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FIC AMERICA CORPORATION

485 E. LIES RD., CAROL STREAM, IL, 60188
Operated by FIC America Corp · 1 of 2 establishments
336370Motor Vehicle Metal Stamping
EIN 363991443

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OSHA inspections
14
over 28 years
Violations
32
$49,778 in penalties
Penalties
$49,778
$1,556 avg
Violations across 3 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 hospitalizations · 7 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

FIC AMERICA CORPORATION has accumulated 32 OSHA violations across 14 inspections over 28 years of recorded history, with $49,778 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 98th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 194 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 7 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

FIC AMERICA CORPORATION appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, and EPA environmental compliance records only. No matching records were found in 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
14
0.5 / yr · last 28 yrs
Violations
32
1.1 / yr
Penalties
$49,778
$1,556 avg / violation
81% serious19% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
9 of 14
Inspection trigger · planned
3 of 14

64% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 9 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 · 21 citations in this view · $48,240 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0252 B02 III22$1,913Nov 2001Nov 2005
29 CFR 1910.0138 B11$8,365Aug 2017Aug 2017
29 CFR 1910.1030 F01 I11$5,000Apr 2019Apr 2019
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0111$5,000Apr 2019Apr 2019
29 CFR 1910.1030 G02 II A11$5,000Apr 2019Apr 2019
29 CFR 1910.0027 D0311$3,500Mar 2015Mar 2015
29 CFR 1910.0027 C0211$3,500Mar 2015Mar 2015
29 CFR 1910.0095 C0111$2,000Aug 2002Aug 2002
29 CFR 1910.0095 I02 I11$2,000Aug 2002Aug 2002
29 CFR 1910.1000 A0211$1,750Apr 2006Apr 2006
29 CFR 1910.0147 C06 I11$1,063Nov 2005Nov 2005
29 CFR 1910.0147 C07 IA11$1,063Nov 2005Nov 2005
29 CFR 1910.0147 D04 I11$1,063Nov 2005Nov 2005
29 CFR 1910.0217 D09 IV11$1,063Nov 2005Nov 2005
29 CFR 1910.0132 A11$1,063Nov 2001Nov 2001
29 CFR 1910.0217 E01 I11$1,050Mar 1998Mar 1998
29 CFR 1910.0146 C0111$1,000Aug 2002Aug 2002
29 CFR 1910.0023 A0511$1,000Aug 2002Aug 2002
29 CFR 1910.0023 A0211$1,000Sep 2000Sep 2000
29 CFR 1910.0178 L04 III11$850Nov 2005Nov 2005

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

98th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 3363 within IL. Peer group: 194 employers. This establishment has 32 OSHA violations; peer median is 3.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
96th
peer median: $4,000
Inspection frequency
100th
peer median: 2

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
1.4
vs industry
−0.7
TRIR
2.4
vs industry
−1.1

Reported for 252 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
3.5
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
2.1
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
2.4
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

Planned
3
Complaint
9
Accident
1
Referral
1

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) · Mar 2019

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
1
Amputations
1
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation

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
Mar 4, 2019Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Amputation

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
Mar 4, 2019Amputated,Amputation,Caught In,Glove,Milling Machine,Partial Amputation,Thumb11
Feb 28, 2006ASPHYXIATED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,PROPANE,OVEREXPOSURE,CARBON MONOXIDE4
Jun 9, 2000CLOTHING,AMPUTATED,FINGER,GLOVE,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BETWEEN,POINT OF OPERATION,DRILL PRESS,PRESS OPERATOR,UNGUARDED1

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
7 years ago

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)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$0

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
FLSA — minimum wage & overtimeNov 201511

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

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Nov 2013 – Nov 2015Metal StampingFLSA10

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 FIC 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 FIC 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 FIC AMERICA CORPORATION. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
1
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). 1 facility.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
FIC AMERICA CORP
485 E LIES RD · CAROL STREAM, IL, 60188
AirWaterRCRATRINo Violation Identified
QNCR 1
10Apr 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 FIC AMERICA CORPORATION. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2019-03-12Referral33$15,000
2018-10-01Complaint0$0
2017-04-04Complaint11$8,365
2016-03-15Complaint0$0
2015-01-07Complaint32$7,000
2009-08-07Planned0$0
2006-03-01Accident33$2,500
2005-05-31Complaint77$5,950
2005-04-19Complaint0$0
2002-07-26Planned64$6,000
2001-10-10Complaint33$2,125
2000-12-20Complaint0$0
2000-06-22Complaint31$1,000
1998-03-03Planned32$1,838

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

FIC AMERICA CORPORATION is one of 2 establishments rolled up under the parent organization FIC America Corp.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of FIC America Corp across all 2 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

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Other locations under this parent

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on FIC AMERICA CORPORATION 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 FIC America Corp, which operates 2 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 FIC AMERICA CORPORATION's OSHA violation history?
FIC AMERICA CORPORATION has 14 OSHA inspections on record with 32 violations and $49,777.5 in total penalties.
How does FIC AMERICA CORPORATION's safety record compare to its industry?
FIC AMERICA CORPORATION operates in the motor vehicle metal stamping industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 3.5. FIC AMERICA CORPORATION's self-reported DART rate is 1.36 compared to an industry average of 2.1.