VAIL RUBBER WORKS INC
521 LANGLEY AVE, ST JOSEPH, MI 49085
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Inspection records
Nov 28, 2012#315396796Nov 28, 2012Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#315396796$1,80013 viol.13 violations$1,800 in penalties
Inspection #315396796
Dates
- Opened
- Nov 28, 2012
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 3, 2012
- Closed
- Jan 25, 2013
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 100
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 13
- Violation Types
- 4 serious, 9 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $4,000
- Penalties on Record
- $1,800
- Site Address
- 521 Langley Ave, St Joseph, MI 49085
- Industry
- 326299 All Other Rubber Product Manufacturing
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 13 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 4081072701 | Serious | 1 | 1 | $1,000 | $500 | Jan 22, 2013 | - | - |
| 01002 | 4081073101 | Serious | 1 | 1 | $1,000 | $500 | Jan 22, 2013 | - | - |
| 01003 | 4081273201 | Serious | 1 | 2 | $1,000 | $400 | Dec 19, 2012 | - | - |
| 01004 | 4081400704 | Serious | 1 | 2 | $1,000 | $400 | Dec 19, 2012 | - | - |
| 02001 | 4081003601 | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Dec 19, 2012 | - | - |
Showing the 5 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 13 total violations documented in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement database. The complete violation list is available at enforcedata.dol.gov.
Nov 28, 2012#315396762Nov 28, 2012Planned (H) · Partial scope, Safety#315396762$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #315396762
Dates
- Opened
- Nov 28, 2012
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 3, 2012
- Closed
- Dec 10, 2012
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 100
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 521 Langley Ave, St Joseph, MI 49085
- Industry
- 326299 All Other Rubber Product Manufacturing
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.
May 27, 2008#308824861May 27, 2008Planned (H) · Complete scope, Health#308824861$8752 viol.2 violations$875 in penalties
Inspection #308824861
Dates
- Opened
- May 27, 2008
- Closing Conference Date
- Jul 31, 2008
- Closed
- May 7, 2009
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 114
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 1 serious, 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $1,750
- Penalties on Record
- $875
- Site Address
- 521 Langley Ave, St Joseph, MI 49085
- Industry
- 326299 All Other Rubber Product Manufacturing
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 (2 of 2 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01002 | 1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 H01 | Serious | 1 | 2 | $1,250 | $625 | Sep 22, 2008 | - | - |
| 02001 | 4082212904 | Other | 3 | 100 | $500 | $250 | Sep 22, 2008 | - | - |
May 27, 2008#308824853May 27, 2008Referral (C) · Partial scope, Health#308824853$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #308824853
Dates
- Opened
- May 27, 2008
- Closing Conference Date
- Jul 31, 2008
- Closed
- Jul 31, 2008
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 114
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 521 Langley Ave, St Joseph, MI 49085
- Industry
- 326299 All Other Rubber Product 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.
Dec 1, 2005#307733659Dec 1, 2005Planned (H) · Complete scope, Health#307733659$04 viol.4 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #307733659
Dates
- Opened
- Dec 1, 2005
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 22, 2005
- Closed
- Apr 7, 2006
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 108
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 4
- Violation Types
- 4 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 521 Langley Ave, St Joseph, MI 49085
- Industry
- 326299 All Other Rubber Product Manufacturing
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 (4 of 4 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001A | 1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces OSHA citation code: 19100146 C01 | Other | 3 | 5 | $0 | $0 | Feb 1, 2006 | - | - |
| 01001B | 1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces OSHA citation code: 19100146 C02 | Other | 3 | 5 | $0 | $0 | Feb 1, 2006 | - | - |
| 01002A | 1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces OSHA citation code: 19100146 C07 III | Other | 3 | 5 | $0 | $0 | Apr 6, 2006 | - | - |
| 01002B | 1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces OSHA citation code: 19100146 G01 | Other | 3 | 5 | $0 | $0 | Apr 6, 2006 | - | - |
Mar 18, 2004#304887680Mar 18, 2004Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#304887680$2,1008 viol.8 violations$2,100 in penalties
Inspection #304887680
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 18, 2004
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 19, 2004
- Contested
- Jun 3, 2004
- Closed
- Aug 24, 2005
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 113
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 8
- Violation Types
- 2 serious, 6 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $3,300
- Penalties on Record
- $2,100
- Site Address
- 521 Langley Ave, St Joseph, MI 49085
- Industry
- 326299 All Other Rubber Product Manufacturing
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.
Enforcement Outcome
Citation contest activity appears on Jun 3, 2004. Final orders are recorded through Jun 13, 2005. Penalty changes shown on this page reflect the latest amounts published in OSHA's enforcement data.
