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DAVIES WATER EQUIPMENT CO
$15,500
penalties
5
viol.
2
insp.

DAVIES WATER EQUIPMENT CO

5350 N. RICHMOND ST., APPLETON, WI 54913NAICS 423720 Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies (Hydronics) Merchant Wholesalers

Inspections
2
May 2007 to Jul 2008 · 2 safety, 0 health
Violations
5
across 2 inspections
Penalties on record
$15,500
latest amounts in DOL records
By classification
Serious 3Willful 0Repeat 1Other 1

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Inspection records

Jul 21, 2008Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#309842789$11,0003 viol.

Inspection #309842789

Dates

Opened
Jul 21, 2008
Closing Conference Date
Jul 21, 2008
Contested
Sep 19, 2008
Final Order
Apr 20, 2009
Closed
Jun 1, 2009

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
20
Related Activity
1 complaint

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
3
Violation Types
2 serious, 1 repeat
Initial Penalties
$15,000
Penalties on Record
$11,000
Site Address
5350 N. Richmond St., Appleton, WI 54913
Industry
423720 Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies (Hydronics) Merchant Wholesalers

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 (3 of 3 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
01001A1910.178
Powered Industrial Trucks
OSHA citation code: 19100178 L01 I
Serious11$5,000$5,000Aug 28, 2008-Apr 20, 2009
01001B1910.178
Powered Industrial Trucks
OSHA citation code: 19100178 L03 IM
Serious11$0$0Aug 28, 2008-Apr 20, 2009
020011910.178
Powered Industrial Trucks
OSHA citation code: 19100178 O01
Repeat11$10,000$6,000Aug 28, 2008Sep 19, 2008Apr 20, 2009
May 16, 2007Referral (C) · Partial scope, Safety#122017957$4,5002 viol.

Inspection #122017957

Dates

Opened
May 16, 2007
Closing Conference Date
May 21, 2007
Closed
Jun 21, 2007

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
20
Related Activity
1 referral

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
2
Violation Types
1 serious, 1 other-than-serious
Initial Penalties
$4,500
Penalties on Record
$4,500
Site Address
5350 N. Richmond St., Appleton, WI 54913
Industry
423720 Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies (Hydronics) Merchant Wholesalers

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.

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.

HospitalizationMay 16, 2007

Employee is injured when struck by falling pipe

Injury: FractureBody part: HeadSource: Materials Handling EquipmentEvent: Struck By

Violations

Violation list (2 of 2 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010011910.178
Powered Industrial Trucks
OSHA citation code: 19100178 O01
Serious11$4,500$4,500Jun 10, 2007--
020011910.178
Powered Industrial Trucks
OSHA citation code: 19100178 L04 III
Other11$0$0Jun 10, 2007--
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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.

Standards cited

1910.178Powered Industrial Trucks5 citations · $15,500

Industry comparison

Violations per inspection
This employer2.5
Industry average2.6
Penalties per inspection
This employer$7,750
Industry average$2,639

Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods, 25,331 employers with OSHA inspections. Arithmetic from DOL records.

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