NORTHWEST LABS
29580 NORTHWESTERN HIGHWAY, SOUTHFIELD, MI 48034 · NAICS 541380 Testing Laboratories
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Inspection records
Oct 28, 2022#346311533Oct 28, 2022Follow-Up (F) · Records Only scope, Health#346311533$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #346311533
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 28, 2022
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 28, 2022
- Closed
- Mar 3, 2025
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 19
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 29580 Northwestern Highway, Southfield, MI 48034
- 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.
Mar 7, 2022#345819114Mar 7, 2022Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#345819114$3,90010 viol.10 violations$3,900 in penalties
Inspection #345819114
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 7, 2022
- Closing Conference Date
- May 19, 2022
- Final Order
- Jun 28, 2022
- Closed
- Mar 3, 2025
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 45
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 10
- Violation Types
- 9 serious, 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $3,900
- Penalties on Record
- $3,900
- Site Address
- 29580 Northwestern Highway, Southfield, MI 48034
- 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 (10 of 10 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001A | 325.70003(1) | Serious | 1 | 16 | $1,500 | $1,500 | Jul 1, 2022 | - | Jun 28, 2022 |
| 01001B | 325.70016(2) | Serious | 1 | 16 | $0 | $0 | Jul 1, 2022 | - | Jun 28, 2022 |
| 01001C | 325.70013(4) | Serious | 1 | 16 | $0 | $0 | Jul 1, 2022 | - | Jun 28, 2022 |
| 01002A | 1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 E01 | Serious | 1 | 16 | $1,200 | $1,200 | Jul 1, 2022 | - | Jun 28, 2022 |
| 01002B | 1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 H01 | Serious | 1 | 16 | $0 | $0 | Jul 1, 2022 | - | Jun 28, 2022 |
| 01003A | 1910.134 Respiratory Protection OSHA citation code: 19100134 E01 | Serious | 1 | 16 | $1,200 | $1,200 | Jul 1, 2022 | - | Jun 28, 2022 |
| 01003B | 1910.134 Respiratory Protection OSHA citation code: 19100134 F01 | Serious | 1 | 16 | $0 | $0 | Jul 1, 2022 | - | Jun 28, 2022 |
| 01003C | 1910.134 Respiratory Protection OSHA citation code: 19100134 K | Serious | 1 | 16 | $0 | $0 | Jul 1, 2022 | - | Jun 28, 2022 |
| 01003D | 1910.134 Respiratory Protection OSHA citation code: 19100134 C01 | Serious | 1 | 16 | $0 | $0 | Jul 1, 2022 | - | Jun 28, 2022 |
| 02001 | 408.22129(1) | Other | 1 | 16 | $0 | $0 | Jul 1, 2022 | - | Jun 28, 2022 |
Failure to Abate Penalties5 citations, $30,000 in FTA penalties on record
OSHA's enforcement record shows Failure to Abate (FTA) activity recorded against 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001A | #1631153 | Jan 10, 2023 | $15,000 | - | Feb 7, 2023 |
| 01001B | #1631153 | Jan 10, 2023 | - | - | Feb 7, 2023 |
| 01001C | #1631153 | Jan 10, 2023 | - | - | Feb 7, 2023 |
| 01002A | #1631153 | Jan 10, 2023 | $12,000 | - | Feb 7, 2023 |
| 02001 | #1631153 | Jan 10, 2023 | $3,000 | - | Feb 7, 2023 |
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.
2 inspections, 2022 to 2022. 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.
Standards cited
Industry comparison
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services, 16,184 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