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BERKSHIRE GAS COMPANY

115 CHESIRE ROAD, PITTSFIELD, MA, 01201
Operated by Avangrid · 1 of 3 establishments
221210Natural Gas Distribution
EIN 041731220

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OSHA inspections
3
over 51 years
Violations
14
$4,718 in penalties
Penalties
$4,718
$337 avg
Violations across 3 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
2 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

BERKSHIRE GAS COMPANY has accumulated 14 OSHA violations across 3 inspections over 51 years of recorded history, with $4,718 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 100th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 33 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 18 years ago.

Federal records were found in 3 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

BERKSHIRE GAS COMPANY appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, and NLRB labor relations records only. No matching records were found in MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
3
0.1 / yr · last 51 yrs
Violations
14
0.3 / yr
Penalties
$4,718
$337 avg / violation
50% serious50% other
Inspection trigger · planned
2 of 3
Inspection trigger · referral
1 of 3

100% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 3 inspections producing serious-or-greater violations.

Most-cited OSHA standards

Top OSHA standards cited at this employer, ranked by citation count. Standards (CFR sections) cluster citations into safety themes -- machine guarding, lockout-tagout, hazard communication, fall protection, process safety, etc. A concentration on one or two sections reveals a pattern that individual citations don’t. 14 distinct standards shown · 14 citations in this view · $4,718 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0111$1,100Aug 2007Aug 2007
29 CFR 1910.0215 A0111$1,100Aug 2007Aug 2007
29 CFR 1926.0652 A11$625Jul 1974Jul 1974
29 CFR 1910.1200 F05 I11$338Jul 2003Jul 2003
29 CFR 1910.0132 D0211$338Jul 2003Jul 2003
29 CFR 1910.1200 G0811$338Jul 2003Jul 2003
29 CFR 1910.1200 H11$338Jul 2003Jul 2003
29 CFR 1910.0022 A0111$338Jul 2003Jul 2003
29 CFR 1926.0652 E11$165Jul 1974Jul 1974
29 CFR 1926.0302 B0711$40Jul 1974Jul 1974
29 CFR 1910.0022 D0111Aug 2007Aug 2007
29 CFR 1910.0134 C02 I11Jul 2003Jul 2003
29 CFR 1926.0100 A11Jul 1974Jul 1974
29 CFR 1926.0652 H11Jul 1974Jul 1974

Source: OSHA inspection citations (violation_detail). CFR section codes can be looked up at osha.gov/laws-regs for the formal standard text. Per-inspection detail and the specific violation descriptions are available by expanding individual inspections below.

Peer comparison

100th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 2212 within MA. Peer group: 33 employers. This establishment has 14 OSHA violations; peer median is 0.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
88th
peer median: $0
Inspection frequency
100th
peer median: 1

Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)

Recordable injury rates the employer filed with OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application. DART covers cases with days away, restricted, or transferred; TRIR is the total recordable case rate.

DART rate
2.6
vs industry
+1.4
TRIR
3.5
vs industry
+1.6

Reported for 131 average annual employees at this establishment.

Source: OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported). Rates are per 100 full-time equivalent workers. Establishments below the ~10-FTE threshold are not required to report.

Industry benchmark

Industry avg TRIR
1.9
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.2
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
3.5
OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported)

BLS rates reflect industry-wide averages. Self-reported figures come from OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application; absence of self-reported data does not necessarily indicate non-compliance — many establishments fall below the ITA reporting threshold.

Inspection breakdown

Planned
2
Referral
1

Complaint- and accident-triggered inspections are stronger risk signals than routine planned inspections.

OSHA severe injury reports

No severe injury reports (hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) on file under 29 CFR 1904.39 for BERKSHIRE GAS COMPANY. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
18 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 18+ years. Most recent activity: 18 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$365
Employees affected
5

Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division — minimum-wage, overtime, child-labor, FMLA, and prevailing-wage enforcement.

Wage and hour breakdown by law

Per-statute totals across all closed DOL Wage & Hour cases against this employer. Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty is the separate fine where applicable. Some acts (Davis-Bacon, SCA, CWHSSA, H-2B, CCPA) don't carry a civil penalty field in DOL's data. 1 statute · 5 violations · $365 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FLSA — minimum wage & overtimeFeb 2006155$365

Source: DOL WHD enforcement database, aggregated per statute. Lifetime totals. A case can cite multiple statutes — so the total here may exceed the case count in the table above.

