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AMBASSADOR SERVICES INC

9025 N ALTLANTIC AVE 9026 HERRING WAREHOUSE, PORT CANAVERAL, FL, 32920
488320Marine Cargo Handling

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OSHA inspections
11
over 32 years
Violations
25
$22,479 in penalties
Penalties
$22,479
$899 avg
Violations across 3 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 fatality · 3 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

AMBASSADOR SERVICES INC has accumulated 25 OSHA violations across 11 inspections over 32 years of recorded history, with $22,479 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 97th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 160 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 97th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 5 years ago.

Federal records were found in 3 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

AMBASSADOR SERVICES INC appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, and NLRB labor relations records only. No matching records were found in MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
11
0.3 / yr · last 32 yrs
Violations
25
0.8 / yr
Penalties
$22,479
$899 avg / violation
80% serious20% other
Inspection trigger · planned
7 of 11
Inspection trigger · complaint
1 of 11

73% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 8 inspections producing serious-or-greater violations.

Most-cited OSHA standards

Top OSHA standards cited at this employer, ranked by citation count. Standards (CFR sections) cluster citations into safety themes -- machine guarding, lockout-tagout, hazard communication, fall protection, process safety, etc. A concentration on one or two sections reveals a pattern that individual citations don’t. 20 distinct standards shown · 21 citations in this view · $22,479 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1917.0043 E0622$3,327Mar 2005Aug 2017
5A000111$3,675Oct 2003Oct 2003
29 CFR 1918.0032 B11$2,250Oct 2006Oct 2006
29 CFR 1917.0112 B0111$1,875Mar 2005Mar 2005
29 CFR 1910.0037 B0211$1,388Aug 2020Aug 2020
29 CFR 1917.0048 A0111$1,181Oct 2006Oct 2006
29 CFR 1917.0094 A11$1,125Oct 2006Oct 2006
29 CFR 1918.0081 A11$1,125Oct 2006Oct 2006
29 CFR 1918.0081 K11$1,125Oct 2006Oct 2006
29 CFR 1918.0093 A01 I11$1,050Dec 1996Dec 1996
29 CFR 1917.0027 B0111$656Mar 2005Mar 2005
29 CFR 1917.0027 A0111$656Mar 2005Mar 2005
29 CFR 1917.0043 E06 I11$656Mar 2005Mar 2005
29 CFR 1918.0021 A11$630Dec 1996Dec 1996
29 CFR 1918.0096 A11$630Dec 1996Dec 1996
29 CFR 1918.0102 A0211$410Dec 1996Dec 1996
29 CFR 1917.0043 E06 V11$394Mar 2005Mar 2005
29 CFR 1918.010411$325Jan 1995Jan 1995
29 CFR 1917.0043 B0111Aug 2017Aug 2017
29 CFR 1917.0026 D11Oct 2006Oct 2006

Source: OSHA inspection citations (violation_detail). CFR section codes can be looked up at osha.gov/laws-regs for the formal standard text. Per-inspection detail and the specific violation descriptions are available by expanding individual inspections below.

Peer comparison

97th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 4883 within FL. Peer group: 160 employers. This establishment has 25 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
91st
peer median: $2,725
Inspection frequency
97th
peer median: 1

Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)

No self-reported injury rates filed with OSHA's Injury Tracking Application for AMBASSADOR SERVICES INC. Verify directly with OSHA Injury Tracking Application

Industry benchmark

Industry avg TRIR
2.4
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.8
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
Not in OSHA ITA

BLS rates reflect industry-wide averages. Self-reported figures come from OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application; absence of self-reported data does not necessarily indicate non-compliance — many establishments fall below the ITA reporting threshold.

Inspection breakdown

Planned
7
Complaint
1
Accident
1
Referral
1

Complaint- and accident-triggered inspections are stronger risk signals than routine planned inspections.

OSHA severe injury reports

Self-reported events under 29 CFR 1904.39 (24-hour notification of hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) · Jan 2023

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
1
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Water vehicle incident, n.e.c.

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports (federal OSHA only; state-plan states like California, Oregon, and Washington maintain their own programs and do not consistently report into this feed).

