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POLAR BEAR GIFTS INC
$750
penalties
4
viol.
2
insp.

POLAR BEAR GIFTS INC

442 WEST 5TH AVE., ANCHORAGE, AK 99501NAICS 453220 Gift, Novelty, and Souvenir Stores

Inspections
2
Mar 2006 to Mar 2010 · 2 safety, 0 health
Violations
4
across 2 inspections
Penalties on record
$750
latest amounts in DOL records
By classification
Serious 0Willful 0Repeat 0Other 4

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Inspection records

Mar 2, 2010Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#310857404$02 viol.

Inspection #310857404

Dates

Opened
Mar 2, 2010
Closing Conference Date
Mar 2, 2010
Closed
May 28, 2010

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
4
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
442 West 5th Ave., Anchorage, AK 99501
Industry
453220 Gift, Novelty, and Souvenir Stores

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)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010011910.132
Personal Protective Equipment - General Requirements
OSHA citation code: 19100132 D01
Other112$0$0May 25, 2010--
010021910.305
Electrical - Wiring Methods, Components, and Equipment
OSHA citation code: 19100305 J01 I
Other14$0$0Apr 16, 2010--
Mar 15, 2006FatalityAccident (A) · Partial scope, Safety#308536945$7502 viol.

Inspection #308536945

Dates

Opened
Mar 15, 2006
Closing Conference Date
Mar 15, 2006
Closed
Jun 7, 2006

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
10
Related Activity
1 accident

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
2
Violation Types
2 other-than-serious
Initial Penalties
$1,500
Penalties on Record
$750
Site Address
600 W. 4th Ave, Anchorage, AK 99501
Industry
452990

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.

FatalityFeb 21, 2006

Employee dies after fall

Injury: FractureBody part: NeckSource: Bodily MotionEvent: Fall (Same Level)

Violations

Violation list (2 of 2 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010011800.6058
OSHA citation code: 18006058 A
Other11$1,500$750May 1, 2006--
010021910.37
Maintenance, Safeguards, and Operational Features for Exit Routes
OSHA citation code: 19100037 A03
Other12$0$0May 1, 2006--
Inspections 1 to 2 of 2, newest first

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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

1800.60581 citation · $750
1910.37Maintenance, Safeguards, and Operational Features for Exit Routes1 citation · $0
1910.132Personal Protective Equipment - General Requirements1 citation · $0

Industry comparison

Violations per inspection
This employer2.0
Industry average1.8
Penalties per inspection
This employer$375
Industry average$2,526

NAICS 453, 5,558 employers with OSHA inspections. Arithmetic from DOL records.

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