Establishment profile
MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
EAST HALL 1400 TOWNSEND DR, HOUGHTON, MI, 49931
611310 — Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
Summary
MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY has accumulated 77 OSHA violations across 6 inspections over 29 years of recorded history, with $54,225 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 99th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 100 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 96th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 11 months ago.
Federal records were found in 2 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.
Agency coverage
MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY appears in OSHA workplace safety, EPA environmental compliance, OFLC visa and labor certification, and FMCSA motor carrier registration records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, NLRB labor relations, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.
OSHA workplace safety
50% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 3 inspections producing serious-or-greater violations.
Peer comparison
Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 6113 within MI. Peer group: 100 employers. This establishment has 77 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.
Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)
No self-reported injury rates filed with OSHA's Injury Tracking Application for MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY. Verify directly with OSHA Injury Tracking Application →
Industry benchmark
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
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 MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration →
Activity timeline
Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 11 months ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.
Wage & Hour Division (WHD)
No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division →
Mine safety (MSHA)
No MSHA mine safety violations on file for MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration →
Labor relations (NLRB)
No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY. Verify directly with National Labor Relations Board →
Visa & labor certification (OFLC)
Office of Foreign Labor Certification — labor condition applications for H-1B, H-2A, H-2B visa programs. Wage ratio = offered / prevailing wage.
Environmental compliance (EPA)
EPA Enforcement and Compliance History — Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Safe Drinking Water Act. Status: No Violation Identified.
Motor carrier safety (FMCSA)
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 MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry →
Federal contracts
This location
Consolidated across all USAspending recipient entities under this corporate parent — not attributable to this single location.
- Department of DefenseNEW FOLLOW-ON CONTRACT EFFORT: THE WORK DIRECTIVES ISSUED HEREUNDER SHALL INVOLVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS ON VARIOUS ASPECTS RELATED TO SURVIVABILITY, ASSURED MOBILITY, AND MANEUVER SUPPORT MATERIAL SOLUTIONS.contract · Last action 2025-12-10$31,132,559
- Department of DefenseTECHNICAL AND ENGINEERING SERVICES SUPPORT FOR ASSURED MOBILITY, SURVIVABILITY, AND MANEUVER SUPPORT MATERIAL SOLUTIONS FOR THE GROUND VEHICLE SYSTEMS CENTER GROUND VEHICLE SURVIVABILITY AND PROTECTION DIRECTORATEcontract · Last action 2025-09-24$24,005,714
- Department of DefenseASSURED MOBILITY AND MANEUVER SUPPORT WORK DIRECTIVES.contract · Last action 2019-03-22$19,903,521
- Department of DefenseIGF::OT::IGFcontract · Last action 2023-09-08$18,544,211
- Department of Defense200510!000827!5700!FA8750!AFRL/IFK !FA875005C0237 !A!N! !Y! ! !20050729!20070930!064184468!064184468!064184468!N!ALTARUM INSTITUTE !3520 GREEN CT, STE 300 !ANN ARBOR !MI!48105!03000!161!26!ANN ARBOR !WASHTENAW !MICHIGAN !+000000100407!N!N!000000649960!AD91!RDTE/OTHER DEFENSE-BASIC RESEARCH !A7 !ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION EQUIP !000 !* !541710!E! !3! ! ! ! ! !20200930!B!A! !A! !A!N!U!2!002!E! !Z!Y!Z! ! !N!Z!N! ! ! ! ! !A!A!000!A!C!N! ! ! ! ! ! !0001! !contract · Last action 2013-10-07$5,554,563
