APEX FORGE & TOOL CO
2311 ROSS WAY, TACOMA, WA 98421
Having inspection records is common for businesses in regulated industries. Data and methodology
Inspection records
Feb 10, 1998#115169047Feb 10, 1998Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#115169047$2004 viol.4 violations$200 in penalties
Inspection #115169047
Dates
- Opened
- Feb 10, 1998
- Closing Conference Date
- Feb 10, 1998
- Closed
- Apr 15, 1998
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 9
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 4
- Violation Types
- 1 serious, 3 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $200
- Penalties on Record
- $200
- Site Address
- 2311 Ross Way, Tacoma, WA 98421
- 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 | 0249560904 | Serious | 1 | 1 | $200 | $200 | Feb 10, 1998 | - | - |
| 02001 | 0242351903 | Other | 2 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Apr 11, 1998 | - | - |
| 02002 | 0249560902 OSHA citation code: 0249560902 A | Other | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Feb 10, 1998 | - | - |
| 02003 | 0240002002 | Other | 1 | 11 | $0 | $0 | Feb 10, 1998 | - | - |
Sep 12, 1996#111256491Sep 12, 1996Follow-Up (F) · Partial scope, Health#111256491$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #111256491
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 12, 1996
- Closing Conference Date
- Sep 12, 1996
- Closed
- Sep 12, 1996
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 9
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 2311 Ross Way, Tacoma, WA 98421
- 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.
Mar 28, 1996#111256061Mar 28, 1996Referral (C) · Partial scope, Health#111256061$2005 viol.5 violations$200 in penalties
Inspection #111256061
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 28, 1996
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 28, 1996
- Closed
- Jun 19, 1996
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 9
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 5
- Violation Types
- 3 serious, 2 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $200
- Penalties on Record
- $200
- Site Address
- 2311 Ross Way, Tacoma, WA 98421
- 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 (5 of 5 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001A | 0620902706 OSHA citation code: 0620902706 A | Serious | 1 | 8 | $200 | $200 | Mar 28, 1996 | - | - |
| 01001B | 0620903501 | Serious | 1 | 8 | $0 | $0 | Jun 3, 1996 | - | - |
| 01001C | 0620903504 | Serious | 1 | 8 | $0 | $0 | Jun 3, 1996 | - | - |
| 02001 | 0620540901 | Other | 1 | 8 | $0 | $0 | Jun 3, 1996 | - | - |
| 02002 | 620.5415 | Other | 1 | 8 | $0 | $0 | Jun 3, 1996 | - | - |
Feb 2, 1996#115423121Feb 2, 1996Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#115423121$01 viol.1 violation$0 in penalties
Inspection #115423121
Dates
- Opened
- Feb 2, 1996
- Closing Conference Date
- Feb 2, 1996
- Closed
- Apr 18, 1996
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 7
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 2311 Ross Way, Tacoma, WA 98421
- 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 (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 0249560701 OSHA citation code: 0249560701 B | Other | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Mar 19, 1996 | - | - |
Sep 9, 1992#111268546Sep 9, 1992Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#111268546$1,5502 viol.2 violations$1,550 in penalties
Inspection #111268546
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 9, 1992
- Closing Conference Date
- Sep 15, 1992
- Contested
- Nov 3, 1992
- Final Order
- Dec 9, 1992
- Closed
- Mar 23, 1993
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 6
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 2 repeat
- Initial Penalties
- $2,250
- Penalties on Record
- $1,550
- Site Address
- 2311 Ross Way, Tacoma, WA 98421
- 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 (2 of 2 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 0241100501 | Repeat | 1 | 3 | $1,350 | $740 | Oct 20, 1992 | Nov 3, 1992 | Dec 9, 1992 |
| 01002 | 0241800302 | Repeat | 1 | 1 | $900 | $810 | Oct 20, 1992 | Nov 3, 1992 | Dec 9, 1992 |
Sep 6, 1990#111527644Sep 6, 1990Follow-Up (F) · Complete scope, Safety#111527644$02 viol.2 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #111527644
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 6, 1990
- Closing Conference Date
- Sep 6, 1990
- Closed
- Nov 29, 1990
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 10
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 2 repeat
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 2311 Ross Way, Tacoma, WA 98421
- 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.
Violations
Violation list (2 of 2 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 0241800302 | Repeat | 2 | 6 | $0 | $0 | Oct 8, 1990 | - | - |
| 01002 | 0241800509 | Repeat | 2 | 6 | $0 | $0 | Oct 8, 1990 | - | - |
Mar 26, 1990#111522124Mar 26, 1990Referral (C) · Complete scope, Health#111522124$03 viol.3 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #111522124
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 26, 1990
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 30, 1990
- Closed
- Oct 11, 1990
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 8
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 3
- Violation Types
- 3 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 2311 Ross Way, Tacoma, WA 98421
- 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 (3 of 3 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 0620901901 | Other | 3 | 4 | $0 | $0 | Mar 30, 1990 | - | - |
| 01002 | 0620902701 | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Sep 20, 1990 | - | - |
| 01003 | 0620903501 | Other | 3 | 4 | $0 | $0 | Sep 20, 1990 | - | - |
Feb 16, 1990#111602801Feb 16, 1990Complaint (B) · Complete scope, Safety#111602801$2,23036 viol.36 violations$2,230 in penalties
Inspection #111602801
Dates
- Opened
- Feb 16, 1990
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 5, 1990
- Closed
- Nov 7, 1993
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 8
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 36
- Violation Types
- 10 serious, 26 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $2,230
- Penalties on Record
- $2,230
- Site Address
- 2311 Ross Way, Tacoma, WA 98421
- 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 (6 of 36 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 0240007302 | Serious | 1 | 4 | $300 | $300 | May 7, 1990 | - | - |
| 01002 | 0241500103 OSHA citation code: 0241500103 B | Serious | 2 | 4 | $300 | $300 | Apr 22, 1990 | - | - |
| 01003 | 0241500105 | Serious | 2 | 6 | $140 | $140 | Apr 22, 1990 | - | - |
| 01004 | 0241950701 OSHA citation code: 0241950701 A | Serious | 2 | 4 | $300 | $300 | Apr 22, 1990 | - | - |
| 01005 | 0242050501 | Serious | 6 | 6 | $280 | $280 | Apr 29, 1990 | - | - |
| 01006 | 0242051101 OSHA citation code: 0242051101 A | Serious | 1 | 6 | $140 | $140 | Apr 29, 1990 | - | - |
Showing the 6 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 36 total violations documented in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement database. The complete violation list is available at enforcedata.dol.gov.
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.
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.
8 inspections, 1990 to 1998. 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.