MERIT ENTERPRISES INC
4 CHESTER AVENUE, Newark, NJ 07104
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Inspection records
Aug 13, 1979#11203452Aug 13, 1979Follow-Up (F) · Complete scope, Safety#11203452$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #11203452
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 13, 1979
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 13, 1979
- Closed
- Mar 10, 1984
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 3
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 4 Chester Avenue, Newark, NJ 07104
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
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 2, 1978#11202777Nov 2, 1978Follow-Up (F) · Partial scope, Safety#11202777$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #11202777
Dates
- Opened
- Nov 2, 1978
- Closing Conference Date
- Nov 7, 1978
- Closed
- Mar 10, 1984
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 200
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 4 Chester Avenue, Newark, NJ 07104
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
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.
Aug 17, 1978#11143443Aug 17, 1978Follow-Up (F) · Complete scope, Safety#11143443$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #11143443
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 17, 1978
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 17, 1978
- Closed
- Mar 10, 1984
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 40
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 4 Chester Ave, Newark, NJ 07104
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
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.
Aug 17, 1978#11143435Aug 17, 1978Complaint (B) · Complete scope, Safety#11143435$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #11143435
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 17, 1978
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 17, 1978
- Closed
- Mar 10, 1984
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 40
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 4 Chester Ave, Newark, NJ 07104
- 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.
May 8, 1978#11202363May 8, 1978Complaint (B) · Complete scope, Safety#11202363$1,20012 viol.12 violations$1,200 in penalties
Inspection #11202363
Dates
- Opened
- May 8, 1978
- Closing Conference Date
- May 26, 1978
- Contested
- Jun 15, 1978
- Closed
- Aug 21, 1979
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 200
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 12
- Violation Types
- 6 serious, 2 repeat, 4 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $3,605
- Penalties on Record
- $1,200
- Site Address
- 4 Chester Avenue, Newark, NJ 07104
- 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 (5 of 12 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 5A0001 General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1) | Serious | 1 | - | $630 | $210 | Jul 3, 1978 | Jun 15, 1978 | - |
| 01002 | 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 D01 | Serious | 5 | - | $360 | $120 | Jun 5, 1978 | Jun 15, 1978 | - |
| 01003 | 1910.219 Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus OSHA citation code: 19100219 F03 | Serious | 1 | - | $240 | $80 | Jun 5, 1978 | Jun 15, 1978 | - |
| 01004 | 1910.309 OSHA citation code: 19100309 A 025042 | Serious | 19 | - | $450 | $150 | Jun 5, 1978 | Jun 15, 1978 | - |
| 01005 | 1910.309 OSHA citation code: 19100309 A 040004 | Serious | 24 | - | $400 | $130 | Jul 26, 1979 | Jun 15, 1978 | - |
Showing the 5 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.
Dec 20, 1977#11143112Dec 20, 1977Follow-Up (F) · Complete scope, Safety#11143112$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #11143112
Dates
- Opened
- Dec 20, 1977
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 23, 1977
- Closed
- Mar 10, 1984
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 183
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 140 Thomas Street, Newark, NJ 07114
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
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.
Oct 27, 1977#11097607Oct 27, 1977Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#11097607$6,08027 viol.27 violations$6,080 in penalties
Inspection #11097607
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 27, 1977
- Closing Conference Date
- Nov 18, 1977
- Contested
- Dec 15, 1977
- Closed
- Oct 5, 1982
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 383
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 27
- Violation Types
- 13 serious, 14 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $6,080
- Penalties on Record
- $6,080
- Site Address
- 140 Thomas Street, Newark, NJ 07114
- 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 27 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 5A0001 General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1) | Serious | 2 | - | $560 | $560 | Dec 13, 1977 | Dec 15, 1977 | - |
| 01002 | 1910.107 Spray Finishing Using Flammable and Combustible Materials OSHA citation code: 19100107 C05 | Serious | 2 | - | $350 | $350 | Dec 19, 1977 | Dec 15, 1977 | - |
| 01003 | 1910.107 Spray Finishing Using Flammable and Combustible Materials OSHA citation code: 19100107 E09 | Serious | 1 | - | $210 | $210 | Nov 29, 1977 | Dec 15, 1977 | - |
| 01004 | 1910.212 General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding) OSHA citation code: 19100212 A03 II | Serious | 20 | - | $560 | $560 | Dec 23, 1977 | Dec 15, 1977 | - |
| 01005 | 1910.215 Abrasive Wheel Machinery OSHA citation code: 19100215 A02 | Serious | 1 | - | $210 | $210 | Dec 5, 1977 | Dec 15, 1977 | - |
Showing the 5 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 27 total violations documented in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement database. The complete violation list is available at enforcedata.dol.gov.
Oct 3, 1977#11113305Oct 3, 1977Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#11113305$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #11113305
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 3, 1977
- Closing Conference Date
- Oct 7, 1977
- Closed
- Mar 10, 1984
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 375
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 140 Thomas St, Newark, NJ 07114
- 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.
Dec 8, 1976#11104700Dec 8, 1976Follow-Up (F) · Complete scope, Safety#11104700$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #11104700
Dates
- Opened
- Dec 8, 1976
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 8, 1976
- Closed
- Mar 10, 1984
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 180
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 4 Chester Avenue, Newark, NJ 07104
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
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.
Oct 26, 1976#11172103Oct 26, 1976Accident (A) · Partial scope, Safety#11172103$4503 viol.3 violations$450 in penalties
Inspection #11172103
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 26, 1976
- Closing Conference Date
- Nov 8, 1976
- Contested
- Jan 15, 1977
- Closed
- Jun 14, 1977
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 200
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 3
- Violation Types
- 3 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $700
- Penalties on Record
- $450
- Site Address
- 140 Thomas St, Newark, NJ 07114
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Accident Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an accident inspection in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data. Employers must report work-related fatalities within 8 hours, and work-related inpatient hospitalizations, amputations, or losses of an eye within 24 hours. An accident-related inspection does not by itself determine fault.
Violations
Violation list (3 of 3 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001A | 1910.176 Handling Materials - General OSHA citation code: 19100176 A | Serious | 1 | - | $700 | $450 | Nov 15, 1976 | Jan 15, 1977 | - |
| 01001B | 1910.176 Handling Materials - General OSHA citation code: 19100176 A | Serious | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Dec 16, 1976 | Jan 15, 1977 | - |
| 01001C | 1910.178 Powered Industrial Trucks OSHA citation code: 19100178 M07 II | Serious | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Nov 15, 1976 | Jan 15, 1977 | - |
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.
11 inspections, 1976 to 1979. 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.