- Department of DefenseTHE GOAL OF THE ADAPTIVE RADAR COUNTERMEASURES (ARC) PROGRAM IS TO DEVELOP THE CAPABILITY TO COUNTER ADAPTIVE RADAR THREATS IN TACTICALLY RELEVANT TIME FRAMES BASED ON OVER-THE-AIR OBSERVABLE SIGNALS. MTRI-MTU WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN TECHNICAL AREA 2.contract · Last action 2016-02-19$4,654,505
- Department of DefenseCOMPUTATIONALLY-DRIVEN NEXT GENERATION CARBON-CARBON COMPOSITE MATERIAL DEVELOPMENTcontract · Last action 2024-06-25$4,438,800
- Department of DefenseU435CFM BAA (DARPA BAA) POWER LINE SENSOR MATURATIONcontract · Last action 2018-03-23$3,410,094
- Department of DefenseTRACK&SUSPENSION TECHNICAL SUPPORT WORK DIRECTIVE CONTRACTcontract · Last action 2018-09-06$3,005,586
- Department of DefenseIGF::OT::IGF - ELECTRONIC SUPPORT CRITICAL EXPERIMENT (ESCE)contract · Last action 2020-05-21$2,097,387
- Department of DefenseMULTI-DOMAIN INTELLIGENCEcontract · Last action 2014-03-20$1,854,033
- Department of DefenseIGF::OT::IGF RESEARCH IAW SOW ENTITLED SSPARC MIMO TOWER OF BABELcontract · Last action 2017-09-05$1,495,186
- Department of DefenseRESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COSTcontract · Last action 2010-02-05$1,350,000
- Department of DefenseRESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COSTcontract · Last action 2011-03-01$1,330,000
- Department of DefenseDDARPA TRIAGE CHALLENGE (DTC) UNDER THE SIGNATURES OF TRAUMA FOR ALGORITHM-ASSISTED CLINICAL ASSESSMENT, TRIAGE, AND OBSERVATION (STACATO) PROGRAMcontract · Last action 2025-10-20$1,237,842
- Department of DefenseIGF::OT::IGF EXPERIMENTS, SCENARIOS, CONOPS&PROTOTYPE ENGINEERING (ESCAPE)contract · Last action 2022-09-26$1,092,551
- Department of DefenseSUDOKUcontract · Last action 2025-12-15$1,052,526
- Department of DefenseMULTI-SCALE FUSION & ALLOCATION FOR HETEROGENEOUS SENSINGcontract · Last action 2023-03-06$999,195
- Department of DefenseIGF::OT::IGF MULTI DOMAIN INTELLIGENCE IIcontract · Last action 2017-08-29$945,000
- Department of DefenseIGF::OT::IGF BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT, FUTURE ARCTIC SENSING TECHNOLOGIES MTRIcontract · Last action 2022-08-10$926,155
- Department of DefenseEXPLORE ARCTIC PHENOMENAcontract · Last action 2014-08-28$866,501
- Department of DefenseSUBTERRANEAN (SUBT) CHALLENGE FOR TTO.contract · Last action 2020-12-15$806,725
- Department of DefenseIGF::OT::IGF CPFF BAA CONTRACT TO DEVELOP AND TEST NEW ALGORITHMS TO PROCESS HANDHELD EXPLOSIVE HAZARD SENSOR DATA.contract · Last action 2015-12-08$805,762
- Department of DefenseBAA TITLED, OPFOR HIERARCHICAL AI FOR FIELD EXERCISES AND TRAINING. EFFORT WILL BE USED TO INFORM AND PROVIDE NEW MODELS AND METHODS FOR AI SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT FOR SYNTHETIC TRAINING ENVIRONMENTScontract · Last action 2024-04-30$772,233
- Department of DefenseRESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COSTcontract · Last action 2011-10-11$727,000
- Department of TransportationFULL FUNDING TO AWARD NEW THREE-YEAR CONTRACT WITH THE MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE FOR THEIR PROJECT TITLED "AUTONOMOUS WINTER ROAD MAINTENANCE DECISION MAKING ENABLED BY BOOSTING EXISTING TRANSPORTATION DATA INFRASTRUCTURE WITH DEEP AND REcontract · Last action 2025-05-23$689,239
- Department of DefenseSHARED SPECTRUM ACCESS FOR RADAR AND COMMUNICATIONS (SSPARC) PHASE Icontract · Last action 2014-03-26$681,050
- Department of DefenseHF PASSIVE INTERFEROMETRIC TRACKING FOR MARITIME SURVEILLANCEcontract · Last action 2015-05-26$637,254
- Department of TransportationRAILROAD TRACK MAINTENANCE LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT DEVELOPMENT.contract · Last action 2025-05-15$612,307
- Department of TransportationMAKING RAILROADING A CAREER OF CHOICE BAA 2020 FRA-RSI-002 (MICHIGAN TECH)contract · Last action 2024-11-13$610,761
- Department of TransportationBAA PROJECT TO DEVELOP A GEOSPATIAL DATABASE AND DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM (DSS) THAT INTEGRATES REMOTE SENSING-BASED GROUND HAZARD INFORMATION (MACRO-DATA) WITH TRACK-BORNE CONDITION MONITORING DATA(MICRO-DATA) FROM THE RAIL INDUSTRY TO LOCATE, MONITOcontract · Last action 2025-02-28$606,922
- Department of DefenseBAA 22-0014A WITH MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY FOR R&D PROPOSAL SAR SIGNATURE MANAGEMENT. U438170contract · Last action 2025-05-20$600,000
- Department of Defensecontract · Last action 2008-11-13$599,998