Wage and hour cases

Closed DOL Wage & Hour Division cases (FLSA, FMLA, H-2B, MSPA, and related statutes). Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty (CMP) is a separate fine levied on top, where the statute provides for one (FLSA / H-1B / H-2A / MSPA / FMLA / EPPA / FLSA Child Labor; other acts have no CMP column in DOL’s data). The Statutes column lists which laws each case cited. 1 case · 5 violations · $365 in backwages · 5 workers affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Feb 2004 – Feb 2006Natural Gas DistributionFLSA55$365

Source: DOL WHD enforcement database. Cases shown reflect those the agency has closed and made public. A violation count is the agency’s tally of cited violations (one violation can affect many workers); the workers column counts distinct employees the agency found to be affected.

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for BERKSHIRE GAS COMPANY. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in MA — for Avangrid, not this location alone

Total cases
3
Representation (union)
3

National Labor Relations Board — unfair labor practice charges and union representation cases. The NLRB records cases at the company/regional level (no worksite address), so these are matched by company name and state and may span other Avangrid locations in the same state.

NLRB cases

National Labor Relations Board cases involving this employer. Includes unfair labor practice (ULP) filings and representation election proceedings. NLRB enforcement is process-driven; no per-case monetary penalty is assessed (remedies are case-by-case backpay orders, posting requirements, election re-runs, etc.). 3 cases · 3 representation

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
01-RC-236358Representation electionFeb 2019Apr 2019ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-RC-228876Representation electionOct 2018Nov 2018ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-RC-158626Representation electionAug 2015Oct 2015ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts

Source: NLRB case files. Rows shown are those the agency has published. Region numbers (1–31) correspond to NLRB's geographic offices.

Visa & labor certification (OFLC) — historical

No H-1B, H-2A, or H-2B labor condition applications on file (historical data only — DOL ended OFLC publication) for BERKSHIRE GAS COMPANY. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for BERKSHIRE GAS COMPANY. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

EPA-registered facilities

Every EPA ECHO facility associated with this employer, sorted most-significant first. Each row links to EPA’s Detailed Facility Report for the source-of-truth record. Permits column lists active programs (Air = Clean Air Act, Water = Clean Water Act, RCRA = hazardous waste, TRI = Toxics Release Inventory reporting). 2 facilities.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
BERKSHIRE GAS
115 CHESHIRE RD · PITTSFIELD, MA, 01201
RCRANo Violation Identified00View →
BERKSHIRE GAS CO
50 COMMERCIAL ST · PITTSFIELD, MA, 01201
RCRANo Violation Identified00View →

Source: EPA ECHO (Enforcement and Compliance History Online). Compliance status follows EPA’s own labels (“Sig Violation” = significant noncompliance; QNCR = quarters of noncompliance over the recent reporting window). Inactive facilities (struck through) retain historical enforcement records even after operations ceased.

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for BERKSHIRE GAS COMPANY. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2007-08-06Planned31$2,200
2003-06-18Referral65$1,688
1974-07-25Planned51$830

Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.

In the news

Part of a larger organization

BERKSHIRE GAS COMPANY is one of 3 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Avangrid.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Avangrid across all 3 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on BERKSHIRE GAS COMPANY from every major federal compliance and enforcement source plus the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. OSHA workplace safety inspections, WHD wage cases, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental enforcement, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa/labor certification, FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov debarments, CMS nursing-home records, BLS industry safety benchmarks, OSHA ITA self-reported injury rates, SEC enforcement and financial disclosures, CPSC and NHTSA recalls.

Establishments are matched across agencies using normalized employer name, state, and ZIP code. This establishment resolves to the parent rollup Avangrid, which operates 3 establishments in our dataset.

OSHA citations typically appear 3–8 months after the inspection, so very recent enforcement actions may not yet be reflected. Profiles may be incomplete if the establishment operates under multiple legal names or files under variations our entity-matching rules don’t yet cover. To report a missing record or correction, email corrections@fastdol.com.

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Frequently asked

What is BERKSHIRE GAS COMPANY's OSHA violation history?
BERKSHIRE GAS COMPANY has 3 OSHA inspections on record with 14 violations and $4,717.5 in total penalties.
How does BERKSHIRE GAS COMPANY's safety record compare to its industry?
BERKSHIRE GAS COMPANY operates in the natural gas distribution industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 1.9. BERKSHIRE GAS COMPANY's self-reported DART rate is 2.6 compared to an industry average of 1.2.