PORTAC INC
4215 EAST-WEST RD, TACOMA, WA 98421
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Inspection records
Jun 6, 2006#310047527Jun 6, 2006Planned (H) · Complete scope, Health#310047527$6002 viol.2 violations$600 in penalties
Inspection #310047527
Dates
- Opened
- Jun 6, 2006
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 1, 2006
- Contested
- Sep 22, 2006
- Final Order
- Feb 16, 2007
- Closed
- Mar 3, 2008
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 147
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 2 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $700
- Penalties on Record
- $600
- Site Address
- 4215 Sr 509/N Frontage Rd, Tacoma, WA 98421
- Industry
- 321113 Sawmills
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 | 8002802501 | Serious | 3 | 30 | $350 | $350 | Mar 12, 2007 | Sep 22, 2006 | Feb 16, 2007 |
| 01002 | 8063.16 | Serious | 1 | 10 | $350 | $250 | Jun 6, 2006 | Sep 22, 2006 | Feb 16, 2007 |
Mar 12, 1998#115178667Mar 12, 1998Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#115178667$02 viol.2 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #115178667
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 12, 1998
- Closing Conference Date
- Apr 3, 1998
- Contested
- May 7, 1998
- Final Order
- Oct 21, 1998
- Closed
- Jan 19, 1999
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 140
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 2 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 4215 Sr 509/N Frontage Rd, 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 (2 of 2 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 240.40 | Other | 1 | 5 | $0 | $0 | Nov 12, 1998 | May 7, 1998 | Oct 21, 1998 |
| 01002 | 0240004505 OSHA citation code: 0240004505 B | Other | 1 | 150 | $0 | $0 | Nov 12, 1998 | May 7, 1998 | Oct 21, 1998 |
Jun 6, 1996#115424210Jun 6, 1996FatalityAccident (A) · Complete scope, SafetyFatality#115424210$1,6001 viol.1 violation$1,600 in penalties
Inspection #115424210
Dates
- Opened
- Jun 6, 1996
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 11, 1996
- Contested
- Jan 14, 1997
- Final Order
- Jul 28, 1998
- Closed
- Dec 4, 1998
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 145
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $2,400
- Penalties on Record
- $1,600
- Site Address
- 4215 East-West Rd, Tacoma, WA 98421
- 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 by head carriage
Violations
Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01003 | 0785651306 OSHA citation code: 0785651306 B | Serious | 1 | 10 | $2,400 | $1,600 | Dec 11, 1996 | Jan 14, 1997 | Jul 28, 1998 |
Sep 20, 1994#111269635Sep 20, 1994Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#111269635$01 viol.1 violation$0 in penalties
Inspection #111269635
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 20, 1994
- Closing Conference Date
- Sep 20, 1994
- Closed
- Nov 2, 1994
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 164
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 4215 East-West Rd, 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 (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 0620541503 OSHA citation code: 0620541503 B | Other | 1 | 4 | $0 | $0 | Nov 6, 1994 | - | - |
Aug 20, 1991#111390126Aug 20, 1991Unprogrammed Related (G) · Complete scope, Safety#111390126$9001 viol.1 violation$900 in penalties
Inspection #111390126
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 20, 1991
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 27, 1991
- Contested
- Oct 16, 1991
- Final Order
- Jul 20, 1992
- Closed
- Oct 8, 1993
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 10
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $900
- Penalties on Record
- $900
- Site Address
- 4215 East - West Rd, Tacoma, WA 98421
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Unprogrammed Related Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an unprogrammed related inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. The public DOL category label is preserved here without adding extra interpretation beyond the government label.
Violations
Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 0540059321 | Serious | 3 | 3 | $900 | $900 | Aug 27, 1991 | Oct 16, 1991 | Jul 20, 1992 |
Sep 18, 1990#111600417Sep 18, 1990Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#111600417$1601 viol.1 violation$160 in penalties
Inspection #111600417
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 18, 1990
- Closing Conference Date
- Nov 2, 1990
- Contested
- Jan 29, 1991
- Closed
- Oct 1, 1992
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 155
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $160
- Penalties on Record
- $160
- Site Address
- 4215 East-West Rd, 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 (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 242.1515 | Serious | 1 | 2 | $160 | $160 | Feb 5, 1991 | Jan 29, 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.
6 inspections, 1990 to 2006. 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: sawmills reported 4.2 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers (total recordable cases, national, private industry; relative standard error 7.9%). This is an industry-wide average from a federal survey, not a measurement of this establishment. Source