- Department of DefenseBAA 21-001 - ROBOTIC PLATFORM SOIL AND TERRAIN CHARACTERIZATION FOR CLOSE TO REAL TIME GO/NOGO MAPScontract · Last action 2022-08-25$597,976
- Department of DefenseOFFENSIVE SWARM ENABLED TACTICS (OFFSET) SPRINT 5contract · Last action 2021-12-21$597,126
- Department of TransportationRESEARCH AND EVALUATE CONNECTED AND AUTOMATED VEHICLE SYSTEMS AT RAIL GRADE CROSSINGS FOR INCREASED SAFETY, MOBILITY AND EFFICIENCY.contract · Last action 2024-11-19$567,230
- Department of TransportationWELD ENHANCED CAST STEEL COUPLER KNUCKLEScontract · Last action 2025-05-19$500,000
- Department of DefenseOPFOR HIERARCHICAL AL FOR FIELD EXERCISES AND TRAINING DEMONSTRATIONS.contract · Last action 2025-08-18$499,790
- Department of DefenseSUPER-RESOLUTION RECONSTRUCTIONcontract · Last action 2015-08-26$449,999
- Department of DefenseSECTION 889 HIGH ORDER MODULATION STUDIEScontract · Last action 2021-11-05$449,956
- Department of DefenseBAA-ESTIMATION, INTERPOLATION, AND MAPP U435CEOcontract · Last action 2024-08-30$439,994
- Department of TransportationACQUISITION DESCRIPTION: A RISK INFORMED DECISION-MAKING FRAMEWORK FOR COASTAL RAILROAD SYSTEM SUBJECTED TO STORM HAZARDS AND SEA LEVEL RISE. IDENTIFY AND EVALUATE MITIGATION STRATEGIES FOR LIMITING IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON RAIL EQUIPMENT. POTENTIcontract · Last action 2024-02-22$439,306
- Department of DefenseOFFENSIVE SWARM ENABLED TACTICS (OFFSET) SPRINT 2 - SWARM AUTONOMY, THE GOAL OF OFFSET IS THE DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEMONSTRATION OF A SWARM SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE, ENCODED IN A REALISTIC GAME-BASED ENVIRONMENT AND EMBODIED IN PHYSICAL SWARM AUTONOMOUS PLATFORMS TO ADVANCE THE INNOVATION, INTERACTION, AND INTEGRATION OF NOVEL SWARM TACTICS.contract · Last action 2019-04-18$426,477
- Department of DefenseOFFENSIVE SWARM-ENABLED TACTICS (OFFSET) SPRINT 5 - BASEcontract · Last action 2022-03-29$425,684
- Department of DefenseOFFENSIVE SWARM ENABLED TACTICS (OFFSET) SPRINT 4contract · Last action 2020-06-18$422,380
- Department of DefenseBROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT AWARD TO MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY. BAA ENTITLED "SPATIAL COHERENCE IMAGING AND MACHINE LEARNING APPROACH FOR STANDOFF DETECTION USING FORWARD LOOKING GROUND-PENETRATING RADAR" IS TO DEVELOP NEW EXPLOSIVE HAZARD DETECTION ALGORITHMS FOR A MULTIBAND FORWARD LOOKING GROUND PENETRATING RADAR (FLGPR) IN SUPPORT OF THE NIGHT VISION AND ELECTRONIC SENSORS DIRECTORATE (NVESD)contract · Last action 2015-09-26$386,942
- Department of TransportationEFFECTS OF IN-VEHICLE AUDITORY ALERTS ON DRIVER BEHAVIORS AT GRADE CROSSINGS - MICHIGAN TECHcontract · Last action 2025-03-13$383,319
- Department of TransportationPUBLIC DEMONSTRATION AND PERFORMANCE DATA COLLECTION OF THE RAIL CROSSING VIOLATION WARNING SYSTEM.contract · Last action 2024-11-21$380,705
- Department of DefenseMULTI-APERATURE IMAGING ANALYSIScontract · Last action 2015-03-13$373,793
- Department of DefenseIGF::OT::IGF HIGHLY LINEAR ELECTRO-OPTIC MODULATOR FOR MICROWAVE PHOTONIC LINKS STUDYcontract · Last action 2016-09-14$346,268
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: 2025-12-23. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.
Inspection history
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-08 | Referral | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2021-06-22 | Referral | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2018-01-24 | Planned | 9 | 2 | $29,500 | |
| 2013-06-18 | Planned | 65 | 46 | $20,525 | |
| 2006-10-14 | Planned | 3 | 3 | $4,200 | |
| 1997-05-06 | Complaint | 0 | — | $0 |
Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.
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This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL 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 MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY's OSHA violation history?
- MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY has 6 OSHA inspections on record with 77 violations and $54,225 in total penalties.
- How does MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY's safety record compare to its industry?
- MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY operates in the colleges, universities, and professional schools industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 1.3.