Inspection #102863123

Name: OSHA Inspection #102863123: CHICOPEE ALLOYS, INC.
Creator: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) conducted a planned inspection of CHICOPEE ALLOYS, INC. at 8 Montgomery St., Chicopee, MA 01020 on Mar 17, 1988. The inspection scope was complete. The case was closed on Jan 1, 1990.

OSHA documented 29 violations (12 serious, 2 willful, 15 other-than-serious) with total penalties on record of $20,300.

OSHA collected 568 air monitoring samples covering 14 substances during this inspection, including Antimony and Compounds (as Sb), Beryllium and Beryllium Compounds (as Be), Cadmium Fume (as Cd), Chromium, Metal and Insoluble Salts, Cobalt, Metal, Dust and Fume (as Co), and 9 more.

This employer has 2 other OSHA inspections on record at this establishment.

Inspection Details

Inspection Number: 102863123
Type: Planned (H)
Scope: Complete
Opened: Mar 17, 1988
Closed: Jan 1, 1990
Contested: Jul 8, 1988
Final Order: Jan 1, 1990
Total Violations: 29
Penalties on Record: $20,300
Initial Penalties: $20,300

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.

Establishment

Name: CHICOPEE ALLOYS, INC.
Address: 8 Montgomery St., Chicopee, MA 01020
Industry: Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.

Other Inspections of This Employer2 on record

Inspection	Opened	Type	Violations	Penalties
#107456493	Apr 2, 1992	Referral (C)	No violations
#107458978	May 8, 1991	Planned (H)	6 violations	$2,900

Other OSHA inspections of the same establishment. Linked via establishment ID (exact government key).

Enforcement Outcome

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.

Status on Record

Closed

Inspection closed Jan 1, 1990.

Citations on Record

12 serious, 2 willful, 15 other-than-serious.

Initial Penalties

$20,300

Citation amounts as first recorded in OSHA's penalty fields.

Current Penalties

$20,300

Current and initial penalty totals are the same on record.

Citation contest activity appears on Jul 8, 1988. Final orders are recorded through Jan 1, 1990. Penalty changes shown on this page reflect the latest amounts published in OSHA's enforcement data.

Chemical Exposure Sampling14 substances sampled

Air monitoring samples collected by OSHA during this inspection. Results grouped by substance.

Substance	Samples	Result Range	Unit	OSHA PEL
Antimony and Compounds (as Sb)	41	0 - 0.0544	mg/m³	0.5 mg/m³
Beryllium and Beryllium Compounds (as Be)	38	0 - 0.0001	mg/m³	-
Cadmium Fume (as Cd)	41	0 - 0.0181	mg/m³	-
Chromium, Metal and Insoluble Salts	41	0 - 0.055	mg/m³	1 mg/m³
Cobalt, Metal, Dust and Fume (as Co)	41	0	mg/m³	0.1 mg Co/m³
Copper Fume (as Cu)	41	0 - 26.9518	mg/m³	0.1 mg/m³ (fume)
Iron Oxide Fume	41	0 - 6.3401	mg/m³	10 mg/m³
Lead, Inorganic (as Pb)	41	0 - 2.4194	mg/m³	0.05 mg/m³ [0.03 mg/m³ Action Level]
Manganese Fume (as Mn)	41	0 - 0.0522	mg/m³	-
Molybdenum (as Mo), Insoluble Compounds (Total Dust)	41	0	mg/m³	15 mg/m³ (total dust)
Nickel, Metal and Insoluble compounds (as Ni)	41	0 - 0.1061	mg/m³	1 mg/m³
Particulates not otherwise regulated (Respirable Fraction)	38	0	mg/m³	20 mppcf (respirable)
Vanadium fume (as V2O5)	41	0 - 0.0499	mg/m³	-
Zinc Oxide Fume	41	0 - 3.2921	mg/m³	5 mg/m³

Source: OSHA chemical exposure sampling data (OSHA Information System). P = Personal (worker breathing zone), A = Area (general air). Rows marked QC are analytical quality control measurements, not chemical exposures. OSHA PEL (Permissible Exposure Limit) values from the OSHA Occupational Chemical Database, matched via IMIS substance code (analyte code) (exact government key).

