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APLICARE, INC.

550 RESEARCH PARKWAY, MERIDEN, CT, 06450
Operated by The Clorox Compan
339112Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing

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OSHA inspections
4
over 16 years
Violations
9
$8,190 in penalties
Penalties
$8,190
$910 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

APLICARE, INC. has accumulated 9 OSHA violations across 4 inspections over 16 years of recorded history, with $8,190 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 71st percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 35 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 94th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 9 years ago.

Federal records were found in 2 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

APLICARE, INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety and EPA environmental compliance records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, NLRB labor relations, 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
4
0.3 / yr · last 16 yrs
Violations
9
0.6 / yr
Penalties
$8,190
$910 avg / violation
33% serious67% other
Inspection trigger · referral
4 of 4

50% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 2 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. 7 distinct standards shown · 9 citations in this view · $8,190 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1904.0029 B0131$1,680Mar 2010Mar 2010
29 CFR 1910.0178 N0411$2,800Mar 2010Mar 2010
29 CFR 1910.0132 D0111$2,520Jan 2012Jan 2012
29 CFR 1904.0029 B0211$630Jan 2012Jan 2012
29 CFR 1904.0032 B0311$560Mar 2010Mar 2010
29 CFR 1910.0132 F0111Jan 2012Jan 2012
29 CFR 1910.0178 L0611Mar 2010Mar 2010

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

71st

Above average violations in NAICS 3391 within CT. Peer group: 35 employers. This establishment has 9 OSHA violations; peer median is 4.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
68th
peer median: $5,775
Inspection frequency
94th
peer median: 1

Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)

Recordable injury rates the employer filed with OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application. DART covers cases with days away, restricted, or transferred; TRIR is the total recordable case rate.

DART rate
2.2
vs industry
+1.5
TRIR
3.0
vs industry
+1.5

Reported for 132 average annual employees at this establishment.

Source: OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported). Rates are per 100 full-time equivalent workers. Establishments below the ~10-FTE threshold are not required to report.

Industry benchmark

Industry avg TRIR
1.5
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
0.7
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
3.0
OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported)

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

Referral
4

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) · Nov 2016

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
0
Amputations
1
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified

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
Nov 9, 2016Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecifiedFingertip(s)Amputation

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

Activity timeline

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

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 9+ years. Most recent activity: 9 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for APLICARE, INC.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

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

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for APLICARE, INC.. Verify directly with National Labor Relations Board

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 APLICARE, INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
2
Quarters non-compliant
2

EPA Enforcement and Compliance History — Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Safe Drinking Water Act. Status: No Violation Identified.

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). 1 facility.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
APLICARE
550 RESEARCH PKY · MERIDEN, CT, 06450
WaterRCRANo Violation Identified
QNCR 2
20Aug 2023View →

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 APLICARE, INC.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

This location

Obligated (5-yr)
$0
Obligated (all-time)
$5K
Awards
19
Top agency
Department of Veterans Affairs
$5K
Largest awards
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    SMALL PURCHASE DATA
    contract · Last action 2008-09-17
    $805
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    AMPULES PVP #82278
    contract · Last action 2008-07-07
    $604
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    AMPULES PVP #82278
    contract · Last action 2008-06-05
    $604
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    SOLUTION,HAND SCRUB,SURGICAL,4% CHLORHEXIDINE GLU
    contract · Last action 2008-06-18
    $509
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    SOLUTION,HAND SCRUB,SURGICAL,4% CHLORHEXIDINE GLU
    contract · Last action 2007-11-26
    $398
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    SOLUTION,HAND SCRUB,SURGICAL,4% CHLORHEXIDINE GLU
    contract · Last action 2007-11-07
    $308
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    SOLUTION,HAND SCRUB,SURGICAL,4% CHLORHEXIDINE GLU
    contract · Last action 2007-10-22
    $308
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    POVIDONE IODINE PACKETS
    contract · Last action 2007-12-28
    $270
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    SOLUTION,PATIENT PREP,POVIDONE IODINE IODOPHOR,TO
    contract · Last action 2007-11-29
    $253
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    SOLUTION,HAND SCRUB,SURGICAL,4% CHLORHEXIDINE GLU
    contract · Last action 2008-03-27
    $200
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    SOLUTION,HAND SCRUB,SURGICAL,4% CHLORHEXIDINE GLU
    contract · Last action 2008-02-29
    $200
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    WIPE,SKIN PREP,POVIDONE-IODINE,1 1/4 X 1 1/2 INCH
    contract · Last action 2008-06-30
    $193
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    SOLUTION,PATIENT PREP,POVIDONE IODINE IODOPHOR,TO
    contract · Last action 2008-05-02
    $119
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    COMPOUND BENZION PACKETS
    contract · Last action 2007-11-27
    $97
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    IDOPHOR SWABS
    contract · Last action 2008-05-15
    $76
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    IDOPHOR SWABS
    contract · Last action 2008-04-24
    $76
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    SMALL PURCHASE DATA
    contract · Last action 2008-08-18
    $30
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    SOLUTION,PATIENT PREP,POVIDONE-IODINE 10%,BOTTLE,
    contract · Last action 2008-06-12
    $30
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    SOLUTION,PATIENT PREP,POVIDONE-IODINE 10%,BOTTLE,
    contract · Last action 2008-04-10
    $30

Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Last action: 2008-09-17. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2016-11-09Referral0$0
2016-06-09Referral0$0
2011-08-23Referral32$3,150
2009-11-12Referral61$5,040

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

APLICARE, INC. is one of 1 establishments rolled up under the parent organization The Clorox Compan.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of The Clorox Compan across all 1 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on APLICARE, 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.

Establishments are matched across agencies using normalized employer name, state, and ZIP code. This establishment resolves to the parent rollup The Clorox Compan.

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Frequently asked

What is APLICARE, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
APLICARE, INC. has 4 OSHA inspections on record with 9 violations and $8,190 in total penalties.
How does APLICARE, INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
APLICARE, INC. operates in the surgical and medical instrument manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 1.5. APLICARE, INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 2.22 compared to an industry average of 0.7.