MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
BLDG. 13, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02139
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Inspection records
Oct 2, 2014#340022664Oct 2, 2014Unprogrammed Related (G) · Partial scope, Safety#340022664$9,0001 viol.1 violation$9,000 in penalties
Inspection #340022664
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 2, 2014
- Closing Conference Date
- Oct 2, 2014
- Final Order
- Jan 16, 2015
- Closed
- Jan 20, 2015
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 1,000
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 repeat
- Initial Penalties
- $20,000
- Penalties on Record
- $9,000
- Site Address
- 471 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA 02139
- Industry
- 611310 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
Unprogrammed Related Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an unprogrammed related inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. The public DOL category label is preserved here without adding extra interpretation beyond the government label.
Violations
Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.305 Electrical - Wiring Methods, Components, and Equipment OSHA citation code: 19100305 B01 II | Repeat | 1 | 1 | $20,000 | $9,000 | - | Jan 16, 2015 |
Feb 18, 2014#339592719Feb 18, 2014Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#339592719$5,5004 viol.4 violations$5,500 in penalties
Inspection #339592719
Dates
- Opened
- Feb 18, 2014
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 28, 2014
- Final Order
- Jul 9, 2014
- Closed
- Jul 23, 2014
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 19,000
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 4
- Violation Types
- 3 serious, 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $13,000
- Penalties on Record
- $5,500
- Site Address
- 105 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139
- Industry
- 611310 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
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 (4 of 4 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.132 Personal Protective Equipment - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100132 D01 | Other | 1 | 35 | $3,000 | $1,000 | Jul 31, 2014 | - | Jul 9, 2014 |
| 01002 | 1910.212 General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding) OSHA citation code: 19100212 A01 | Serious | 4 | 2 | $5,000 | $2,500 | Jul 31, 2014 | - | Jul 9, 2014 |
| 01003A | 1910.303 Electrical - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100303 B07 I | Serious | 4 | 4 | $5,000 | $2,000 | Jul 31, 2014 | - | Jul 9, 2014 |
| 01003B | 1910.305 Electrical - Wiring Methods, Components, and Equipment OSHA citation code: 19100305 B01 II | Serious | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Jul 31, 2014 | - | Jul 9, 2014 |
Dec 15, 2011#316169309Dec 15, 2011Unprogrammed Related (G) · Partial scope, Safety#316169309$5,0002 viol.2 violations$5,000 in penalties
Inspection #316169309
Dates
- Opened
- Dec 15, 2011
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 15, 2011
- Closed
- Aug 24, 2012
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 5,000
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 2 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $10,000
- Penalties on Record
- $5,000
- Site Address
- 500 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA 02139
- Industry
- 611310 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
Unprogrammed Related Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an unprogrammed related inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. The public DOL category label is preserved here without adding extra interpretation beyond the government label.
Violations
Violation list (2 of 2 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 A01 | Serious | 1 | 3 | $4,000 | $2,000 | Feb 24, 2012 | - | - |
| 01002 | 1910.212 General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding) OSHA citation code: 19100212 B | Serious | 1 | 3 | $6,000 | $3,000 | Feb 24, 2012 | - | - |
Jul 17, 2009#313554149Jul 17, 2009Follow-Up (F) · Partial scope, Safety#313554149$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #313554149
Dates
- Opened
- Jul 17, 2009
- Closing Conference Date
- Jul 17, 2009
- Closed
- Jul 20, 2009
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 10,000
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 155 Massachusetts Avenue, Building N-10, Cambridge, MA 02139
- Industry
- 611310 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
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.
