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BOTTCHER AMERICA CORPORATION

4600 MERCEDES DRIVE, BELCAMP, MD, 21017
EIN 520345420

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OSHA inspections
5
over 35 years
Violations
17
$5,020 in penalties
Penalties
$5,020
$295 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 OSHA follow-up

Summary

BOTTCHER AMERICA CORPORATION has accumulated 17 OSHA violations across 5 inspections over 35 years of recorded history, with $5,020 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 97th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 38,271 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 98th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 19 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

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

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
5
0.1 / yr · last 35 yrs
Violations
17
0.5 / yr
Penalties
$5,020
$295 avg / violation
35% serious65% other
Inspection trigger · accident
2 of 5
Inspection trigger · referral
1 of 5

80% 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. 16 distinct standards shown · 17 citations in this view · $5,020 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0122$1,950Dec 1997Apr 1998
29 CFR 1910.0215 D0111$1,000Feb 1998Feb 1998
29 CFR 1910.0106 D03 I11$750Feb 1998Feb 1998
29 CFR 1910.0106 E06 I11$750Feb 1998Feb 1998
29 CFR 1910.0213 H 111$570Apr 1991Apr 1991
29 CFR 1910.0132 F0411Feb 1998Feb 1998
29 CFR 5040.6 A0111Feb 1998Feb 1998
29 CFR 5040.5 B0111Feb 1998Feb 1998
29 CFR 1910.0132 F0111Feb 1998Feb 1998
29 CFR 1910.0132 D0211Feb 1998Feb 1998
29 CFR 1910.0215 C06 I11Feb 1998Feb 1998
29 CFR 1910.0106 D03 II11Feb 1998Feb 1998
29 CFR 1910.1048 N0111Feb 1998Feb 1998
29 CFR 1910.1200 H02 I11Feb 1998Feb 1998
29 CFR 1910.0179 G 1 V11Apr 1991Apr 1991
29 CFR 1910.0178 K 111Apr 1991Apr 1991

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 3231 within MD. Peer group: 38,271 employers. This establishment has 17 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
98th
peer median: $0
Inspection frequency
98th
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
0.1
vs industry
−0.9
TRIR
0.1
vs industry
−1.5

Reported for 57 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
1.6
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.0
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
0.1
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

Accident
2
Referral
1
Follow-up
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 BOTTCHER AMERICA CORPORATION. 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
Feb 26, 1998LATHE,FINGER,WORK RULES,THUMB,ROLLER--MACH/PART,CAUGHT BETWEEN,LACERATION,NIP POINT,HAND,UNGUARDED1
Feb 19, 1991BOARD,FINGER,CAUGHT BY,CRUSHED,AUGER1

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
19 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 19+ years. Most recent activity: 19 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$0
Employees affected
1

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. 1 statute · 1 violation · $0 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FMLA (family & medical leave)May 200711

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. 1 case · 1 violations · $0 in backwages · 1 worker affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Mar 2007 – May 2007Commercial Flexographic PrintingFMLA11

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 BOTTCHER AMERICA CORPORATION. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for BOTTCHER AMERICA CORPORATION. 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 BOTTCHER AMERICA CORPORATION. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for BOTTCHER AMERICA CORPORATION. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Motor carrier safety (FMCSA)

DOT number
331173
Operation
A

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

Federal contracts

This location

Obligated (5-yr)
$1.3M
Obligated (all-time)
$3.3M
Awards
203
Top agency
Department of the Treasury
$3.2M
Company-wide — FELIX BOETTCHER GMBH & CO. KG (across 1 entity)
Obligated (5-yr)
$590K
Obligated (all-time)
$2.5M
Awards (all-time)
195

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

Top agencies by obligation (this location)
Department of the Treasury$3.2M
Department of Justice$45K

Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Primary NAICS: 326299 - ALL OTHER RUBBER PRODUCT MANUFACTURING. Last action: 2026-02-04. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
1998-02-26Accident11$700
1997-12-02Referral123$2,500
1997-10-27Unprogrammed Related11$1,250
1991-06-25Follow-up0$0
1991-02-21Accident31$570

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 BOTTCHER AMERICA CORPORATION from every major federal compliance and enforcement source. 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 BOTTCHER AMERICA CORPORATION's OSHA violation history?
BOTTCHER AMERICA CORPORATION has 5 OSHA inspections on record with 17 violations and $5,020 in total penalties.