RESEARCH INC
20 WATER ST, Somerville, MA 02143
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Inspection records
Aug 29, 1990#107421547Aug 29, 1990Planned (H) · No Inspection scope, Safety#107421547$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #107421547
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 29, 1990
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 29, 1990
- Closed
- Sep 6, 1990
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Not recorded
- Number of Employees
- Not recorded
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 20 Water Street, Somerville, MA 02143
- 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.
Apr 19, 1988#102918059Apr 19, 1988Planned (H) · Records Only scope, Safety#102918059$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #102918059
Dates
- Opened
- Apr 19, 1988
- Closing Conference Date
- Apr 19, 1988
- Closed
- Apr 19, 1988
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 17
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 20 Water Street, Somerville, MA 02143
- 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.
Dec 13, 1984#2075240Dec 13, 1984Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#2075240$03 viol.3 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #2075240
Dates
- Opened
- Dec 13, 1984
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 13, 1984
- Closed
- Jul 24, 1985
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 25
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 3
- Violation Types
- 3 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 20 Water St, Somerville, MA 02143
- 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.
Violations
Violation list (3 of 3 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1904.2 Partial Exemption for Establishments in Certain Industries OSHA citation code: 19040002 A | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Mar 11, 1985 | - | - |
| 01002 | 1910.212 General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding) OSHA citation code: 19100212 A03 II | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Mar 18, 1985 | - | - |
| 01003 | 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 D01 | Other | 4 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Mar 18, 1985 | - | - |
Dec 13, 1984#2074821Dec 13, 1984Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#2074821$06 viol.6 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #2074821
Dates
- Opened
- Dec 13, 1984
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 13, 1984
- Closed
- Aug 20, 1985
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 25
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 6
- Violation Types
- 6 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 20 Water St, Somerville, MA 02143
- 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.
Violations
Violation list (6 of 6 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1903.2 Posting of Notices; Availability of the Act, Regulations and Applicable Standards OSHA citation code: 19030002 A01 | Other | 1 | 30 | $0 | $0 | Feb 15, 1985 | - | - |
| 01002 | 1904.2 Partial Exemption for Establishments in Certain Industries OSHA citation code: 19040002 A | Other | 1 | 30 | $0 | $0 | Feb 15, 1985 | - | - |
| 01003 | 1910.23 Ladders OSHA citation code: 19100023 A03 | Other | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Mar 18, 1985 | - | - |
| 01004 | 1910.157 Portable Fire Extinguishers OSHA citation code: 19100157 C01 | Other | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Mar 11, 1985 | - | - |
| 01005 | 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 D01 | Other | 6 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Mar 18, 1985 | - | - |
| 01006 | 1910.304 Electrical - Wiring Design and Protection OSHA citation code: 19100304 F05 V | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Mar 18, 1985 | - | - |
Dec 8, 1981#10031540Dec 8, 1981Planned (H) · Partial scope, Safety#10031540$1505 viol.5 violations$150 in penalties
Inspection #10031540
Dates
- Opened
- Dec 8, 1981
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 8, 1981
- Closed
- Apr 12, 1982
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 24
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 5
- Violation Types
- 1 serious, 4 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $300
- Penalties on Record
- $150
- Site Address
- 20 Water St, Somerville, MA 02143
- 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.
Violations
Violation list (5 of 5 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.212 General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding) OSHA citation code: 19100212 A03 II | Serious | 1 | - | $300 | $150 | Mar 1, 1982 | - | - |
| 02001 | 1904.2 Partial Exemption for Establishments in Certain Industries OSHA citation code: 19040002 A | Other | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Feb 1, 1982 | - | - |
| 02002 | 1910.38 Emergency Action Plans OSHA citation code: 19100038 A01 | Other | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Feb 1, 1982 | - | - |
| 02003 | 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 B01 | Other | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Feb 1, 1982 | - | - |
| 02004 | 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 D01 | Other | 4 | - | $0 | $0 | Feb 1, 1982 | - | - |
Jan 17, 1977#10034452Jan 17, 1977Complaint (B) · Complete scope, Safety#10034452$019 viol.19 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #10034452
Dates
- Opened
- Jan 17, 1977
- Closing Conference Date
- Jan 17, 1977
- Closed
- Apr 20, 1977
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 38
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 19
- Violation Types
- 19 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 20 Water St, Somerville, MA 02143
- 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 (8 of 19 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1904.6 Determination of new cases | Other | 2 | - | $0 | $0 | Feb 22, 1977 | - | - |
| 01002 | 1910.25 Stairways OSHA citation code: 19100025 D01 X | Other | 2 | - | $0 | $0 | Feb 14, 1977 | - | - |
| 01003 | 1910.36 Design and Construction Requirements for Exit Routes OSHA citation code: 19100036 B04 | Other | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Feb 14, 1977 | - | - |
| 01004 | 1910.37 Maintenance, Safeguards, and Operational Features for Exit Routes OSHA citation code: 19100037 Q01 | Other | 4 | - | $0 | $0 | Feb 14, 1977 | - | - |
| 01005 | 1910.178 Powered Industrial Trucks OSHA citation code: 19100178 G10 | Other | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Feb 7, 1977 | - | - |
| 01006 | 1910.215 Abrasive Wheel Machinery OSHA citation code: 19100215 A02 | Other | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Feb 22, 1977 | - | - |
| 01007 | 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 D01 | Other | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Feb 28, 1977 | - | - |
| 01008 | 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 F03 | Other | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Feb 28, 1977 | - | - |
Showing the 8 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 19 total violations documented in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement database. The complete violation list is available at enforcedata.dol.gov.
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.
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.
6 inspections, 1977 to 1990. 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.