TOWER AUTOMOTIVE INC
1677 PARK DR, TRAVERSE CITY, MI 49686 · NAICS 332116
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Inspection records
Aug 29, 2000#127101194Aug 29, 2000Planned (H) · No Inspection scope, Safety#127101194$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #127101194
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 29, 2000
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 29, 2000
- Closed
- Sep 14, 2000
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Not recorded
- Number of Employees
- Not recorded
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 1677 Park Dr, Traverse City, MI 49686
- Industry
- 332116
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.
May 12, 2000#127149433May 12, 2000Planned (H) · Partial scope, Safety#127149433$1,0802 viol.2 violations$1,080 in penalties
Inspection #127149433
Dates
- Opened
- May 12, 2000
- Closing Conference Date
- Jun 9, 2000
- Closed
- Nov 17, 2000
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 526
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 1 serious, 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $1,800
- Penalties on Record
- $1,080
- Site Address
- 280 Hughes Dr, Traverse City, MI 49686
- Industry
- 332116
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 | 4081246303 OSHA citation code: 4081246303 F | Serious | 1 | 2 | $1,800 | $1,080 | Aug 16, 2000 | - | - |
| 02001 | 4081241201 | Other | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Aug 16, 2000 | - | - |
May 12, 2000#127149367May 12, 2000Accident (A) · Partial scope, Safety#127149367$1,3501 viol.1 violation$1,350 in penalties
Inspection #127149367
Dates
- Opened
- May 12, 2000
- Closing Conference Date
- Jun 9, 2000
- Closed
- Jan 30, 2001
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 526
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $2,250
- Penalties on Record
- $1,350
- Site Address
- 280 Hughes Dr, Traverse City, MI 49686
- Industry
- 332116
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.
Violations
Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 4080.1011 OSHA citation code: 40801011 A | Serious | 1 | 1 | $2,250 | $1,350 | Aug 16, 2000 | - | - |
Apr 29, 1999#125176628Apr 29, 1999Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#125176628$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #125176628
Dates
- Opened
- Apr 29, 1999
- Closing Conference Date
- Apr 29, 1999
- Closed
- May 21, 1999
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 251
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 280 Hughes Dr, Traverse City, MI 49686
- Industry
- 332116
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.
Jan 12, 1998#125032573Jan 12, 1998Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#125032573$1,10012 viol.12 violations$1,100 in penalties
Inspection #125032573
Dates
- Opened
- Jan 12, 1998
- Closing Conference Date
- Jan 13, 1998
- Closed
- Jan 13, 1999
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 112
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 12
- Violation Types
- 3 serious, 9 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $2,200
- Penalties on Record
- $1,100
- Site Address
- 1305 Stepke Ct, Traverse City, MI 49684
- Industry
- 332116
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 (8 of 12 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 4081111504 | Serious | 1 | 1 | $600 | $300 | Feb 20, 1998 | - | - |
| 01002 | 4081246303 OSHA citation code: 4081246303 E | Serious | 5 | 10 | $800 | $400 | Aug 28, 1998 | - | - |
| 01003 | 4081246303 OSHA citation code: 4081246303 F | Serious | 3 | 6 | $800 | $400 | Aug 28, 1998 | - | - |
| 02001 | 4081122205 | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Feb 20, 1998 | - | - |
| 02002 | 4081187201 | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Mar 30, 1998 | - | - |
| 02003 | 4081201201 | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Mar 30, 1998 | - | - |
| 02004 | 4081201502 | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Mar 30, 1998 | - | - |
| 02005 | 4081204201 | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Mar 30, 1998 | - | - |
Showing the 8 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 12 total violations documented in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement database. The complete violation list is available at enforcedata.dol.gov.
Aug 1, 1997#125032128Aug 1, 1997Follow-Up (F) · Partial scope, Safety#125032128$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #125032128
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 1, 1997
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 1, 1997
- Closed
- Aug 11, 1997
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 104
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 1677 Park Dr, Traverse City, MI 49686
- Industry
- 332116
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.
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.
16 inspections, 1997 to 2007. 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
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