Violations

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.

Citation	Standard	Type	Initial	Current	Abatement	Contest	Final Order
01001A	1910.1000 Air Contaminants OSHA citation code: 19101000 A02	Serious	$480	$480	Sep 29, 1988	Jul 8, 1988	Jan 1, 1990
01001B	1910.1000 Air Contaminants OSHA citation code: 19101000 E	Serious	$0	$0	Sep 29, 1988	Jul 8, 1988	Jan 1, 1990
01002	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 C01	Serious	$780	$780	Aug 1, 1988	Jul 8, 1988	Jan 1, 1990
01003A	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 D08 I	Serious	$640	$640	Aug 1, 1988	Jul 8, 1988	Jan 1, 1990
01003B	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 D08 II	Serious	$0	$0	Aug 1, 1988	Jul 8, 1988	Jan 1, 1990
01004	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 E01	Serious	$640	$640	Sep 29, 1988	Jul 8, 1988	Jan 1, 1990
01005A	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 F02 I	Serious	$560	$560	Jul 2, 1988	Jul 8, 1988	Jan 1, 1990
01005B	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 F03 II	Serious	$0	$0	Aug 1, 1988	Jul 8, 1988	Jan 1, 1990
01005C	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 F04 I	Serious	$0	$0	Aug 1, 1988	Jul 8, 1988	Jan 1, 1990
01006	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 G02 VIII	Serious	$640	$640	Jul 2, 1988	Jul 8, 1988	Jan 1, 1990
01007A	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 K01 IC	Serious	$560	$560	Jul 2, 1988	Jul 8, 1988	Jan 1, 1990
01007B	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 K02 I	Serious	$0	$0	Jul 8, 1988	Jul 8, 1988	Jan 1, 1990
02001	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 I03 I	Willful	$8,000	$8,000	Jul 8, 1988	Jul 8, 1988	Jan 1, 1990
02002	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 J03 IA	Willful	$8,000	$8,000	Aug 15, 1988	Jul 8, 1988	Jan 1, 1990
03001	1910.95 Occupational Noise Exposure OSHA citation code: 19100095 C01	Other	$0	$0	Aug 15, 1988	Jul 8, 1988	Jan 1, 1990
03002	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 D06 III	Other	$0	$0	Sep 29, 1988	Jul 8, 1988	Jan 1, 1990
03003	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 G02 VII	Other	$0	$0	Jul 8, 1988	Jul 8, 1988	Jan 1, 1990
03004	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 I04 I	Other	$0	$0	Aug 15, 1988	Jul 8, 1988	Jan 1, 1990
03005	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 J03 IVA	Other	$0	$0	Aug 1, 1988	Jul 8, 1988	Jan 1, 1990
03006	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 L01 IV	Other	$0	$0	Aug 1, 1988	Jul 8, 1988	Jan 1, 1990
03007A	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 N01 IIA	Other	$0	$0	Aug 1, 1988	Jul 8, 1988	Jan 1, 1990
03007B	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 N01 IIB	Other	$0	$0	Aug 1, 1988	Jul 8, 1988	Jan 1, 1990
03007C	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 N01 IIC	Other	$0	$0	Aug 1, 1988	Jul 8, 1988	Jan 1, 1990
03007D	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 N01 IID	Other	$0	$0	Aug 1, 1988	Jul 8, 1988	Jan 1, 1990
03007E	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 N01 IIE	Other	$0	$0	Aug 1, 1988	Jul 8, 1988	Jan 1, 1990
03008A	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 N02 IIA	Other	$0	$0	Aug 1, 1988	Jul 8, 1988	Jan 1, 1990
03008B	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 N02 IIB	Other	$0	$0	Aug 1, 1988	Jul 8, 1988	Jan 1, 1990
03008C	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 N02 IIC	Other	$0	$0	Aug 1, 1988	Jul 8, 1988	Jan 1, 1990
03008D	1910.1025 Lead OSHA citation code: 19101025 N02 IID	Other	$0	$0	Aug 1, 1988	Jul 8, 1988	Jan 1, 1990

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.

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