STERLING SANITATION INC
48655 GRATIOT AVE, CHESTERFIELD, MI 48051
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Inspection records
Jun 14, 2013#315412395Jun 14, 2013Follow-Up (F) · Partial scope, Safety#315412395$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #315412395
Dates
- Opened
- Jun 14, 2013
- Closing Conference Date
- Jun 14, 2013
- Closed
- Oct 3, 2013
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 23
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 48655 Gratiot Ave, Chesterfield, MI 48051
- Industry
- 562111 Solid Waste Collection
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.
Nov 13, 2012#315416388Nov 13, 2012Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#315416388$40022 viol.22 violations$400 in penalties
Inspection #315416388
Dates
- Opened
- Nov 13, 2012
- Closing Conference Date
- Nov 15, 2012
- Closed
- Oct 3, 2013
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 23
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 22
- Violation Types
- 5 serious, 17 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $400
- Penalties on Record
- $400
- Site Address
- 48655 Gratiot Ave, Chesterfield, MI 48051
- Industry
- 562111 Solid Waste Collection
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 (12 of 22 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 4081021302 | Serious | 1 | 3 | $200 | $200 | Feb 13, 2013 | - | - |
| 01002A | 1910.147 The control of hazardous energy (lockout/tagout) OSHA citation code: 19100147 C04 I | Serious | 1 | 1 | $200 | $200 | Feb 13, 2013 | - | - |
| 01002B | 1910.147 The control of hazardous energy (lockout/tagout) OSHA citation code: 19100147 C05 I | Serious | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Jan 11, 2013 | - | - |
| 01002C | 1910.147 The control of hazardous energy (lockout/tagout) OSHA citation code: 19100147 C07 IA | Serious | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Feb 13, 2013 | - | - |
| 01002D | 1910.147 The control of hazardous energy (lockout/tagout) OSHA citation code: 19100147 C07 IB | Serious | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Feb 13, 2013 | - | - |
| 02001 | 4081003301 | Other | 1 | 3 | $0 | $0 | Feb 13, 2013 | - | - |
| 02002 | 4081043305 | Other | 2 | 3 | $0 | $0 | Feb 13, 2013 | - | - |
| 02003 | 4081068503 | Other | 1 | 3 | $0 | $0 | Feb 13, 2013 | - | - |
| 02004A | 4081122101 | Other | 1 | 3 | $0 | $0 | Feb 13, 2013 | - | - |
| 02004B | 4081122301 | Other | 1 | 3 | $0 | $0 | Feb 13, 2013 | - | - |
| 02005 | 4081215401 | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Feb 13, 2013 | - | - |
| 02006 | 4081213101 | Other | 1 | 3 | $0 | $0 | Feb 13, 2013 | - | - |
Showing the 12 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 22 total violations documented in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement database. The complete violation list is available at enforcedata.dol.gov.
Failure to Abate Penalties3 citations, $2,500 in FTA penalties on record
OSHA's enforcement record shows Failure to Abate (FTA) activity recorded against 3 citations 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 |
|---|
Showing the 0 FTA rows present in the first 12 citations on this inspection. OSHA's record shows 3 total citations with FTA activity for this inspection. The complete list is available at enforcedata.dol.gov.
Jun 10, 1992#114881949Jun 10, 1992Follow-Up (F) · Partial scope, Safety#114881949$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #114881949
Dates
- Opened
- Jun 10, 1992
- Closing Conference Date
- Jun 10, 1992
- Closed
- Jun 18, 1992
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 14
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 48655 Gratiot Ave, Chesterfield, MI 48051
- 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.
Feb 6, 1992#114927213Feb 6, 1992Accident (A) · Partial scope, Safety#114927213$3509 viol.9 violations$350 in penalties
Inspection #114927213
Dates
- Opened
- Feb 6, 1992
- Closing Conference Date
- Feb 7, 1992
- Closed
- Jun 18, 1992
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 14
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 9
- Violation Types
- 2 serious, 7 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $350
- Penalties on Record
- $350
- Site Address
- 48655 Gratiot Ave, Chesterfield, MI 48051
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
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.
Violations
Violation list (9 of 9 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 4081.11 OSHA citation code: 40810011 A | Serious | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Apr 24, 1992 | - | - |
| 01002 | 4081011402 | Serious | 1 | 3 | $200 | $200 | Mar 20, 1992 | - | - |
| 02001 | 40801014JJ | Other | 1 | 3 | $0 | $0 | Apr 24, 1992 | - | - |
| 02002 | 4082211101 | Other | 1 | 14 | $0 | $0 | Mar 21, 1992 | - | - |
| 02003 | 4082211401 | Other | 1 | 14 | $100 | $100 | Mar 20, 1992 | - | - |
| 02004 | 4082231101 | Other | 1 | 14 | $50 | $50 | Mar 21, 1992 | - | - |
| 02005 | 1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 E01 | Other | 1 | 3 | $0 | $0 | Apr 24, 1992 | - | - |
| 02006 | 1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 G01 | Other | 1 | 3 | $0 | $0 | Apr 24, 1992 | - | - |
| 02007 | 1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 H | Other | 1 | 3 | $0 | $0 | Apr 24, 1992 | - | - |
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.
4 inspections, 1992 to 2013. 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: solid waste collection reported 5.0 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers (total recordable cases, national, private industry; relative standard error 7.7%). This is an industry-wide average from a federal survey, not a measurement of this establishment. Source