LA DEFENSA is a shoe stores employer in VEGA ALTA, PR. Federal records show 1 OSHA inspection with 5 violations and $1,100 in penalties. All data sourced from public federal enforcement records.
Data sourced from OSHA, DOL WHD, MSHA, EPA ECHO, NLRB, FMCSA, OFLC, BLS, SAM.gov, CMS, USAspending, CPSC, NHTSA, and the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. Last updated: May 3, 2026.
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Data aggregated from public federal enforcement and program records (OSHA, WHD, MSHA, EPA, NLRB, FMCSA, OFLC, BLS, SAM.gov, CMS, USAspending, CPSC, NHTSA) plus the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. Employer profiles matched by name and location — matching errors may occur. Risk scores computed by FastDOL, not official government assessments. OSHA citations typically appear 3-8 months after the inspection, so very recent enforcement actions may not yet be reflected. Data provided as-is. Report a data error.
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- HUMBERTO VIDAL INC — JUANA DIAZ — 1 federal record
Industry context
Within the shoe stores industry in PR, LA DEFENSA ranks in the 84th percentile of OSHA violation frequency across 45 comparable establishments. That places this employer among the highest-violation establishments in its peer set.
OSHA penalty totals rank in the 80th percentile of the same peer group.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports an industry-average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) of 0.9 for the shoe stores sector, with a Days Away, Restricted, or Transferred (DART) rate of 0.4.
Activity timeline
No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in the past 17 years.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is LA DEFENSA's OSHA violation history?
- LA DEFENSA has 1 OSHA inspection on record with 5 violations and $1,100 in total penalties.
- How does LA DEFENSA's safety record compare to its industry?
- LA DEFENSA operates in the shoe stores industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 0.9.
About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on LA DEFENSA of VEGA ALTA, PR from 17 federal data sources. Records were found in 2 sources: OSHA workplace safety inspections, and BLS industry safety benchmarks. The remaining 15 sources were checked and found no matching records: WHD, MSHA, EPA, NLRB, OFLC, OFCCP, FMCSA, USAspending, SAM.gov, CMS, CPSC, NHTSA, UVA, SEC enforcement, SEC facts.
Establishments are matched across agencies using normalized employer name, state, and ZIP code. The dataset was last refreshed on May 3, 2026.
This profile may be incomplete if LA DEFENSAoperates under multiple legal names, files under variations our entity-matching rules don't yet cover, or maintains records below current matching thresholds. To report a missing record or correction, email corrections@fastdol.com.