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EMORY UNIVERSITY

201 DOWMAN DRIVE 101 ADMINISTRATION BLDG, ATLANTA, GA, 30322
611310Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

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OSHA inspections
9
over 50 years
Violations
4
$16,735 in penalties
Penalties
$16,735
$4,184 avg
Violations across 4 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 fatality

Summary

EMORY UNIVERSITY has accumulated 4 OSHA violations across 9 inspections over 50 years of recorded history, with $16,735 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 92nd percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 13 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 4 years ago.

Federal records were found in 4 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

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

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
9
0.2 / yr · last 50 yrs
Violations
4
0.1 / yr
Penalties
$16,735
$4,184 avg / violation
75% serious25% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
7 of 9

33% 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. 4 distinct standards shown · 4 citations in this view · $16,735 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.1001 G0111$12,675Aug 2017Aug 2017
29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II11$3,500Apr 2016Apr 2016
5A000111$560Aug 1988Aug 1988
29 CFR 1910.0022 A0111Aug 1988Aug 1988

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

92nd

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 6113 within GA. Peer group: 13 employers. This establishment has 4 OSHA violations; peer median is 1.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
92nd
peer median: $1,125
Inspection frequency
100th
peer median: 1

Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)

No self-reported injury rates filed with OSHA's Injury Tracking Application for EMORY UNIVERSITY. Verify directly with OSHA Injury Tracking Application

Industry benchmark

Industry avg TRIR
1.3
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
0.6
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

Complaint
7

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 2016 – Nov 2019

Reports
4
Hospitalizations
4
Amputations
1
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Exposure to traumatic or stressful event, 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
Nov 16, 2019Exposure to traumatic or stressful event, n.e.c.Chest, except internal location of diseases or disordersHospitalized
Jan 24, 2017Ignition of vapors, gases, or liquidsMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Hospitalized
Oct 18, 2016Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured workerFingertip(s)Amputation
Jan 11, 2016Other fall to lower level less than 6 feetBrainHospitalized

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
Jan 11, 2016Elevated Work Platform,Fall,LadderFatality11

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
4 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 4+ years. Most recent activity: 4 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 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 · $0 in backwages · 1 worker affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Nov 2021 – Jul 2022Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools1

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 EMORY UNIVERSITY. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in GA — for EMORY UNIVERSITY, not this location alone

Total cases
2
Unfair labor practice
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 EMORY UNIVERSITY 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.). 2 cases · 1 ULP · 1 representation

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
10-CA-355599Unfair labor practiceNov 2024Jan 2025ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-RC-324546Representation electionAug 2023Dec 2023ClosedRegion 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

Total applications
631
Certified
451
Avg wage ratio
1.55x
E-3 AustralianH-1B

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)

EPA inspections
7
Quarters non-compliant
1

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). 3 facilities · 1 marked inactive.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
EMORY UNIVERSITY
201 DOWMAN DRIVE · ATLANTA, GA, 30322
AirNo Violation Identified50Jul 2026View →
EMORY UNIVERSITY
615 MICHAEL STREET · ATLANTA, GA, 30322
RCRANo Violation Identified
QNCR 1
20Jan 2026View →
EMORY UNIVERSITY
100 WATER TOWER PLACE · ATLANTA, GA, 30322
00View →

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 contracts

This location

Obligated (5-yr)
$157.5M
Obligated (all-time)
$517.4M
Awards
726
Top agency
Department of Health and Human Services
$451.8M
Company-wide — EMORY UNIVERSITY (across 3 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$157.5M
Obligated (all-time)
$526.0M
Awards (all-time)
760

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

Top agencies by obligation (this location)
Department of Health and Human Services$451.8M
Department of Veterans Affairs$29.0M
Department of Defense$27.9M
Department of Transportation$8.1M
Environmental Protection Agency$247K

Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Primary NAICS: 541712 - RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT BIOTECHNOLOGY). Last action: 2026-07-01. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2017-03-27Complaint11$12,675
2016-01-19Fatality/Catastrophe11$3,500
1993-08-11Complaint0$0
1992-01-09Complaint0$0
1989-03-10Complaint0$0
1988-07-05Complaint21$560
1984-10-11Unprogrammed Related0$0
1981-06-12Complaint0$0
1976-03-04Complaint0$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 EMORY UNIVERSITY 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 EMORY UNIVERSITY's OSHA violation history?
EMORY UNIVERSITY has 9 OSHA inspections on record with 4 violations and $16,735 in total penalties.
How does EMORY UNIVERSITY's safety record compare to its industry?
EMORY UNIVERSITY operates in the colleges, universities, and professional schools industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 1.3.
Has EMORY UNIVERSITY had any workplace fatalities?
Yes. Federal records show 1 fatality investigation involving EMORY UNIVERSITY.