WARD EATON INC
1475 PREMIER ST, TRAVERSE CITY, MI 49686 · NAICS 488410 Motor Vehicle Towing
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Feb 22, 2017#342120433Feb 22, 2017Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#342120433$04 viol.4 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #342120433
Dates
- Opened
- Feb 22, 2017
- Closing Conference Date
- Feb 24, 2017
- Final Order
- Apr 20, 2017
- Closed
- Jul 10, 2017
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 18
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 4
- Violation Types
- 4 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 1475 Premier St, Traverse City, MI 49686
- Industry
- 488410 Motor Vehicle Towing
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 | 408.10835(3) | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Apr 28, 2017 | - | Apr 20, 2017 |
| 01002 | 408.11222(1) | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Apr 28, 2017 | - | Apr 20, 2017 |
| 01003A | 408.17225(1) | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Apr 28, 2017 | - | Apr 20, 2017 |
| 01003B | 408.17252(2) | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Apr 28, 2017 | - | Apr 20, 2017 |
Mar 17, 2009#308883313Mar 17, 2009Follow-Up (F) · Partial scope, Safety#308883313$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #308883313
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 17, 2009
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 17, 2009
- Closed
- May 11, 2009
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 17
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 1475 Premier St, Traverse City, MI 49686
- Industry
- 488410 Motor Vehicle Towing
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 17, 2009#308883305Mar 17, 2009Follow-Up (F) · Partial scope, Safety#308883305$2501 viol.1 violation$250 in penalties
Inspection #308883305
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 17, 2009
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 17, 2009
- Closed
- May 11, 2009
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 17
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $500
- Penalties on Record
- $250
- Site Address
- 1475 Premier St, Traverse City, MI 49686
- Industry
- 488410 Motor Vehicle Towing
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 (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 4082235601 | Serious | 1 | 17 | $500 | $250 | May 20, 2009 | - | - |
Sep 5, 2008#308833995Sep 5, 2008Planned (H) · Partial scope, Safety#308833995$1,2004 viol.4 violations$1,200 in penalties
Inspection #308833995
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 5, 2008
- Closing Conference Date
- Nov 13, 2008
- Closed
- May 11, 2009
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 17
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 4
- Violation Types
- 4 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $1,200
- Penalties on Record
- $1,200
- Site Address
- 1475 Premier St, Traverse City, MI 49686
- Industry
- 488410 Motor Vehicle Towing
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 | 4081330801 | Serious | 1 | 17 | $400 | $400 | Jan 20, 2009 | - | - |
| 01002A | 4081721301 | Serious | 1 | 17 | $400 | $400 | Jan 20, 2009 | - | - |
| 01002B | 4081339201 | Serious | 1 | 17 | $0 | $0 | Jan 20, 2009 | - | - |
| 01003 | 1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 E01 | Serious | 1 | 17 | $400 | $400 | Jan 20, 2009 | - | - |
Failure to Abate Penalties1 citation, $250 in FTA penalties on record
OSHA's enforcement record shows Failure to Abate (FTA) activity recorded against 1 citation issued in this inspection. An FTA penalty is assessed during a follow-up inspection when OSHA's records indicate a previously cited hazard was not corrected by the abatement date. Each row below shows the FTA fields published on the original citation record: the follow-up inspection number, the FTA issuance date, the FTA penalty amount, and any FTA contest or final order date on record.
| Citation | FTA Inspection | FTA Issuance | FTA Penalty | FTA Contest | FTA Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | #308883305 | Apr 17, 2009 | $250 | - | - |
Sep 5, 2008#308833946Sep 5, 2008FatalityAccident (A) · Partial scope, SafetyFatality#308833946$2,7003 viol.3 violations$2,700 in penalties
Inspection #308833946
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 5, 2008
- Closing Conference Date
- Nov 13, 2008
- Closed
- May 11, 2009
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 17
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 3
- Violation Types
- 1 serious, 2 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $2,700
- Penalties on Record
- $2,700
- Site Address
- 1475 Premier St, Traverse City, MI 49686
- Industry
- 488410 Motor Vehicle Towing
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 is killed by vehicle when it lunges forward
Violations
Violation list (3 of 3 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 4081.7211 OSHA citation code: 40817211 A | Serious | 1 | 1 | $1,500 | $1,500 | Jan 20, 2009 | - | - |
| 02001 | 4082212904 | Other | 1 | 1 | $200 | $200 | Jan 20, 2009 | - | - |
| 02002 | 4082213901 | Other | 1 | 1 | $1,000 | $1,000 | Jan 20, 2009 | - | - |
Failure to Abate Penalties1 citation, $1,500 in FTA penalties on record
OSHA's enforcement record shows Failure to Abate (FTA) activity recorded against 1 citation issued in this inspection. An FTA penalty is assessed during a follow-up inspection when OSHA's records indicate a previously cited hazard was not corrected by the abatement date. Each row below shows the FTA fields published on the original citation record: the follow-up inspection number, the FTA issuance date, the FTA penalty amount, and any FTA contest or final order date on record.
| Citation | FTA Inspection | FTA Issuance | FTA Penalty | FTA Contest | FTA Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | #308883313 | Apr 17, 2009 | $1,500 | - | - |
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About these records
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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.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data, violations table fields fta_insp_nr, fta_issuance_date, fta_penalty, fta_contest_date, fta_final_order_date. The FTA follow-up inspection is linked via fta_insp_nr to the inspection activity number (exact government key). When the follow-up inspection is not currently on record in SafetyRecord, the inspection number is shown without a link.
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.
5 inspections, 2008 to 2017. 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
Support Activities for Transportation, 10,065 employers with OSHA inspections. Arithmetic from DOL records.
BLS 2024 survey: motor vehicle towing reported 2.3 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers (total recordable cases, national, private industry; relative standard error 40.4%; NAICS 48841 level). This is an industry-wide average from a federal survey, not a measurement of this establishment. Source