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PINNACLE AUTOMOTIVE, LLC
$2,881
penalties
4
viol.
2
insp.

PINNACLE AUTOMOTIVE, LLC

3444 WESTERN BRANCH BOULEVARD, CHESAPEAKE, VA 23321NAICS 441110 New Car Dealers

Inspections
2
May 2021 to Jan 2022 · 0 safety, 2 health
Violations
4
across 2 inspections
Penalties on record
$2,881
latest amounts in DOL records
By classification
Serious 2Willful 0Repeat 0Other 2

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Inspection records

Jan 31, 2022FatalityReferral (C) · Partial scope, Health#345754964$00 viol.

Inspection #345754964

Dates

Opened
Jan 31, 2022
Closing Conference Date
Jan 31, 2022
Closed
May 26, 2022

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
55
Related Activity
1 referral

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
0
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
3444 Western Branch Boulevard, Chesapeake, VA 23321
Industry
441110 New Car Dealers

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.

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.

FatalityJan 16, 2022

Employee with covid-19 infection dies

Event: Other
May 11, 2021Complaint (B) · Complete scope, Health#345302020$2,8814 viol.

Inspection #345302020

Dates

Opened
May 11, 2021
Closing Conference Date
May 11, 2021
Final Order
Oct 29, 2021
Closed
Dec 8, 2021

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
55
Related Activity
1 complaint

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
4
Violation Types
2 serious, 2 other-than-serious
Initial Penalties
$4,115
Penalties on Record
$2,881
Site Address
3444 Western Branch Boulevard, Chesapeake, VA 23321
Industry
441110 New Car Dealers

Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.

Violations

Violation list (4 of 4 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
01001A1910.37
Maintenance, Safeguards, and Operational Features for Exit Routes
OSHA citation code: 19100037 A03
Serious14$4,115$2,881Dec 8, 2021-Oct 29, 2021
01001B1910.37
Maintenance, Safeguards, and Operational Features for Exit Routes
OSHA citation code: 19100037 B02
Serious14$0$0Dec 8, 2021-Oct 29, 2021
02001FPS
OSHA citation code: FPS 16VAC25-220-40.B.7.E
Other255$0$0Dec 8, 2021-Oct 29, 2021
02002FPS
OSHA citation code: FPS 16VAC25-220-40.E.1
Other155$0$0Dec 8, 2021-Oct 29, 2021
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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.

Standards cited

1910.37Maintenance, Safeguards, and Operational Features for Exit Routes2 citations · $2,881
FPS2 citations · $0

Industry comparison

Violations per inspection
This employer2.0
Industry average3.0
Penalties per inspection
This employer$1,441
Industry average$1,614

Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers, 12,467 employers with OSHA inspections. Arithmetic from DOL records.

BLS 2024 survey: new car dealers reported 2.7 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers (total recordable cases, national, private industry; relative standard error 3.0%; NAICS 44111 level). This is an industry-wide average from a federal survey, not a measurement of this establishment. Source

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