May 28, 2009#313425035May 28, 2009Referral (C) · Partial scope, Safety#313425035$3,0001 viol.1 violation$3,000 in penalties
Inspection #313425035
Dates
- Opened
- May 28, 2009
- Closing Conference Date
- May 28, 2009
- Closed
- Feb 23, 2010
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 9,000
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $5,000
- Penalties on Record
- $3,000
- Site Address
- 32 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA 02139
- Industry
- 611310 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
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 (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 5A0001 General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1) | Serious | 1 | 5 | $5,000 | $3,000 | Sep 15, 2009 | - | - |
Dec 3, 2008#312733348Dec 3, 2008Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#312733348$3,1373 viol.3 violations$3,137 in penalties
Inspection #312733348
Dates
- Opened
- Dec 3, 2008
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 13, 2009
- Closed
- May 18, 2009
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 9,500
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 3
- Violation Types
- 1 serious, 2 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $6,275
- Penalties on Record
- $3,137
- Site Address
- Albany Street, Recycling Yard, Cambridge, MA 02139
- Industry
- 611310 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
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 (3 of 3 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01002 | 1910.178 Powered Industrial Trucks OSHA citation code: 19100178 O02 | Serious | 1 | 3 | $5,000 | $2,500 | May 1, 2009 | - | - |
| 01003 | 1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 E01 II | Other | 1 | 3 | $1,275 | $637 | May 1, 2009 | - | - |
| 02001 | 1910.303 Electrical - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100303 B02 | Other | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | May 1, 2009 | - | - |
May 2, 2008#312085400May 2, 2008FatalityAccident (A) · Partial scope, SafetyFatality#312085400$35,0002 viol.2 violations$35,000 in penalties
Inspection #312085400
Dates
- Opened
- May 2, 2008
- Closing Conference Date
- May 2, 2008
- Closed
- Sep 16, 2008
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 16,000
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 1 repeat, 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $42,000
- Penalties on Record
- $35,000
- Site Address
- 155 Mass Ave Bldg N-10, Cambridge, MA 02139
- Industry
- 611310 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
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.
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.
Employee is killed in fall
Violations
Violation list (2 of 2 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1904.39 Reporting Fatalities, Hospitalizations, Amputations, and Losses of an Eye OSHA citation code: 19040039 A | Other | 1 | 1 | $7,000 | $5,000 | Jun 27, 2008 | - | - |
| 02001 | 1910.23 Ladders OSHA citation code: 19100023 C01 | Repeat | 1 | 1 | $35,000 | $30,000 | Sep 11, 2008 | - | - |
Jun 21, 2007#311044085Jun 21, 2007Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#311044085$9,69010 viol.10 violations$9,690 in penalties
Inspection #311044085
Dates
- Opened
- Jun 21, 2007
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 19, 2007
- Closed
- Apr 23, 2008
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 30
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 10
- Violation Types
- 9 serious, 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $20,625
- Penalties on Record
- $9,690
- Site Address
- Building 42, 59 Vasser Street, Cambridge, MA 02139
- Industry
- 611310 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
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 10 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces OSHA citation code: 19100146 C04 | Serious | 1 | 30 | $2,125 | $1,063 | Mar 31, 2008 | - | - |
| 01002 | 1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces OSHA citation code: 19100146 F | Serious | 1 | 30 | $2,125 | $1,063 | Mar 31, 2008 | - | - |
| 01003 | 1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces OSHA citation code: 19100146 G01 | Serious | 1 | 30 | $2,125 | $1,063 | Mar 31, 2008 | - | - |
| 01004A | 1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces OSHA citation code: 19100146 J02 | Serious | 1 | 30 | $2,125 | $1,063 | Mar 31, 2008 | - | - |
| 01004B | 1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces OSHA citation code: 19100146 J03 | Serious | 1 | 30 | $0 | $0 | Mar 31, 2008 | - | - |
Showing the 5 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 10 total violations documented in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement database. The complete violation list is available at enforcedata.dol.gov.
Aug 3, 2005#309268084Aug 3, 2005Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#309268084$7,5004 viol.4 violations$7,500 in penalties
Inspection #309268084
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 3, 2005
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 16, 2005
- Closed
- Oct 14, 2005
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 150
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 4
- Violation Types
- 4 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $7,500
- Penalties on Record
- $7,500
- Site Address
- 50 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA 02139
- Industry
- 238330 Flooring Contractors
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 (4 of 4 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001A | 1926.1101 Asbestos (Construction) OSHA citation code: 19261101 K02 I | Serious | 1 | 2 | $2,500 | $2,500 | Oct 18, 2005 | - | - |
| 01001B | 1926.1101 Asbestos (Construction) OSHA citation code: 19261101 K02 IIB | Serious | 1 | 15 | $0 | $0 | Oct 18, 2005 | - | - |
| 01002 | 1926.1101 Asbestos (Construction) OSHA citation code: 19261101 K09 II | Serious | 15 | 15 | $2,500 | $2,500 | Oct 18, 2005 | - | - |
| 01003 | 1926.1101 Asbestos (Construction) OSHA citation code: 19261101 L03 II | Serious | 1 | 4 | $2,500 | $2,500 | Sep 2, 2005 | - | - |
Feb 19, 2004#306100371Feb 19, 2004Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#306100371$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #306100371
Dates
- Opened
- Feb 19, 2004
- Closing Conference Date
- Jul 15, 2004
- Closed
- Jul 15, 2004
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 30
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139
- Industry
- 611310 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
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.
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 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.
14 inspections, 1988 to 2014. 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.