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CELESTIAL SEASONINGS INC
$16,755
penalties
41
viol.
15
insp.

CELESTIAL SEASONINGS INC

1780 55TH STREET WAREHOUSE 1, Boulder, CO 80301

Inspections
15
Nov 1979 to Nov 2017 · 8 safety, 7 health
Violations
41
across 15 inspections
Penalties on record
$16,755
latest amounts in DOL records
By classification
Serious 14Willful 0Repeat 0Other 27

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Inspection records

Feb 3, 1982Planned (H) · Complete scope, Health#217874080$00 viol.

Inspection #217874080

Dates

Opened
Feb 3, 1982
Closing Conference Date
Feb 3, 1982
Closed
Feb 11, 1982

Inspection

Advance Notice
Not recorded
Owner Type
Not recorded
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
150

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
0
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
1780 55th Street, Boulder, CO 80301
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.

Jul 14, 1981Follow-Up (F) · Partial scope, Health#217857978$00 viol.

Inspection #217857978

Dates

Opened
Jul 14, 1981
Closing Conference Date
Jul 16, 1981
Closed
Jul 28, 1981

Inspection

Advance Notice
Not recorded
Owner Type
Not recorded
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
150

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
0
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
1780 55th St, Boulder, CO 80301
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.

Sep 2, 1980Follow-Up (F) · Partial scope, Health#217857622$00 viol.

Inspection #217857622

Dates

Opened
Sep 2, 1980
Closing Conference Date
Sep 9, 1980
Closed
Jul 28, 1981

Inspection

Advance Notice
Not recorded
Owner Type
Not recorded
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
150

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
0
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
1780 55th St, Boulder, CO 80301
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.

Dec 7, 1979Planned (H) · Partial scope, Health#217857317$05 viol.

Inspection #217857317

Dates

Opened
Dec 7, 1979
Closing Conference Date
Dec 12, 1979
Closed
Mar 10, 1984

Inspection

Advance Notice
Not recorded
Owner Type
Not recorded
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
154

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
5
Violation Types
5 other-than-serious
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
1780 55th Street, Boulder, CO 80301
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 5 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
01001A1910.134
Respiratory Protection
OSHA citation code: 19100134 A02
Other1-$0$0Feb 9, 1980--
01001B1910.134
Respiratory Protection
OSHA citation code: 19100134 B01
Other1-$0$0Aug 9, 1980--
01001C1910.134
Respiratory Protection
OSHA citation code: 19100134 B03
Other1-$0$0Aug 9, 1980--
01001D1910.1000
Air Contaminants
OSHA citation code: 19101000 C
Other1-$0$0Aug 9, 1980--
01001E1910.1000
Air Contaminants
OSHA citation code: 19101000 E
Other3-$0$0Aug 9, 1980--

Failure to Abate Penalties1 citation, $700 in FTA penalties on record

OSHA's enforcement record shows Failure to Abate (FTA) activity recorded against 1 citation issued in this inspection. An FTA penalty is assessed during a follow-up inspection when OSHA's records indicate a previously cited hazard was not corrected by the abatement date. Each row below shows the FTA fields published on the original citation record: the follow-up inspection number, the FTA issuance date, the FTA penalty amount, and any FTA contest or final order date on record.

CitationFTA InspectionFTA IssuanceFTA PenaltyFTA ContestFTA Final Order
01001D-Aug 9, 1980$700--
Nov 19, 1979Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#217905470$5608 viol.

Inspection #217905470

Dates

Opened
Nov 19, 1979
Closing Conference Date
Dec 12, 1979
Closed
Mar 5, 1980

Inspection

Advance Notice
Not recorded
Owner Type
Not recorded
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
154

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
8
Violation Types
2 serious, 6 other-than-serious
Initial Penalties
$560
Penalties on Record
$560
Site Address
1780 55th Street Warehouse 1, Boulder, CO 80301
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 (8 of 8 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010011910.23
Ladders
OSHA citation code: 19100023 C01
Serious2-$280$280Jan 25, 1980--
010021910.212
General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding)
OSHA citation code: 19100212 A01
Serious1-$280$280Jan 9, 1980--
020011910.178
Powered Industrial Trucks
OSHA citation code: 19100178 P01
Other1-$0$0Jan 25, 1980--
020021910.212
General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding)
OSHA citation code: 19100212 A03 II
Other1-$0$0Jan 25, 1980--
02003A1910.219
Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus
OSHA citation code: 19100219 D01
Other3-$0$0Jan 9, 1980--
02003B1910.219
Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus
OSHA citation code: 19100219 E03 I
Other3-$0$0Jan 9, 1980--
020041910.219
Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus
OSHA citation code: 19100219 F03
Other5-$0$0Jan 25, 1980--
020051910.242
Hand and Portable Powered Tools and Equipment, General
OSHA citation code: 19100242 B
Other2-$0$0Jan 6, 1980--
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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 enforcement data, violations table fields fta_insp_nr, fta_issuance_date, fta_penalty, fta_contest_date, fta_final_order_date. The FTA follow-up inspection is linked via fta_insp_nr to the inspection activity number (exact government key). When the follow-up inspection is not currently on record in SafetyRecord, the inspection number is shown without a link.

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.

Standards cited

1910.134Respiratory Protection11 citations · $2,000
1910.1200Hazard Communication7 citations · $1,300
1910.219Mechanical Power-Transmission Apparatus7 citations · $270

Industry comparison

BLS 2024 survey: coffee and tea manufacturing reported 4.6 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers (total recordable cases, national, private industry; relative standard error 16.5%; NAICS 31192 level). This is an industry-wide average from a federal survey, not a measurement of this establishment. Source

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