ESTES DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING
470 SOUTH MITTHOEFFER DRIVE, INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46229
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Inspection records
Jan 23, 2019#343735213Jan 23, 2019Referral (C) · Partial scope, Safety#343735213$1,0001 viol.1 violation$1,000 in penalties
Inspection #343735213
Dates
- Opened
- Jan 23, 2019
- Closing Conference Date
- Feb 20, 2019
- Final Order
- Mar 20, 2019
- Closed
- Dec 20, 2019
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 115
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $2,000
- Penalties on Record
- $1,000
- Site Address
- 470 South Mitthoeffer Road, Indianapolis, IN 46229
- Industry
- 332322 Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing
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 | 22.8(1)(1)(SEC2) | Serious | 1 | 4 | $2,000 | $1,000 | Sep 2, 2019 | - | Mar 20, 2019 |
Apr 17, 2018#343105896Apr 17, 2018Referral (C) · Partial scope, Safety#343105896$5001 viol.1 violation$500 in penalties
Inspection #343105896
Dates
- Opened
- Apr 17, 2018
- Closing Conference Date
- Apr 17, 2018
- Contested
- May 22, 2018
- Final Order
- Jul 10, 2018
- Closed
- Jul 30, 2018
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 120
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $3,500
- Penalties on Record
- $500
- Site Address
- 470 South Mitthoeffer Road, Indianapolis, IN 46229
- Industry
- 332322 Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01002 | 1910.212 General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding) OSHA citation code: 19100212 A03 II | Other | 1 | 7 | $3,500 | $500 | Jun 8, 2018 | May 22, 2018 | Jul 10, 2018 |
Nov 24, 2004#307895003Nov 24, 2004Accident (A) · Partial scope, Safety#307895003$6131 viol.1 violation$613 in penalties
Inspection #307895003
Dates
- Opened
- Nov 24, 2004
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 28, 2004
- Closed
- Mar 3, 2005
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 82
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $1,225
- Penalties on Record
- $613
- Site Address
- 470 South Mitthoeffer Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46229
- Industry
- 332322 Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing
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 fractures finger in mechanical press
Violations
Violation list (1 of 1 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 A03 II | Serious | 1 | 5 | $1,225 | $613 | Mar 1, 2005 | - | - |
Nov 4, 1998#125350348Nov 4, 1998Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#125350348$03 viol.3 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #125350348
Dates
- Opened
- Nov 4, 1998
- Closing Conference Date
- Nov 4, 1998
- Closed
- Jan 21, 1999
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 70
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 3
- Violation Types
- 3 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 470 South Mitthoeffer Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46229
- 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 (3 of 3 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.37 Maintenance, Safeguards, and Operational Features for Exit Routes OSHA citation code: 19100037 Q01 | Other | 1 | 10 | $0 | $0 | Jan 16, 1999 | - | - |
| 01002 | 1910.37 Maintenance, Safeguards, and Operational Features for Exit Routes OSHA citation code: 19100037 Q05 | Other | 1 | 10 | $0 | $0 | Jan 16, 1999 | - | - |
| 01003 | 1910.305 Electrical - Wiring Methods, Components, and Equipment OSHA citation code: 19100305 B02 | Other | 1 | 4 | $0 | $0 | Jan 16, 1999 | - | - |
Jul 1, 1992#115027328Jul 1, 1992Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#115027328$01 viol.1 violation$0 in penalties
Inspection #115027328
Dates
- Opened
- Jul 1, 1992
- Closing Conference Date
- Jul 1, 1992
- Closed
- Sep 25, 1992
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 79
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 470 South Mitthoeffer Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46229
- 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 (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.151 Medical Services and First Aid OSHA citation code: 19100151 C | Other | 1 | 4 | $0 | $0 | Aug 31, 1992 | - | - |
Jul 11, 1989#107971723Jul 11, 1989Planned (H) · No Inspection scope, Safety#107971723$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #107971723
Dates
- Opened
- Jul 11, 1989
- Closing Conference Date
- Sep 5, 1989
- Closed
- Sep 19, 1989
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Not recorded
- Number of Employees
- Not recorded
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 470 South Mitthoeffer Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46229
- 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 11, 1986#101960003Jul 11, 1986Planned (H) · No Inspection scope, Safety#101960003$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #101960003
Dates
- Opened
- Jul 11, 1986
- Closing Conference Date
- Jul 11, 1986
- Closed
- Jul 18, 1986
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 40
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 470 South Mitthoeffer, Indianapolis, IN 46229
- 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.
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.
7 inspections, 1986 to 2019. 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.
Standards cited
Industry comparison
BLS 2024 survey: sheet metal work manufacturing reported 3.3 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers (total recordable cases, national, private industry; relative standard error 9.4%). This is an industry-wide average from a federal survey, not a measurement of this establishment. Source