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LITHIA MOTORS INC

324 EAST FIFTH ST, MEDFORD, OR, 97501
Operated by LITHIA MOTORS INC · 1 of 61 establishments
4411Automobile Dealers

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OSHA inspections
3
over 43 years
Violations
2
$75 in penalties
Penalties
$75
$38 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.

Summary

LITHIA MOTORS INC has accumulated 2 OSHA violations across 3 inspections over 43 years of recorded history, with $75 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 46th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 66,833 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 91st percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 5 years ago.

Federal records were found in 2 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

LITHIA MOTORS INC appears in OSHA workplace safety and WHD wage enforcement records only. No matching records were found in MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, 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
3
0.1 / yr · last 43 yrs
Violations
2
0.0 / yr
Penalties
$75
$38 avg / violation
50% serious50% other
Inspection trigger · planned
2 of 3
Inspection trigger · complaint
1 of 3

67% of inspections at this establishment produced 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. 2 distinct standards shown · 2 citations in this view · $75 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 7630.3051111$75Jun 1991Jun 1991
29 CFR 1910.0147 C06 I11May 2000May 2000

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

46th

Below average violations in NAICS 4411 within OR. Peer group: 66,833 employers. This establishment has 2 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
56th
peer median: $0
Inspection frequency
91st
peer median: 1

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
1.6
vs industry
+0.3
TRIR
1.6
vs industry
−1.0

Reported for 66 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
2.5
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.2
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
1.6
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
2
Complaint
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 LITHIA MOTORS INC. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

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

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 5+ years. Most recent activity: 5 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
2
Back wages owed
$0
Employees affected
7

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 · 6 violations · $0 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FLSA — minimum wage & overtimeApr 201216

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. 2 cases · 6 violations · $0 in backwages · 7 workers affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Aug 2020 – Dec 2020Automobile Dealers1
Apr 2010 – Apr 2012New Car DealersFLSA66

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 LITHIA MOTORS INC. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for LITHIA MOTORS INC. 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 LITHIA MOTORS INC. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for LITHIA MOTORS INC. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for LITHIA MOTORS INC. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

This location

Obligated (5-yr)
$0
Obligated (all-time)
$69K
Awards
9
Top agency
Department of the Interior
$45K
Company-wide — LITHIA MOTORS, INC. (across 17 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$51K
Obligated (all-time)
$552K
Awards (all-time)
91

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

Top agencies by obligation (this location)
Department of the Interior$45K
Department of Agriculture$8K
Department of the Treasury$8K
Department of Defense$4K
Department of Energy$4K
Largest awards
  • Department of the Interior
    10-9697-1028, USED SUV VEHICLE
    contract · Last action 2010-05-27
    $24,500
  • Department of the Interior
    I 422416 FRAME DAMAGE
    contract · Last action 2009-09-12
    $9,064
  • Department of the Treasury
    VEHICLE REPAIR
    contract · Last action 2011-12-20
    $7,666
  • Department of the Interior
    OT REPLACE ENGINE 2008 FORD I487955
    contract · Last action 2012-09-13
    $6,498
  • Department of Agriculture
    ACCIDENT REPAIR - FIRE ENGINE #0673
    contract · Last action 2009-03-16
    $5,619
  • Department of the Interior
    TETLIN CHEVROLET REPAIR
    contract · Last action 2013-08-13
    $4,901
  • Department of Defense
    REPLACE INJECTORS
    contract · Last action 2010-09-20
    $4,053
  • Department of Energy
    DC LINE CREW - REPAIR CLUTCH&HYDRAULICS, UNPLUG RADIATOR&CHANGE CRANK CASE FILTER-08 DODGE RAM SD
    contract · Last action 2012-09-17
    $3,719
  • Department of Agriculture
    TRANSMISSION REPAIR- VEHICLE 5863, 2005 FORD EXPEDITION 4X4. VIN#1FMPU16505LA89663 (PER QUOTE DTD 4-28-2008)
    contract · Last action 2008-04-30
    $2,865

Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Primary NAICS: 811111 - GENERAL AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR. Last action: 2013-08-13. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2000-05-01Planned1$0
1991-05-23Planned11$75
1983-03-22Complaint0$0

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

LITHIA MOTORS INC is one of 61 establishments rolled up under the parent organization LITHIA MOTORS INC.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of LITHIA MOTORS INC across all 61 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 LITHIA MOTORS INC 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 LITHIA MOTORS INC, which operates 61 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 LITHIA MOTORS INC's OSHA violation history?
LITHIA MOTORS INC has 3 OSHA inspections on record with 2 violations and $75 in total penalties.
How does LITHIA MOTORS INC's safety record compare to its industry?
LITHIA MOTORS INC operates in the automobile dealers industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.5. LITHIA MOTORS INC's self-reported DART rate is 1.55 compared to an industry average of 1.2.