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GREIF INC
$7,251
penalties
1
viol.
2
insp.

GREIF INC

70 BETTER WAY, CHICOPEE, MA 01022NAICS 322130 Paperboard Mills

Inspections
2
Feb 2021 to Dec 2021 · 2 safety, 0 health
Violations
1
across 2 inspections
Penalties on record
$7,251
latest amounts in DOL records
By classification
Serious 1Willful 0Repeat 0Other 0

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Inspection records

Dec 16, 2021Referral (C) · Partial scope, Safety#345691828$7,2511 viol.

Inspection #345691828

Dates

Opened
Dec 16, 2021
Closing Conference Date
Mar 31, 2022
Final Order
Apr 29, 2022
Closed
Jun 1, 2022

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
Yes
Number of Employees
43
Related Activity
1 referral

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
1
Violation Types
1 serious
Initial Penalties
$14,502
Penalties on Record
$7,251
Site Address
70 Better Way, Chicopee, MA 01022
Industry
322130 Paperboard Mills

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.

Incident Investigation Summaries

Incident investigation summaries linked to this inspection through OSHA's accident and injury enforcement data. These summaries describe the reported incident. The enforcement outcome for the linked inspection is in the inspection details above.

HospitalizationDec 15, 2021

Employee crushes hand when caught in paper roller belt

Event: Caught In or Between

Violations

Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010011910.212
General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding)
OSHA citation code: 19100212 A01
Serious11$14,502$7,251Apr 29, 2022-Apr 29, 2022
Feb 24, 2021Referral (C) · No Inspection scope, Safety#345163349$00 viol.

Inspection #345163349

Dates

Opened
Feb 24, 2021
Closing Conference Date
Mar 1, 2021
Closed
Mar 30, 2021

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
1,000
Related Activity
1 referral

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
0
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
70 Better Way, Chicopee, MA 01022
Industry
332439 Other Metal Container Manufacturing

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.

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About these records

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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 incident investigation data (`osha_accident` + `osha_accident_injury`). Linked via `rel_insp_nr` to the inspection activity number (exact government key). Injury, body part, source and event values are OSHA's own codes. OSHA states that these fields are not coded according to the requirements under the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS). Only the values present in the OSHA record are listed; an incident with no value that resolves in OSHA's code table shows "Injury details not recorded". Where a record covers several people, each field lists every value recorded across them.

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.

Standards cited

1910.212General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding)1 citation · $7,251

Industry comparison

Violations per inspection
This employer0.5
Industry average3.0
Penalties per inspection
This employer$3,626
Industry average$3,375

Paper Manufacturing, 6,398 employers with OSHA inspections. Arithmetic from DOL records.

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