Violations
Violation list (5 of 8 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 4081021302 | Serious | 3 | 5 | $1,200 | $1,200 | May 17, 2004 | - | - |
| 01002 | 4081021502 | Serious | 1 | 1 | $900 | $900 | Apr 29, 2004 | - | - |
| 01003 | 4081654101 OSHA citation code: 4081654101 B | Other | 2 | 3 | $1,200 | $0 | Jul 5, 2005 | Jun 3, 2004 | Jun 13, 2005 |
| 02001 | 4081022703 | Other | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | May 17, 2004 | - | - |
| 02002 | 4081330802 | Other | 1 | 10 | $0 | $0 | May 17, 2004 | - | - |
Showing the 5 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 8 total violations documented in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement database. The complete violation list is available at enforcedata.dol.gov.
Aug 15, 2001#127098119Aug 15, 2001Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#127098119$7,70018 viol.18 violations$7,700 in penalties
Inspection #127098119
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 15, 2001
- Closing Conference Date
- Sep 18, 2001
- Closed
- Feb 25, 2002
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 120
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 18
- Violation Types
- 14 serious, 4 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $15,400
- Penalties on Record
- $7,700
- Site Address
- 521 Langley Ave, St Joseph, MI 49085
- 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 18 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 4080.1011 OSHA citation code: 40801011 A | Serious | 1 | 1 | $1,100 | $550 | Dec 19, 2001 | - | - |
| 01002 | 4081003406 | Serious | 1 | 1 | $1,100 | $550 | Jan 22, 2002 | - | - |
| 01003 | 4081003409 | Serious | 2 | 1 | $1,100 | $550 | Jan 22, 2002 | - | - |
| 01004 | 4081021302 | Serious | 2 | 2 | $1,100 | $550 | Jan 22, 2002 | - | - |
| 01005 | 4081072701 | Serious | 2 | 1 | $1,100 | $550 | Jan 22, 2002 | - | - |
Showing the 5 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 18 total violations documented in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement database. The complete violation list is available at enforcedata.dol.gov.
Sep 12, 1995#124996018Sep 12, 1995FatalityAccident (A) · Partial scope, SafetyFatality#124996018$1,2501 viol.1 violation$1,250 in penalties
Inspection #124996018
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 12, 1995
- Closing Conference Date
- Sep 14, 1995
- Closed
- Nov 3, 1995
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 115
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $2,500
- Penalties on Record
- $1,250
- Site Address
- 521 Langley Ave, St Joseph, MI 49085
- 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.
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 killed when thrown by revolving part in lathe
Violations
Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 4081.2611 OSHA citation code: 40812611 A | Serious | 1 | 1 | $2,500 | $1,250 | Oct 13, 1995 | - | - |
Mar 21, 1994#114861198Mar 21, 1994Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#114861198$5004 viol.4 violations$500 in penalties
Inspection #114861198
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 21, 1994
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 23, 1994
- Closed
- Aug 22, 1994
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 100
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 4
- Violation Types
- 2 serious, 2 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $1,000
- Penalties on Record
- $500
- Site Address
- 521 Langley Ave, St Joseph, MI 49085
- 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 (4 of 4 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 4081263501 OSHA citation code: 4081263501 A | Serious | 1 | 1 | $300 | $150 | May 11, 1994 | - | - |
| 01002 | 4081186501 | Serious | 1 | 1 | $700 | $350 | Jun 2, 1994 | - | - |
| 02001 | 4081063202 | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | May 11, 1994 | - | - |
| 02002 | 4081064502 | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | May 11, 1994 | - | - |
Apr 10, 1991#110938131Apr 10, 1991Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#110938131$1805 viol.5 violations$180 in penalties
Inspection #110938131
Dates
- Opened
- Apr 10, 1991
- Closing Conference Date
- Apr 11, 1991
- Closed
- Aug 2, 1991
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 102
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 5
- Violation Types
- 1 repeat, 4 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $180
- Penalties on Record
- $180
- Site Address
- 521 Langley Ave, St Joseph, MI 49085
- 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)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 4081001503 | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | May 4, 1991 | - | - |
| 01002 | 4081003301 | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | May 4, 1991 | - | - |
| 01003 | 4081122301 | Other | 1 | 4 | $0 | $0 | May 4, 1991 | - | - |
| 01004 | 1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 F04 | Other | 3 | 5 | $0 | $0 | May 4, 1991 | - | - |
| 02001 | 4081264801 | Repeat | 2 | 2 | $180 | $180 | May 4, 1991 | - | - |
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.
10 inspections, 1991 to 2012. 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.