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HOWARD UNIVERSITY

2400 6TH STREET NW, WASHINGTON, DC, 20059
611310Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

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OSHA inspections
15
over 47 years
Violations
55
$10,805 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 4 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 fatality · 2 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

HOWARD UNIVERSITY has accumulated 55 OSHA violations across 15 inspections over 47 years of recorded history, with $10,805 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 100th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 21 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 3 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

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

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
15
0.3 / yr · last 47 yrs
Violations
55
1.2 / yr
Penalties
$10,805
$196 avg / violation
24% serious76% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
11 of 15
Inspection trigger · planned
2 of 15

60% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 6 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 · 24 citations in this view · $10,805 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0132 A22$1,500Jan 1983Sep 1993
29 CFR 1910.0036 B0422$1,250May 1981Nov 1994
29 CFR 1910.0133 A0122Jan 1983Sep 1993
29 CFR 1910.0145 C0221Nov 1978Nov 1978
29 CFR 1910.1200 H02 III11$1,500Sep 1993Sep 1993
29 CFR 1910.0145 C02 I11$1,500Sep 1993Sep 1993
29 CFR 1910.1200 E0111$1,500Sep 1993Sep 1993
29 CFR 1910.1200 G0811$1,500Sep 1993Sep 1993
29 CFR 1910.0176 B11$400Oct 1995Oct 1995
29 CFR 1910.0176 C11$400May 1981May 1981
5A000111$400Dec 1978Dec 1978
29 CFR 1910.0309 A 06800611$300May 1981May 1981
29 CFR 1910.0309 A 02504511$185Nov 1978Nov 1978
29 CFR 1910.0037 Q0511$130Nov 1978Nov 1978
29 CFR 1910.0309 B 04105511$80Nov 1978Nov 1978
29 CFR 1910.0157 A0111$80Nov 1978Nov 1978
29 CFR 1910.0309 A 01101711$80Nov 1978Nov 1978
29 CFR 1910.1200 G1011Nov 1999Nov 1999
29 CFR 1910.0037 Q0111Nov 1994Nov 1994
29 CFR 1910.0036 D0211Nov 1994Nov 1994

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

100th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 6113 within DC. Peer group: 21 employers. This establishment has 55 OSHA violations; peer median is 0.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
85th
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 HOWARD UNIVERSITY. Verify directly with OSHA Injury Tracking Application

Industry benchmark

Industry avg TRIR
1.5
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

Planned
2
Complaint
11
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 HOWARD UNIVERSITY. 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 3, 1989VOLTAGE BACKFEED,ELECTRICAL,ELECTROCUTED,LOCKOUT,E PTD,ELEC UTILITY WORK,TRANSFORMERFatality21

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
3 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 3+ years. Most recent activity: 3 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 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

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Oct 2006 – Oct 2008Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools0

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 HOWARD UNIVERSITY. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in DC — for HOWARD UNIVERSITY, not this location alone

Total cases
29
Unfair labor practice
24
Representation (union)
3

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 HOWARD 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.). 29 cases · 24 ULP · 3 representation

