LEAR CORPORATION
325 INDUSTRIAL AVE., MORRISTOWN, TN 37814
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Inspection records
Oct 4, 1988#105560403Oct 4, 1988FatalityAccident (A) · Partial scope, SafetyFatality#105560403$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #105560403
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 4, 1988
- Closing Conference Date
- Oct 4, 1988
- Closed
- Oct 4, 1988
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 1,053
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 325 Industrial Ave., Morristown, TN 37814
- 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 struck in chest by pry bar
Dec 5, 1986#18402305Dec 5, 1986Follow-Up (F) · Partial scope, Safety#18402305$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #18402305
Dates
- Opened
- Dec 5, 1986
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 11, 1986
- Closed
- Dec 12, 1986
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 749
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 325 Industrial Ave., Morristown, TN 37814
- 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.
Oct 14, 1986#18401356Oct 14, 1986Follow-Up (F) · Partial scope, Safety#18401356$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #18401356
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 14, 1986
- Closing Conference Date
- Oct 14, 1986
- Closed
- Oct 15, 1986
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 749
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 325 Industrial Ave., Morristown, TN 37814
- 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.
Aug 11, 1986#18401703Aug 11, 1986Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#18401703$1,50040 viol.40 violations$1,500 in penalties
Inspection #18401703
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 11, 1986
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 25, 1986
- Closed
- Feb 3, 1987
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 749
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 40
- Violation Types
- 3 serious, 37 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $1,500
- Penalties on Record
- $1,500
- Site Address
- 325 Industrial Ave., Morristown, TN 37814
- 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 (7 of 40 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001A | 1910.23 Ladders OSHA citation code: 19100023 C01 | Serious | 2 | 2 | $400 | $400 | Nov 25, 1986 | - | - |
| 01001B | 1910.23 Ladders OSHA citation code: 19100023 C02 | Serious | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Nov 25, 1986 | - | - |
| 01002 | 1910.212 General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding) OSHA citation code: 19100212 A03 II | Serious | 2 | 3 | $480 | $480 | Nov 25, 1986 | - | - |
| 02001A | 1910.22 Walking-Working Surfaces - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100022 A01 | Other | 2 | 11 | $95 | $95 | Nov 25, 1986 | - | - |
| 02001B | 1910.22 Walking-Working Surfaces - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100022 A02 | Other | 1 | 10 | $0 | $0 | Nov 25, 1986 | - | - |
| 02001C | 1910.22 Walking-Working Surfaces - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100022 C | Other | 1 | 5 | $0 | $0 | Nov 25, 1986 | - | - |
| 02001D | 1910.24 Step Bolts and Manhole Steps OSHA citation code: 19100024 F | Other | 1 | 10 | $0 | $0 | Nov 25, 1986 | - | - |
Showing the 7 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 40 total violations documented in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement database. The complete violation list is available at enforcedata.dol.gov.
Oct 12, 1984#15157316Oct 12, 1984FatalityAccident (A) · Partial scope, SafetyFatality#15157316$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #15157316
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 12, 1984
- Closing Conference Date
- Oct 12, 1984
- Closed
- Oct 12, 1984
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 650
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 325 Industrial Ave., Morristown, TN 37814
- 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.
Forklift truck overturned onto employee
Jul 18, 1984#15151574Jul 18, 1984Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#15151574$6001 viol.1 violation$600 in penalties
Inspection #15151574
Dates
- Opened
- Jul 18, 1984
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 7, 1984
- Closed
- Apr 4, 1985
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 700
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $600
- Penalties on Record
- $600
- Site Address
- 325 Industrial Ave., Morristown, TN 37814
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
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 (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.178 Powered Industrial Trucks OSHA citation code: 19100178 M12 | Serious | 1 | 1 | $600 | $600 | Dec 31, 1984 | - | - |
Jun 12, 1984#15152192Jun 12, 1984Planned (H) · Records Only scope, Safety#15152192$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #15152192
Dates
- Opened
- Jun 12, 1984
- Closing Conference Date
- Jun 12, 1984
- Closed
- Jun 12, 1984
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 621
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 325 Industrial Ave., Morristown, TN 37814
- 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
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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.
17 inspections, 1984 to 2009. 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: motor vehicle seating and interior trim manufacturing reported 3.3 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers (total recordable cases, national, private industry; relative standard error 7.0%; NAICS 33636 level). This is an industry-wide average from a federal survey, not a measurement of this establishment. Source