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9935 PACIFIC HIGHWAY, BLAINE, WA 98230 · NAICS 541380 Testing Laboratories
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Inspection records
Apr 5, 2017#342226677Apr 5, 2017Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#342226677$01 viol.1 violation$0 in penalties
Inspection #342226677
Dates
- Opened
- Apr 5, 2017
- Closing Conference Date
- Apr 5, 2017
- Final Order
- Jun 7, 2017
- Closed
- Jun 26, 2017
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Federal
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 12
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 9935 Pacific Highway, Blaine, WA 98230
- Industry
- 541380 Testing Laboratories
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 (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.22 Walking-Working Surfaces - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100022 A01 | Other | 1 | 12 | $0 | $0 | Jun 29, 2017 | - | Jun 7, 2017 |
Mar 15, 2011#314898909Mar 15, 2011Follow-Up (F) · Partial scope, Health#314898909$02 viol.2 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #314898909
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 15, 2011
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 15, 2011
- Closed
- Jun 24, 2011
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Federal
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 14
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 2 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 9935 Pacific Highway, Blaine, WA 98230
- Industry
- 541380 Testing Laboratories
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 (2 of 2 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1960.25 Qualifications of safety and health inspectors and agency inspections OSHA citation code: 19600025 C | Other | 1 | 14 | $0 | $0 | Aug 8, 2011 | - | - |
| 01002 | 1960.55 Training of supervisors OSHA citation code: 19600055 A | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Aug 8, 2011 | - | - |
Oct 27, 2010#309098572Oct 27, 2010Planned (H) · Complete scope, Health#309098572$02 viol.2 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #309098572
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 27, 2010
- Closing Conference Date
- Oct 27, 2010
- Closed
- Jun 24, 2011
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Federal
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 14
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 2 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 9935 Pacific Highway, Blaine, WA 98230
- Industry
- 541380 Testing Laboratories
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 | 1960.55 Training of supervisors OSHA citation code: 19600055 A | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Jan 18, 2011 | - | - |
| 01002 | 1960.25 Qualifications of safety and health inspectors and agency inspections OSHA citation code: 19600025 C | Other | 1 | 14 | $0 | $0 | Jan 18, 2011 | - | - |
Failure to Abate Penalties2 citations
OSHA's enforcement record shows Failure to Abate (FTA) activity recorded against 2 citations 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 | #314898909 | Apr 6, 2011 | - | - | - |
| 01002 | #314898909 | Apr 6, 2011 | - | - | - |
Oct 27, 2010#309098564Oct 27, 2010Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#309098564$02 viol.2 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #309098564
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 27, 2010
- Closing Conference Date
- Oct 27, 2010
- Closed
- Jan 3, 2011
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Federal
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 14
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 2 repeat
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 9935 Pacific Highway, Blaine, WA 98230
- Industry
- 541380 Testing Laboratories
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 | 1910.37 Maintenance, Safeguards, and Operational Features for Exit Routes OSHA citation code: 19100037 B02 | Repeat | 1 | 12 | $0 | $0 | Dec 7, 2010 | - | - |
| 01002 | 1910.303 Electrical - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100303 B02 | Repeat | 1 | 12 | $0 | $0 | Dec 7, 2010 | - | - |
Feb 28, 2006#309089589Feb 28, 2006Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#309089589$02 viol.2 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #309089589
Dates
- Opened
- Feb 28, 2006
- Closing Conference Date
- Feb 28, 2006
- Closed
- Mar 10, 2006
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Federal
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 9
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 1 repeat, 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 9935 Pacific Highway, Blaine, WA 98230
- Industry
- 541380 Testing Laboratories
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 | 1910.303 Electrical - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100303 B02 | Repeat | 3 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Mar 8, 2006 | - | - |
| 02001 | 1910.38 Emergency Action Plans OSHA citation code: 19100038 A | Other | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Mar 16, 2006 | - | - |
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 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, 2006 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
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services, 16,183 employers with OSHA inspections. Arithmetic from DOL records.
BLS 2024 survey: testing laboratories reported 0.9 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers (total recordable cases, national, private industry; relative standard error 14.9%; NAICS 54138 level). This is an industry-wide average from a federal survey, not a measurement of this establishment. Source