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
05-CA-322696Unfair labor practiceJul 2023Dec 2025ClosedRegion 05, Baltimore, Maryland
05-CA-320797Unfair labor practiceJun 2023Dec 2024ClosedRegion 05, Baltimore, Maryland
05-CA-296491Unfair labor practiceMay 2022Jun 2022ClosedRegion 05, Baltimore, Maryland
05-CA-291868Unfair labor practiceMar 2022Jun 2022ClosedRegion 05, Baltimore, Maryland
05-CA-291828Unfair labor practiceMar 2022Jun 2022ClosedRegion 05, Baltimore, Maryland
05-CA-287500Unfair labor practiceDec 2021Jun 2022ClosedRegion 05, Baltimore, Maryland
05-CA-287490Unfair labor practiceDec 2021Jun 2022ClosedRegion 05, Baltimore, Maryland
05-CA-274850Unfair labor practiceMar 2021Jun 2022ClosedRegion 05, Baltimore, Maryland
05-CA-249191Unfair labor practiceSep 2019Jan 2020ClosedRegion 05, Baltimore, Maryland
05-CA-213731Unfair labor practiceJan 2018Nov 2018ClosedRegion 05, Baltimore, Maryland
05-CA-210548Unfair labor practiceNov 2017Jan 2018ClosedRegion 05, Baltimore, Maryland
05-RC-208474Representation electionOct 2017Dec 2017ClosedRegion 05, Baltimore, Maryland
05-CA-203028Unfair labor practiceJul 2017Oct 2017ClosedRegion 05, Baltimore, Maryland
05-CA-201954Unfair labor practiceJul 2017Oct 2017ClosedRegion 05, Baltimore, Maryland
05-CA-198821Unfair labor practiceMay 2017Jun 2017ClosedRegion 05, Baltimore, Maryland
05-CA-192363Unfair labor practiceFeb 2017Apr 2017ClosedRegion 05, Baltimore, Maryland
05-CA-191295Unfair labor practiceJan 2017Feb 2017ClosedRegion 05, Baltimore, Maryland
05-CA-164445Unfair labor practiceNov 2015Dec 2015ClosedRegion 05, Baltimore, Maryland
05-CA-154034Unfair labor practiceJun 2015Feb 2016ClosedRegion 05, Baltimore, Maryland
05-CA-153758Unfair labor practiceJun 2015Sep 2015ClosedRegion 05, Baltimore, Maryland
05-CA-150866Unfair labor practiceApr 2015Jul 2016ClosedRegion 05, Baltimore, Maryland
05-CA-150784Unfair labor practiceApr 2015Sep 2015ClosedRegion 05, Baltimore, Maryland
05-CA-150758Unfair labor practiceApr 2015Oct 2015ClosedRegion 05, Baltimore, Maryland
05-CA-150689Unfair labor practiceApr 2015Dec 2015ClosedRegion 05, Baltimore, Maryland
05-CA-145035Unfair labor practiceJan 2015Jul 2016ClosedRegion 05, Baltimore, Maryland
05-RC-123970Representation electionMar 2014May 2014ClosedRegion 05, Baltimore, Maryland
05-UC-112890UCSep 2013Oct 2013ClosedRegion 05, Baltimore, Maryland
05-UC-000402UCSep 2008May 2009ClosedRegion 05, Baltimore, Maryland
05-RC-016255Representation electionAug 2008Sep 2008ClosedRegion 05, Baltimore, Maryland

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
43
Certified
39
Avg wage ratio
1.18x
H-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
6
Quarters non-compliant
3

EPA Enforcement and Compliance History — Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Safe Drinking Water Act. Status: 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). 2 facilities.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
HOWARD UNIVERSITY
2240 6TH STREET, NW · WASHINGTON, DC, 20059
AirWaterViolation Identified
QNCR 1
40Mar 2026View →
HOWARD UNIVERSITY
2244 10TH STREET NW · WASHINGTON, DC, 20059
RCRANo Violation Identified
QNCR 2
20Sep 2025View →

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
447842
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 HOWARD UNIVERSITY. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

This location

Obligated (5-yr)
$15.1M
Obligated (all-time)
$22.9M
Awards
133
Top agency
Department of Defense
$20.2M
Company-wide — HOWARD UNIVERSITY (across 3 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$15.1M
Obligated (all-time)
$26.7M
Awards (all-time)
177

