AUTOMATA, INC.
1200 SEVERN WAY, STERLING, VA 20166
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Inspection records
Apr 14, 1995#126626456Apr 14, 1995Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#126626456$2,3404 viol.4 violations$2,340 in penalties
Inspection #126626456
Dates
- Opened
- Apr 14, 1995
- Closing Conference Date
- Apr 19, 1995
- Closed
- Aug 29, 1995
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 337
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 4
- Violation Types
- 3 serious, 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $3,900
- Penalties on Record
- $2,340
- Site Address
- 1200 Severn Way, Sterling, VA 20166
- 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 | 1910.213 Woodworking Machinery Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100213 B09 | Serious | 1 | 10 | $1,300 | $780 | May 13, 1995 | - | - |
| 01002 | 1910.215 Abrasive Wheel Machinery OSHA citation code: 19100215 B09 | Serious | 1 | 10 | $975 | $585 | Apr 24, 1995 | - | - |
| 01003 | 1910.305 Electrical - Wiring Methods, Components, and Equipment OSHA citation code: 19100305 B01 | Serious | 2 | 10 | $1,625 | $975 | Apr 24, 1995 | - | - |
| 02001 | 1910.303 Electrical - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100303 G01 I | Other | 4 | 10 | $0 | $0 | Apr 26, 1995 | - | - |
Aug 14, 1991#112385562Aug 14, 1991Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#112385562$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #112385562
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 14, 1991
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 14, 1991
- Closed
- Aug 14, 1991
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 400
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 1200 Severn Way, Sterling, VA 20166
- 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.
Jul 12, 1988#105678981Jul 12, 1988Referral (C) · Partial scope, Health#105678981$02 viol.2 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #105678981
Dates
- Opened
- Jul 12, 1988
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 2, 1988
- Closed
- Aug 31, 1988
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 125
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 2 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 1200 Severn Way, Sterling, VA 20166
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
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 (2 of 2 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001A | 1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 F04 I | Other | 1 | 4 | $0 | $0 | Aug 18, 1988 | - | - |
| 01001B | 1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 F04 II | Other | 3 | 4 | $0 | $0 | Aug 18, 1988 | - | - |
May 23, 1988#105711949May 23, 1988FatalityAccident (A) · Complete scope, SafetyFatality#105711949$1,9507 viol.7 violations$1,950 in penalties
Inspection #105711949
Dates
- Opened
- May 23, 1988
- Closing Conference Date
- Jul 7, 1988
- Contested
- Oct 20, 1988
- Closed
- Dec 14, 1988
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 75
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 7
- Violation Types
- 5 serious, 2 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $1,950
- Penalties on Record
- $1,950
- Site Address
- 1200 Severn Way, Sterling, VA 20166
- 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, others injured during chemical explosion
Enforcement Outcome
Citation contest activity appears on Oct 20, 1988. Final orders are recorded through Dec 14, 1988. Penalty changes shown on this page reflect the latest amounts published in OSHA's enforcement data.
Violations
Violation list (7 of 7 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.36 Design and Construction Requirements for Exit Routes OSHA citation code: 19100036 B08 | Serious | 1 | 1 | $420 | $420 | Oct 10, 1988 | - | - |
| 01002A | 1910.215 Abrasive Wheel Machinery OSHA citation code: 19100215 A04 | Serious | 1 | 3 | $400 | $400 | Oct 18, 1988 | - | - |
| 01002B | 1910.215 Abrasive Wheel Machinery OSHA citation code: 19100215 B09 | Serious | 1 | 3 | $0 | $0 | Oct 18, 1988 | - | - |
| 01003 | 1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 F04 II | Serious | 1 | 10 | $490 | $490 | Oct 10, 1988 | - | - |
| 01004 | 1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 H | Serious | 1 | 3 | $640 | $640 | Oct 10, 1988 | Oct 20, 1988 | Dec 14, 1988 |
| 02001 | 1910.305 Electrical - Wiring Methods, Components, and Equipment OSHA citation code: 19100305 B02 | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Oct 18, 1988 | - | - |
| 02002 | 1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 G01 | Other | 1 | 10 | $0 | $0 | Oct 18, 1988 | - | - |
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.
4 inspections, 1988 to 1995. 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.