GARDA
3016 96TH ST S, LAKEWOOD, WA 98499 · NAICS 561611 Investigation Services
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Inspection records
Apr 24, 2013#316763580Apr 24, 2013Referral (C) · Partial scope, Health#316763580$3005 viol.5 violations$300 in penalties
Inspection #316763580
Dates
- Opened
- Apr 24, 2013
- Closing Conference Date
- Jul 31, 2013
- Closed
- Feb 18, 2016
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 30
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 5
- Violation Types
- 1 serious, 4 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $300
- Penalties on Record
- $300
- Site Address
- 3016 96th St S, Lakewood, WA 98499
- Industry
- 561611 Investigation Services
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 (5 of 5 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 8652.10 | Serious | 1 | 30 | $300 | $300 | Sep 10, 2013 | - | - |
| 02001 | 8001302001 | Other | 1 | 30 | $0 | $0 | Sep 10, 2013 | - | - |
| 02002 | 8001.4005 | Other | 1 | 30 | $0 | $0 | Sep 10, 2013 | - | - |
| 02003 | 8003.20 | Other | 2 | 20 | $0 | $0 | Sep 10, 2013 | - | - |
| 02004 | 8003.25 | Other | 1 | 30 | $0 | $0 | Sep 10, 2013 | - | - |
Failure to Abate Penalties1 citation, $800 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.
| Citation | FTA Inspection | FTA Issuance | FTA Penalty | FTA Contest | FTA Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02002 | #317609097 | Feb 24, 2015 | $800 | Mar 20, 2015 | Apr 20, 2015 |
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
Industry comparison
Administrative and Support Services, 53,472 employers with OSHA inspections. Arithmetic from DOL records.
BLS 2024 survey: investigation services reported 1.0 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers (total recordable cases, national, private industry; relative standard error 26.1%). This is an industry-wide average from a federal survey, not a measurement of this establishment. Source