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FISHER SCIENTIFIC COMPANY

1 REAGENT LANE, FAIR LAWN, NJ, 07410
Operated by THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC · 1 of 180 establishments

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OSHA inspections
11
over 50 years
Violations
29
$4,750 in penalties
Penalties
$4,750
$164 avg
Violations across 3 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

FISHER SCIENTIFIC COMPANY has accumulated 29 OSHA violations across 11 inspections over 50 years of recorded history, with $4,750 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 99th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 69,782 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 35 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

FISHER SCIENTIFIC COMPANY appears in OSHA workplace safety, EPA environmental compliance, and NLRB labor relations records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, 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
11
0.2 / yr · last 50 yrs
Violations
29
0.6 / yr
Penalties
$4,750
$164 avg / violation
66% serious34% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
6 of 11
Inspection trigger · referral
3 of 11

45% 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 · 20 citations in this view · $4,750 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0252 A02 IV11$720Jul 1990Jul 1990
29 CFR 1910.1048 I0311$560Jul 1990Jul 1990
29 CFR 1910.0253 A04 I11$500Jul 1990Jul 1990
29 CFR 1910.1048 M03 II11$480Jul 1990Jul 1990
29 CFR 1910.0133 A0111$420Jul 1990Jul 1990
29 CFR 1910.0151 C11$420Jul 1990Jul 1990
29 CFR 1926.0404 B01 I11$400Jul 1990Jul 1990
29 CFR 1910.1048 N03 I11$370Jul 1990Jul 1990
29 CFR 1910.1200 G0111$270Jul 1990Jul 1990
29 CFR 1910.1200 E0111$270Jul 1990Jul 1990
29 CFR 1910.0132 A11$240Jul 1990Jul 1990
29 CFR 1910.0309 A 05010411$100Jul 1978Jul 1978
29 CFR 1910.0134 B0611Sep 1991Sep 1991
29 CFR 1910.1200 F0711Jul 1990Jul 1990
29 CFR 1910.1048 J11Jul 1990Jul 1990
29 CFR 1910.1200 F05 I11Jul 1990Jul 1990
29 CFR 1910.1048 H01 I11Jul 1990Jul 1990
29 CFR 1910.1200 F05 II11Jul 1990Jul 1990
29 CFR 1910.1048 N03 IIA11Jul 1990Jul 1990
29 CFR 1910.0037 Q0111Jun 1981Jun 1981

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

99th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer. Peer group: 69,782 employers. This establishment has 29 OSHA violations; peer median is 1.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
97th
peer median: $0
Inspection frequency
100th
peer median: 1

Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)

No self-reported injury rates filed with OSHA's Injury Tracking Application for FISHER SCIENTIFIC COMPANY. Verify directly with OSHA Injury Tracking Application

Inspection breakdown

Planned
2
Complaint
6
Referral
3

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 FISHER SCIENTIFIC COMPANY. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
35 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 35+ years. Most recent activity: 35 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 FISHER SCIENTIFIC COMPANY. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for FISHER SCIENTIFIC COMPANY. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in NJ — for THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC, not this location alone

Total cases
4
Unfair labor practice
4

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 THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC 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.). 4 cases · 4 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
22-CA-029309Unfair labor practiceFeb 2010Jul 2010ClosedRegion 22, Newark, New Jersey
22-CA-028808Unfair labor practiceMar 2009Dec 2009ClosedRegion 22, Newark, New Jersey
22-CA-027434Unfair labor practiceJun 2006Mar 2007ClosedRegion 22, Newark, New Jersey
22-CA-024891Unfair labor practiceNov 2001May 2002ClosedRegion 22, Newark, New Jersey

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 FISHER SCIENTIFIC COMPANY. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
7
Quarters non-compliant
3

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
FISHER SCIENTIFIC CO INC
1 REAGENT LN · FAIR LAWN, NJ, 07410
AirWaterRCRATRINo Violation Identified
QNCR 3
70Aug 2024View →

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 FISHER SCIENTIFIC COMPANY. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — DANAHER CORPORATION (across 179 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$938.1M
Obligated (all-time)
$3.8B
Awards (all-time)
80,748

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
1991-05-22Referral1$0
1990-07-11Referral55$2,160
1990-04-20Referral1211$2,490
1983-03-29Planned0$0
1981-06-01Complaint0$0
1981-06-01Complaint5$0
1980-06-25Complaint0$0
1978-06-22Complaint0$0
1978-06-22Complaint63$100
1978-05-19Complaint0$0
1975-08-01Planned0$0

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

FISHER SCIENTIFIC COMPANY is one of 180 establishments rolled up under the parent organization THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC across all 180 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other locations under this parent

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on FISHER SCIENTIFIC COMPANY 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 THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC INC, which operates 180 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 FISHER SCIENTIFIC COMPANY's OSHA violation history?
FISHER SCIENTIFIC COMPANY has 11 OSHA inspections on record with 29 violations and $4,750 in total penalties.