Establishment profile
ARKAL AUTOMOTIVE USA INC.
2490 INNOVATION DRIVE, AUBURN, AL, 36832
EIN 352417029
Summary
ARKAL AUTOMOTIVE USA INC. has accumulated 20 OSHA violations across 4 inspections over 9 years of recorded history, with $97,450 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 92nd percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 210 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 78th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 7 years ago.
Federal records were found in 1 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.
Agency coverage
ARKAL AUTOMOTIVE USA INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety and OFLC visa and labor certification (historical) records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, NLRB labor relations, 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
100% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 4 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. 18 distinct standards shown · 20 citations in this view · $97,450 in penalties.
| CFR section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I | 3 | 3 | $45,500 | Jul 2018 | Aug 2019 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C07 I A | 1 | 1 | $5,500 | Jan 2019 | Jan 2019 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C06 I | 1 | 1 | $5,500 | Jan 2019 | Jan 2019 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0219 F03 | 1 | 1 | $4,500 | Jul 2018 | Jul 2018 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C05 I | 1 | 1 | $4,500 | Jul 2018 | Jul 2018 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 F03 II | 1 | 1 | $4,500 | Jul 2018 | Jul 2018 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 F04 | 1 | 1 | $4,500 | Jul 2018 | Jul 2018 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A01 | 1 | 1 | $4,500 | Jul 2018 | Jul 2018 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0215 A04 | 1 | 1 | $4,000 | Jul 2017 | Jul 2017 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C01 | 1 | 1 | $4,000 | Jul 2017 | Jul 2017 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1200 E01 | 1 | 1 | $3,450 | Jul 2017 | Jul 2017 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 F03 II D | 1 | 1 | $3,000 | Aug 2019 | Aug 2019 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0253 B02 IV | 1 | 1 | $3,000 | Jul 2017 | Jul 2017 |
| 29 CFR 1904.0032 A04 | 1 | 1 | $1,000 | Aug 2019 | Aug 2019 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0134 E01 | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 2019 | Aug 2019 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0215 B09 | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 2017 | Jul 2017 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0253 B04 III | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 2017 | Jul 2017 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1200 H01 | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 2017 | Jul 2017 |
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
Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 3363 within AL. Peer group: 210 employers. This establishment has 20 OSHA violations; peer median is 3.
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.
Reported for 89 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
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
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) · Sep 2018
Most frequent event: Contact with hot objects or substances
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.
| Date | Event | Body part | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 2018 | Contact with hot objects or substances | Arm(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
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.
| Date | Event | Injuries | Hospitalized | Fatalities | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 2018 | Arm,Burn,Molten Slag,Spill,Struck By | 1 | 1 | — |
Source: OSHA accident investigations. Narratives are recorded by the inspecting officer and may be truncated.
Activity timeline
No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 7+ years. Most recent activity: 7 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 ARKAL AUTOMOTIVE USA INC.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division →
Mine safety (MSHA)
No MSHA mine safety violations on file for ARKAL AUTOMOTIVE USA 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 ARKAL AUTOMOTIVE USA INC.. Verify directly with National Labor Relations Board →
Visa & labor certification (OFLC) — historical
Office of Foreign Labor Certification — labor condition applications for H-1B, H-2A, H-2B visa programs. Wage ratio = offered / prevailing wage. Historical data only: DOL ended OFLC Performance Data Disclosure publication in 2026, so the figures above reflect filings through the last ingested cycle and are not being refreshed. Treat as a historical snapshot, not a current signal.
Environmental compliance (EPA)
No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for ARKAL AUTOMOTIVE USA 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). 1 facility.
| Facility | Permits | Status | Inspections | Formal actions | Penalties | Last inspected | ECHO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ARKAL AUTOMOTIVE USA, INC. 2490 INNOVATION DRIVE · AUBURN, AL, 36832 | Water | No Violation Identified | 0 | 0 | — | Feb 2021 | View → |
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 ARKAL AUTOMOTIVE USA INC.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry →
Inspection history
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-05-29 | Complaint | 4 | 1 | $34,000 | |
| 2018-10-02 | Referral | 3 | 2 | $22,000 | |
| 2018-05-23 | Complaint | 6 | 6 | $27,000 | |
| 2017-05-16 | Complaint | 7 | 7 | $14,450 |
Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.
In the news
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About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on ARKAL AUTOMOTIVE USA 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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- ARKAL AUTOMOTIVE USA INC. has 4 OSHA inspections on record with 20 violations and $97,450 in total penalties.