Severe injury reports — events

Each row is a hospitalization, amputation, or eye-loss event the employer self-reported to OSHA under 29 CFR 1904.39. Narratives are written by the reporting employer.

DateEventBody partOutcome
Jan 9, 2023Water vehicle incident, n.e.c.Arm(s), unspecifiedHospitalized

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.

OSHA accident events

Accidents, fatalities, and catastrophes documented during OSHA inspections at this employer. Each entry links to the inspection that recorded it.

DateEventInjuriesHospitalizedFatalities
Apr 9, 2003FRACTURE,TORSO,STRUCK BY,SPREADER BARFatality11

Source: OSHA accident investigations. Narratives are recorded by the inspecting officer and may be truncated.

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
5 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 5+ years. Most recent activity: 5 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
2
Back wages owed
$76,537
Employees affected
116

Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division — minimum-wage, overtime, child-labor, FMLA, and prevailing-wage enforcement.

Wage and hour breakdown by law

Per-statute totals across all closed DOL Wage & Hour cases against this employer. Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty is the separate fine where applicable. Some acts (Davis-Bacon, SCA, CWHSSA, H-2B, CCPA) don't carry a civil penalty field in DOL's data. 3 statutes · 280 violations · $76,537 in backwages · $15,125 in civil penalties

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Service Contract Act (federal services)Jun 20091216110$74,807
CWHSSA (federal-contract overtime)Jun 200915858$1,730
FLSA Child Labor
6 minors involved
Jan 200516$15,125

Source: DOL WHD enforcement database, aggregated per statute. Lifetime totals. A case can cite multiple statutes — so the total here may exceed the case count in the table above.

Wage and hour cases

Closed DOL Wage & Hour Division cases (FLSA, FMLA, H-2B, MSPA, and related statutes). Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty (CMP) is a separate fine levied on top, where the statute provides for one (FLSA / H-1B / H-2A / MSPA / FMLA / EPPA / FLSA Child Labor; other acts have no CMP column in DOL’s data). The Statutes column lists which laws each case cited. 2 cases · 280 violations · $76,537 in backwages · $15,125 in civil penalties · 116 workers affected · 1 child-labor case (6 minors)

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Jun 2007 – Jun 2009Marine Cargo HandlingCWHSSASCA274110$76,537
Jan 2003 – Jan 2005General Freight Trucking, LocalChild Labor
6 minors
66$15,125

Source: DOL WHD enforcement database. Cases shown reflect those the agency has closed and made public. A violation count is the agency’s tally of cited violations (one violation can affect many workers); the workers column counts distinct employees the agency found to be affected.

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for AMBASSADOR SERVICES INC. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in FL — for AMBASSADOR SERVICES INC, not this location alone

Total cases
7
Unfair labor practice
6
Representation (union)
1

National Labor Relations Board — unfair labor practice charges and union representation cases. The NLRB records cases at the company/regional level (no worksite address), so these are matched by company name and state and may span other AMBASSADOR SERVICES INC locations in the same state.

NLRB cases

National Labor Relations Board cases involving this employer. Includes unfair labor practice (ULP) filings and representation election proceedings. NLRB enforcement is process-driven; no per-case monetary penalty is assessed (remedies are case-by-case backpay orders, posting requirements, election re-runs, etc.). 7 cases · 6 ULP · 1 representation

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
12-CA-073899Unfair labor practiceFeb 2012Jan 2013ClosedRegion 12, Tampa, Florida
12-CA-026873Unfair labor practiceSep 2010Mar 2011ClosedRegion 12, Tampa, Florida
12-CA-026832Unfair labor practiceAug 2010Jun 2017ClosedRegion 12, Tampa, Florida
12-RD-001076Representation electionJun 2010Apr 2011ClosedRegion 12, Tampa, Florida
12-CA-026759Unfair labor practiceJun 2010Jun 2017ClosedRegion 12, Tampa, Florida
12-CA-026758Unfair labor practiceJun 2010Jun 2017ClosedRegion 12, Tampa, Florida
12-CA-026752Unfair labor practiceMay 2010Jan 2011ClosedRegion 12, Tampa, Florida

Source: NLRB case files. Rows shown are those the agency has published. Region numbers (1–31) correspond to NLRB's geographic offices.

