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ASTEC INDUSTRIES, INC.

4101 JEROME AVE, CHATTANOOGA, TN, 37407
Operated by ASTEC INDUSTRIES INC · 1 of 13 establishments
333120Construction Machinery Manufacturing

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OSHA inspections
4
over 37 years
Violations
50
$19,460 in penalties
Penalties
$19,460
$389 avg
Violations across 3 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 fatality

Summary

ASTEC INDUSTRIES, INC. has accumulated 50 OSHA violations across 4 inspections over 37 years of recorded history, with $19,460 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 97th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 59 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 69th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 9 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

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

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
4
0.1 / yr · last 37 yrs
Violations
50
1.4 / yr
Penalties
$19,460
$389 avg / violation
40% serious60% other
Inspection trigger · planned
2 of 4
Inspection trigger · complaint
1 of 4

75% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 3 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 · 27 citations in this view · $18,940 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 5030.1050142$6,300Aug 2013Aug 2013
29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II42$240Jun 1989Aug 2013
29 CFR 1910.0215 B0922Jun 1989Aug 2013
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0111$2,400Aug 2013Aug 2013
29 CFR 1910.0135 A0111$1,800Aug 2013Aug 2013
29 CFR 1910.0213 H0111$1,700Aug 2013Aug 2013
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0111$1,300Aug 2013Aug 2013
29 CFR 1910.0303 B0111$1,200Aug 2013Aug 2013
29 CFR 1910.0151 C11$1,200Aug 2013Aug 2013
29 CFR 1910.0134 H02 I11$400Aug 2013Aug 2013
29 CFR 1910.0254 D09 III11$400Aug 2013Aug 2013
29 CFR 1910.0106 D06 III11$360Jun 1989Jun 1989
29 CFR 1910.0219 F0311$240Jun 1989Jun 1989
29 CFR 1910.0147 C05 II11$200Aug 2013Aug 2013
29 CFR 1910.0303 B0211$200Aug 2013Aug 2013
29 CFR 1910.0303 F0211$200Aug 2013Aug 2013
29 CFR 1910.0023 D0111$200Aug 2013Aug 2013
29 CFR 1910.0215 A0211$200Aug 2013Aug 2013
29 CFR 1910.0107 B0911$200Aug 2013Aug 2013
29 CFR 1910.0305 B01 I11$200Aug 2013Aug 2013

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 3331 within TN. Peer group: 59 employers. This establishment has 50 OSHA violations; peer median is 7.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
95th
peer median: $2,600
Inspection frequency
69th
peer median: 2

Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)

No self-reported injury rates filed with OSHA's Injury Tracking Application for ASTEC INDUSTRIES, INC.. Verify directly with OSHA Injury Tracking Application

Industry benchmark

Industry avg TRIR
2.8
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.6
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
2
Complaint
1
Accident
1

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

OSHA severe injury reports

No severe injury reports (hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) on file under 29 CFR 1904.39 for ASTEC INDUSTRIES, INC.. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

OSHA accident events

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

DateEventInjuriesHospitalizedFatalities
May 10, 2013HEAD,STRUCK BY,FLYING OBJECT,SILOFatality11

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
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 ASTEC INDUSTRIES, INC.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

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

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in TN — for ASTEC INDUSTRIES INC, not this location alone

Total cases
1
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 ASTEC INDUSTRIES 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.). 1 case · 1 representation

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
10-RC-387926Representation electionMay 2026Jun 2026ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia

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 ASTEC INDUSTRIES, INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
7
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
ASTEC INDUSTRIES, INC.
4101 JEROME AVENUE · CHATTANOOGA, TN, 37407
AirWaterRCRATRINo Violation Identified
QNCR 2
70Jan 2026View →

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.

Motor carrier safety (FMCSA)

DOT number
325404
Operation
A

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration — DOT-regulated carrier registration and fleet data.

Federal criminal prosecution record

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

Federal contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — ASTEC INDUSTRIES INC (across 6 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$50K
Obligated (all-time)
$28.3M
Awards (all-time)
47

Consolidated across all USAspending recipient entities under this corporate parent — not attributable to this single location.

Federal contract activity for the parent corporation. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2016-12-09Complaint0$0
2013-05-17Planned2910$10,500
2013-05-10Accident52$8,000
1989-06-19Planned168$960

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

ASTEC INDUSTRIES, INC. is one of 13 establishments rolled up under the parent organization ASTEC INDUSTRIES INC.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of ASTEC INDUSTRIES INC across all 13 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in construction machinery manufacturing within TN, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by ASTEC INDUSTRIES INC, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on ASTEC INDUSTRIES, 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 ASTEC INDUSTRIES INC, which operates 13 establishments in our dataset.

OSHA citations typically appear 3–8 months after the inspection, so very recent enforcement actions may not yet be reflected. Profiles may be incomplete if the establishment operates under multiple legal names or files under variations our entity-matching rules don’t yet cover. To report a missing record or correction, email corrections@fastdol.com.

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Frequently asked

What is ASTEC INDUSTRIES, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
ASTEC INDUSTRIES, INC. has 4 OSHA inspections on record with 50 violations and $19,460 in total penalties.
How does ASTEC INDUSTRIES, INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
ASTEC INDUSTRIES, INC. operates in the construction machinery manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.8.
Has ASTEC INDUSTRIES, INC. had any workplace fatalities?
Yes. Federal records show 1 fatality investigation involving ASTEC INDUSTRIES, INC..