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

Top agencies by obligation (this location)
Department of Defense$20.2M
Department of Health and Human Services$2.0M
General Services Administration$472K
Department of the Interior$108K
Department of Commerce$52K
Largest awards (top 50 of 133)
  • Department of Defense
    TACTICAL AUTONOMY UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED RESEARCH CENTER (UARC) MANAGEMENT
    contract · Last action 2025-05-08
    $6,387,561
  • Department of Defense
    UARC TACTICAL AUTONOMY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
    contract · Last action 2025-09-08
    $3,796,771
  • Department of Defense
    TASK ORDER (TO) 04 FOR TACTICAL AUTONOMY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
    contract · Last action 2025-04-10
    $1,489,351
  • Department of Defense
    IGF::OT::IGF ATI RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INFRARED ANALYSIS IN COUNTERFEIT PARTS DETECTION AND SUPPLY CHAIN VALIDATION
    contract · Last action 2015-08-12
    $1,310,395
  • Department of Defense
    TASK ORDER 3 "TACTICAL AUTONOMY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT"
    contract · Last action 2024-12-11
    $1,000,000
  • Department of Defense
    TASK ORDER (TO) 03B FOR TACTICAL AUTONOMY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
    contract · Last action 2025-03-12
    $948,721
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    BRIDGING GAPS: RECRUITING AFRICAN AND ASIAN AMERICAN PARTICIPANTS IN CLINICAL TRIALS AND CREATING CULTURALLY COMPETENT MESSAGES.
    contract · Last action 2023-01-18
    $500,000
  • General Services Administration
    ARCHAEOLOGY, BIO-SKELETAL AND HISTORY REPORTS FOR HUMAN REMAINS REMOVED FROM ABG SITE
    contract · Last action 2010-01-11
    $482,765
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    R&D- MEDICAL: BIOMEDICAL (APPLIED RESEARCH/EXPLORATORY DEVELOPMENT)
    contract · Last action 2025-04-22
    $445,790
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    BIOMEDICAL (APPLIED/EXPLORATORY)
    contract · Last action 2015-06-24
    $429,015
  • Department of Defense
    HUCLEAR PROJ, TERRAIN EVAL & REASONING
    contract · Last action 2011-04-05
    $401,833
  • Department of Defense
    HBCU/MI BAA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
    contract · Last action 2010-11-16
    $300,000
  • Department of Defense
    IGF::OT::IGF TUITION AND FEES
    contract · Last action 2019-09-20
    $257,336
  • Department of Defense
    TUITION AND FEES
    contract · Last action 2021-04-09
    $251,793
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    BIOMEDICAL (BASIC)
    contract · Last action 2013-07-12
    $249,033
  • Department of Defense
    ITION AND FEES
    contract · Last action 2019-02-28
    $238,135
  • Department of Defense
    IGF::OT::IGF TUITION AND FEES
    contract · Last action 2019-07-16
    $237,090
  • Department of Defense
    TUITION AND FEES
    contract · Last action 2019-09-18
    $232,923
  • Department of Defense
    U436410 C4I LANGUAGE ENGINEERING
    contract · Last action 2011-05-31
    $230,000
  • Department of Defense
    TUITION AND FEES
    contract · Last action 2021-03-18
    $218,421
  • Department of Defense
    TUITION AND FEES
    contract · Last action 2023-05-17
    $192,334
  • Department of Defense
    IGF::OT::IGF TUITION AND FEES
    contract · Last action 2016-10-28
    $192,324
  • Department of Defense
    TUITION AND FEES
    contract · Last action 2020-04-30
    $188,088
  • Department of Defense
    IGF::OT::IGF ADVANCED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT: EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATION DETERMINATION OF THE ION DENSITY IN A FLAME.
    contract · Last action 2018-08-10
    $179,480
  • Department of Defense
    IGF::OT::IGF TUITION AND FEES
    contract · Last action 2018-03-01
    $178,731
  • Department of Defense
    TUITION AND FEES
    contract · Last action 2021-11-30
    $177,384
  • Department of Defense
    TUITION AND FEES
    contract · Last action 2023-04-27