Visa & labor certification (OFLC) — historical

No H-1B, H-2A, or H-2B labor condition applications on file (historical data only — DOL ended OFLC publication) for AMBASSADOR SERVICES INC. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for AMBASSADOR SERVICES INC. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

EPA-registered facilities

Every EPA ECHO facility associated with this employer, sorted most-significant first. Each row links to EPA’s Detailed Facility Report for the source-of-truth record. Permits column lists active programs (Air = Clean Air Act, Water = Clean Water Act, RCRA = hazardous waste, TRI = Toxics Release Inventory reporting). 2 facilities.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
AMBASSADOR SERVICES
245 CHALLENGER ROAD · CAPE CANAVERAL, FL, 32920
RCRANo Violation Identified00Jul 2013View →
AMBASSADOR SERVICES, INC.
9012 HERRING STREET · CAPE CANAVERAL, FL, 32920
WaterRCRANo Violation Identified00Jun 2002View →

Source: EPA ECHO (Enforcement and Compliance History Online). Compliance status follows EPA’s own labels (“Sig Violation” = significant noncompliance; QNCR = quarters of noncompliance over the recent reporting window). Inactive facilities (struck through) retain historical enforcement records even after operations ceased.

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for AMBASSADOR SERVICES INC. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

This location

Obligated (5-yr)
$66K
Obligated (all-time)
$318K
Awards
6
Top agency
Department of Commerce
$318K
Largest awards
  • Department of Commerce
    PROVIDE PORT SERVICES FOR NOAA SHIP FERDINAND HASSLER
    contract · Last action 2021-08-24
    $139,377
  • Department of Commerce
    PROVIDE HUSBANDRY SERVICES FOR THE NOAA SHIP RONALD BROWN AT SOUTHEAST FLORIDA.
    contract · Last action 2022-12-08
    $81,917
  • Department of Commerce
    PROVIDE HUSBANDRY SERVICES FOR THE NOAA SHIP OKEANOS EXPLORER AT CAPE CANAVERAL.
    contract · Last action 2022-01-28
    $51,303
  • Department of Commerce
    PROVIDE HUSBANDRY SERVICE AT THE MIAMI PORT, FL. TO THE NOAA SHIP RONALD BROWN.
    contract · Last action 2022-02-17
    $18,122
  • Department of Commerce
    PROVIDE PORT SERVICES FOR THE NOAA SHIP OKEANOS EXPLORER.
    contract · Last action 2021-08-17
    $15,908
  • Department of Commerce
    PORT SERVICES FOR NOAA SHIP OREGON II
    contract · Last action 2021-11-09
    $11,511

Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Primary NAICS: 488310 - PORT AND HARBOR OPERATIONS. Last action: 2022-12-08. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2020-06-30Unprogrammed Related11$1,388
2017-03-10Referral22$2,933
2006-09-29Planned54$5,625
2006-09-21Planned11$1,181
2005-01-06Complaint66$4,631
2003-04-09Accident11$3,675
1997-08-20Planned0$0
1996-09-24Planned84$2,720
1996-06-06Planned0$0
1995-01-10Planned11$325
1994-05-10Planned0$0

Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on AMBASSADOR SERVICES INC from every major federal compliance and enforcement source plus the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. OSHA workplace safety inspections, WHD wage cases, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental enforcement, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa/labor certification, FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov debarments, CMS nursing-home records, BLS industry safety benchmarks, OSHA ITA self-reported injury rates, SEC enforcement and financial disclosures, CPSC and NHTSA recalls.

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Frequently asked

What is AMBASSADOR SERVICES INC's OSHA violation history?
AMBASSADOR SERVICES INC has 11 OSHA inspections on record with 25 violations and $22,478.7 in total penalties.
How does AMBASSADOR SERVICES INC's safety record compare to its industry?
AMBASSADOR SERVICES INC operates in the marine cargo handling industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.4.
Has AMBASSADOR SERVICES INC had any workplace fatalities?
Yes. Federal records show 1 fatality investigation involving AMBASSADOR SERVICES INC.