | $0 | $0 | Dec 17, 2004 | - | - |
| 01002A | 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 D01 | Serious | 4 | 10 | $750 | $488 | Jan 21, 2005 | - | - |
| 01002B | 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 E03 I | Serious | 4 | 10 | $0 | $0 | Jan 3, 2005 | - | - |
| 02001 | 1910.178 Powered Industrial Trucks OSHA citation code: 19100178 L06 | Other | 15 | 15 | $0 | $0 | Dec 17, 2004 | - | - |
Failure to Abate Penalties1 citation, $1,400 in FTA penalties on record
OSHA's enforcement record shows Failure to Abate (FTA) activity recorded against 1 citation issued in this inspection. An FTA penalty is assessed during a follow-up inspection when OSHA's records indicate a previously cited hazard was not corrected by the abatement date. Each row below shows the FTA fields published on the original citation record: the follow-up inspection number, the FTA issuance date, the FTA penalty amount, and any FTA contest or final order date on record.
| Citation | FTA Inspection | FTA Issuance | FTA Penalty | FTA Contest | FTA Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02001 | #308288158 | Jan 28, 2005 | $1,400 | - | - |
Sep 21, 1995#113763908Sep 21, 1995Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#113763908$01 viol.1 violation$0 in penalties
Inspection #113763908
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 21, 1995
- Closing Conference Date
- Oct 13, 1995
- Closed
- Nov 2, 1995
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 35
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 1261 W. Elizabeth Ave., Linden, NJ 07036
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
Violations
Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.23 Ladders OSHA citation code: 19100023 C01 | Other | 2 | 5 | $0 | $0 | Nov 6, 1995 | - | - |
Sep 21, 1995#113763866Sep 21, 1995Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#113763866$4001 viol.1 violation$400 in penalties
Inspection #113763866
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 21, 1995
- Closing Conference Date
- Oct 13, 1995
- Closed
- Nov 8, 1995
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 36
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $750
- Penalties on Record
- $400
- Site Address
- 1261 W. Elizabeth Ave., Linden, NJ 07036
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
Violations
Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.147 Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout) OSHA citation code: 19100147 D03 | Serious | 1 | 4 | $750 | $400 | Nov 20, 1995 | - | - |
May 18, 1988#17857731May 18, 1988Referral (C) · Partial scope, Health#17857731$1,10012 viol.12 violations$1,100 in penalties
Inspection #17857731
Dates
- Opened
- May 18, 1988
- Closing Conference Date
- May 18, 1988
- Closed
- Aug 24, 1988
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 50
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 12
- Violation Types
- 10 serious, 2 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $1,100
- Penalties on Record
- $1,100
- Site Address
- 1261 W. Elizabeth Ave., Linden, NJ 07036
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Referral Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a referral inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Referral inspections can result from another agency, another OSHA activity, or another source referring a potential hazard to OSHA.
Violations
Violation list (7 of 12 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 F01 | Serious | 1 | 10 | $300 | $300 | Jun 10, 1988 | - | - |
| 01002A | 1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 G02 II | Serious | 1 | 10 | $300 | $300 | Jun 24, 1988 | - | - |
| 01002B | 1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 G02 III | Serious | 1 | 10 | $0 | $0 | Jun 24, 1988 | - | - |
| 01002C | 1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 G02 IV | Serious | 1 | 10 | $0 | $0 | Jun 24, 1988 | - | - |
| 01002D | 1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 G02 V | Serious | 1 | 10 | $0 | $0 | Jun 24, 1988 | - | - |
| 01002E | 1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 G02 VI | Serious | 1 | 10 | $0 | $0 | Jun 24, 1988 | - | - |
| 01002F | 1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 G02 VII | Serious | 1 | 10 | $0 | $0 | Jun 24, 1988 | - | - |
Showing the 7 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 12 total violations documented in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement database. The complete violation list is available at enforcedata.dol.gov.
Sep 28, 1983#11289543Sep 28, 1983Planned (H) · Records Only scope, Safety#11289543$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #11289543
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 28, 1983
- Closing Conference Date
- Sep 28, 1983
- Closed
- Sep 30, 1983
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 35
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 1261 West Elizabeth Ave, Linden, NJ 07036
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Penalty amounts may differ from final amounts after settlement or judicial review. How to read these records
About these records
A company page groups inspections with the same normalized employer name, city and state; it is not a legal-entity identifier (how pages are grouped).
This page displays public OSHA enforcement data. Status text follows the DOL inspection record first and may include citation-level context when the inspection feed and citation records are out of sync. Penalty amounts shown reflect the latest penalty amounts on record in the DOL database and may differ from initial assessments or final amounts. This is not an official OSHA resource.
OSHA's public enforcement data does not publish a "guilty" or "not guilty" field for inspections. The closest outcome fields available are the citation counts, penalty amounts, contest dates, final-order dates, and the inspection close date shown on this page. How to interpret these status fields. How initial and current penalties are recorded.
OSHA may publish multiple citation rows in the same inspection with the same standard and penalty fields. Separate rows can still differ in OSHA metadata such as citation identifier, recorded instance count, exposed workers, or gravity value. Contest and Final Order columns show citation-level dates from OSHA's enforcement record. A dash means OSHA's record does not currently show that activity for the citation.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, violations table fields fta_insp_nr, fta_issuance_date, fta_penalty, fta_contest_date, fta_final_order_date. The FTA follow-up inspection is linked via fta_insp_nr to the inspection activity number (exact government key). When the follow-up inspection is not currently on record in SafetyRecord, the inspection number is shown without a link.
Understanding These Penalties
The maximum penalty for a serious violation in 2025 is $16,550 per violation. For willful violations, the range is $11,823 to $165,514. The current penalty column shows the latest amount on record in OSHA's database for each citation. When the current penalty differs from the initial penalty, OSHA's records show that the amount changed during the enforcement process, but this page does not determine the specific reason for each change. Penalty amounts are set by OSHA and adjusted annually for inflation.
7 inspections, 1983 to 2005. Each row is one inspection; point at or tap a row for its dates and totals.
Source: DOL OSHA enforcement data (inspections and violations), linked via activity_nr (exact government key).
Penalty changes: Amounts shown reflect what OSHA's enforcement record publishes. The reason for any change is not stated unless OSHA's record explicitly says so.
Short cases: When a case closed soon after it opened, the closed marker is drawn slightly to the right so both markers stay visible. Each row's card shows the exact dates.