    $174,958
  • Department of Defense
    TUITION AND FEES
    contract · Last action 2019-12-13
    $169,127
  • Department of Defense
    TUITION AND FEES
    contract · Last action 2023-12-28
    $164,563
  • Department of Defense
    TUITION AND FEES
    contract · Last action 2023-12-27
    $149,280
  • Department of Defense
    TUITION AND FEES
    contract · Last action 2024-04-05
    $144,855
  • Department of Defense
    U437C00 RESEARCH&DEVELOP BAA 09-0022
    contract · Last action 2014-09-25
    $125,309
  • Department of Defense
    IGF::OT::IGF MACHINE LEARNING FOR ANALYZING THE FORENSICS AND RELIABILITY OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
    contract · Last action 2021-03-03
    $98,848
  • Department of Defense
    12 MONTH COST PLUS FIXED FEE FOR AD HOC NETWORK SIMULATION TOOL FOR EVALUATION PERFORMANCE PARAMETER.
    contract · Last action 2008-05-27
    $94,453
  • Department of Defense
    TUITION AND FEES
    contract · Last action 2025-08-08
    $94,187
  • Department of Defense
    TUITION AND FEES
    contract · Last action 2025-03-03
    $92,124
  • Department of Defense
    RESEARCH&DEVELOPMENT
    contract · Last action 2018-07-24
    $88,337
  • Department of the Interior
    AFBG ARCHEOLOGICAL OVERVIEW & ASSESSMENT
    contract · Last action 2024-05-15
    $80,000
  • Department of Defense
    TUITION AND FEES
    contract · Last action 2025-05-19
    $61,472
  • Department of Commerce
    MATHEMATICAL AND STATISTICAL MODELS OF EXPLOITED MARINE SPECIES
    contract · Last action 2023-01-19
    $52,066
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    IGF::OT::IGF MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT CONTRACT
    contract · Last action 2021-06-10
    $44,650
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    IGF::OT::IGF RESEARCH SERVICES
    contract · Last action 2020-12-21
    $39,247
  • Department of Defense
    DC, HOWARD UNIVERSITY FALL 1301224094 TUITION AND FEES
    contract · Last action 2025-01-31
    $30,780
  • Department of Defense
    TUITION AND FEES
    contract · Last action 2023-12-07
    $28,714
  • Department of Defense
    TUITION AND FEES
    contract · Last action 2023-11-14
    $26,855
  • Department of Defense
    TUITION AND FEES
    contract · Last action 2022-05-10
    $26,269
  • Department of Health and Human Services
    RESEARCH ASSISTANT
    contract · Last action 2021-07-08
    $24,900
  • Department of Defense
    IGF::OT::IGF TUITION AND FEES
    contract · Last action 2018-02-23
    $24,443
  • Department of Defense
    TUITION AND FEES
    contract · Last action 2023-04-06
    $23,577
  • Department of Defense
    TUITION AND FEES DC, HOWARD UNIVERSITY FALL 1301275442
    contract · Last action 2025-08-08
    $23,279

Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Primary NAICS: 541715 - RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT NANOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY). Last action: 2025-09-08. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2022-07-07Complaint0$0
2020-02-12Planned0$0
2009-12-22Complaint0$0
1999-11-09Complaint1$0
1999-10-13Complaint0$0
1996-12-19Complaint0$0
1995-10-05Complaint11$400
1994-11-01Complaint33$1,250
1994-01-11Complaint3$0
1993-07-09Complaint66$7,500
1989-02-21Unprogrammed Related1$0
1982-08-24Complaint6$0
1981-03-30Accident72$700
1978-10-17Planned0$0
1978-08-31Complaint271$955

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 HOWARD UNIVERSITY 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.

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Frequently asked

What is HOWARD UNIVERSITY's OSHA violation history?
HOWARD UNIVERSITY has 15 OSHA inspections on record with 55 violations and $10,805 in total penalties.
How does HOWARD UNIVERSITY's safety record compare to its industry?
HOWARD UNIVERSITY operates in the colleges, universities, and professional schools industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 1.5.
Has HOWARD UNIVERSITY had any workplace fatalities?
Yes. Federal records show 1 fatality investigation involving HOWARD UNIVERSITY.