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NEWTON-WELLESLEY HOSPITAL

2014 WASHINGTON STREET, NEWTON, MA, 02462
Operated by Mass General Brigham · 1 of 13 establishments
622110General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
EIN 204295282

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OSHA inspections
6
over 22 years
Violations
1
$6,467 in penalties
Penalties
$6,467
$6,467 avg
Violations across 3 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 National Emphasis Program inspections · 5 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

NEWTON-WELLESLEY HOSPITAL has accumulated 1 OSHA violation across 6 inspections over 22 years of recorded history, with $6,467 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 33rd percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 111 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 92nd percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 1 year ago.

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

Agency coverage

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

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
6
0.3 / yr · last 22 yrs
Violations
1
0.0 / yr
Penalties
$6,467
$6,467 avg / violation
100% serious0% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
2 of 6
Inspection trigger · referral
1 of 6

17% of inspections at this establishment produced 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. 1 distinct standard shown · 1 citation in this view · $6,467 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0027 B01 I11$6,467Jul 2018Jul 2018

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

33rd

Below average violations in NAICS 6221 within MA. Peer group: 111 employers. This establishment has 1 OSHA violation; peer median is 2.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
68th
peer median: $2,275
Inspection frequency
92nd
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
3.3
vs industry
+1.2
TRIR
5.0
vs industry
−0.1

Reported for 3,481 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
5.1
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
2.1
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
5.0
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

Complaint
2
Referral
1

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

OSHA severe injury reports

Self-reported events under 29 CFR 1904.39 (24-hour notification of hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) · Aug 2016

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
1
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Other fall to lower level, unspecified

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports (federal OSHA only; state-plan states like California, Oregon, and Washington maintain their own programs and do not consistently report into this feed).

Severe injury reports — events

Each row is a hospitalization, amputation, or eye-loss event the employer self-reported to OSHA under 29 CFR 1904.39. Narratives are written by the reporting employer.

DateEventBody partOutcome
Aug 11, 2016Other fall to lower level, unspecifiedAnkle(s)Hospitalized

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
1 year ago

Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 1 year ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$267,487
Employees affected
74

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 · 74 violations · $267,487 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FLSA — minimum wage & overtimeMar 200917474$267,487

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 · 74 violations · $267,487 in backwages · 74 workers affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Jan 2007 – Mar 2009General Medical and Surgical HospitalsFLSA7474$267,487

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 NEWTON-WELLESLEY HOSPITAL. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in MA — for Mass General Brigham, not this location alone

Total cases
6
Unfair labor practice
4
Representation (union)
2

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 Mass General Brigham 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.). 6 cases · 4 ULP · 2 representation

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
01-CA-385802Unfair labor practiceApr 2026OpenRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-RM-351570Representation electionSep 2024Oct 2024ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-RC-339517Representation electionApr 2024May 2024ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-329639Unfair labor practiceNov 2023Jun 2024ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-112250Unfair labor practiceAug 2013Feb 2014ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-043345Unfair labor practiceJun 2006Mar 2007ClosedRegion 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

Total applications
3
Certified
3
Avg wage ratio
1.74x
H-1B

Office of Foreign Labor Certification — labor condition applications for H-1B, H-2A, H-2B visa programs. Wage ratio = offered / prevailing wage. Historical data only: DOL ended OFLC Performance Data Disclosure publication in 2026, so the figures above reflect filings through the last ingested cycle and are not being refreshed. Treat as a historical snapshot, not a current signal.

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
2
Quarters non-compliant
0

EPA Enforcement and Compliance History — Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Safe Drinking Water Act. Status: No Violation Identified.

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). 1 facility.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
NEWTON WELLESLEY HOSPITAL
2014 WASHINGTON STREET · NEWTON, MA, 02462
AirWaterRCRANo Violation Identified20Mar 2025View →

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.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2025-04-16Complaint0$0
2022-04-11Monitoring0$0
2019-10-24Unprogrammed Related0$0
2018-03-27Unprogrammed Related11$6,467
2012-04-12Referral0$0
2003-08-21Complaint0$0

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

NEWTON-WELLESLEY HOSPITAL is one of 13 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Mass General Brigham.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Mass General Brigham across all 13 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on NEWTON-WELLESLEY HOSPITAL from every major federal compliance and enforcement source. 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 Mass General Brigham, which operates 13 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 NEWTON-WELLESLEY HOSPITAL's OSHA violation history?
NEWTON-WELLESLEY HOSPITAL has 6 OSHA inspections on record with 1 violation and $6,467.3 in total penalties.
How does NEWTON-WELLESLEY HOSPITAL's safety record compare to its industry?
NEWTON-WELLESLEY HOSPITAL operates in the general medical and surgical hospitals industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 5.1. NEWTON-WELLESLEY HOSPITAL's self-reported DART rate is 3.26 compared to an industry average of 2.1.