Establishment profile
MOTION INDUSTRIES, INC.
1605 ALTON ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, AL, 35210
Operated by GENUINE PARTS CO · 1 of 158 establishments
423840 — Industrial Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
EIN 630251578
Summary
MOTION INDUSTRIES, INC. has accumulated 12 OSHA violations across 4 inspections over 51 years of recorded history, with $12,620 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 90th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 32 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 97th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 6 years ago.
Federal records were found in 1 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.
Agency coverage
MOTION INDUSTRIES, INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety, EPA environmental compliance, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), 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
75% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 2 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. 12 distinct standards shown · 12 citations in this view · $12,620 in penalties.
| CFR section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1910.0178 O01 | 1 | 1 | $8,695 | Oct 2019 | Oct 2019 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A01 | 1 | 1 | $1,700 | Jul 2005 | Jul 2005 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0134 D01 III | 1 | 1 | $1,200 | Jul 2005 | Jul 2005 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0215 A04 | 1 | 1 | $1,000 | Jul 2005 | Jul 2005 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0134 B01 | 1 | 1 | $25 | Jan 1975 | Jan 1975 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1000 E | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 2005 | Jul 2005 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0215 B09 | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 2005 | Jul 2005 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1000 A02 | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 2005 | Jul 2005 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0176 A | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 1975 | Jan 1975 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0107 G07 | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 1975 | Jan 1975 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0178 L | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 1975 | Jan 1975 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0178 G10 | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 1975 | Jan 1975 |
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
Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 4238 within AL. Peer group: 32 employers. This establishment has 12 OSHA violations; peer median is 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.
Reported for 488 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
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
Self-reported events under 29 CFR 1904.39 (24-hour notification of hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) · Sep 2016 – Sep 2019
Most frequent event: Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports (federal OSHA only; state-plan states like California, Oregon, and Washington maintain their own programs and do not consistently report into this feed).
Severe injury reports — events
Each row is a hospitalization, amputation, or eye-loss event the employer self-reported to OSHA under 29 CFR 1904.39. Narratives are written by the reporting employer.
| Date | Event | Body part | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 2019 | Struck by object or equipment rolling freely | Upper and lower limb(s) | Hospitalized | |
| Apr 3, 2019 | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway | Hip(s) | Hospitalized | |
| Sep 28, 2016 | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker | Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified | Hospitalized |
Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.
OSHA accident events
Accidents, fatalities, and catastrophes documented during OSHA inspections at this employer. Each entry links to the inspection that recorded it.
| Date | Event | Injuries | Hospitalized | Fatalities | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 2019 | Cylinder,Forklift,Fracture,Hand,Laceration,Leg,Pallet,Powered Industrial Vehicle,Roll,Struck By,Trailer,Unloading,Unsecured | 1 | 1 | — | |
| Apr 3, 2019 | Distracted driving,Ejected,Forklift,Hip,Ind Trk Operator,Industrial Truck,Lost Control,Material Handling,Powered Industrial Vehicle,Ramp,Warehouse | 1 | 1 | — |
Source: OSHA accident investigations. Narratives are recorded by the inspecting officer and may be truncated.
Activity timeline
No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 6+ years. Most recent activity: 6 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 MOTION INDUSTRIES, INC.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division →
Mine safety (MSHA)
No MSHA mine safety violations on file for MOTION INDUSTRIES, 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 MOTION INDUSTRIES, INC.. Verify directly with National Labor Relations Board →
Visa & labor certification (OFLC) — historical
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 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). 2 facilities.
| Facility | Permits | Status | Inspections | Formal actions | Penalties | Last inspected | ECHO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MOTION INDUSTRIES, INC. 1601 ALTON ROAD · BIRMINGHAM, AL, 35210 | AirRCRA | No Violation Identified | 1 | 0 | — | Feb 2025 | View → |
MOTION INDUSTRIES, INC. 2901 ALTON WAY · BIRMINGHAM, AL, 35210 | RCRA | No Violation Identified | 1 | 0 | — | Mar 2023 | View → |
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)
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 MOTION INDUSTRIES, INC.. 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.
Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Primary NAICS: 332991 - BALL AND ROLLER BEARING MANUFACTURING. Last action: 2026-05-07. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.
Inspection history
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-09-09 | Referral | 1 | 1 | $8,695 | |
| 2019-04-11 | Referral | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2005-05-20 | Complaint | 6 | 3 | $3,900 | |
| 1975-01-09 | Planned | 5 | — | $25 |
Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.
In the news
Part of a larger organization
MOTION INDUSTRIES, INC. is one of 158 establishments rolled up under the parent organization GENUINE PARTS CO.
Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of GENUINE PARTS CO across all 158 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.
Other employers in this industry and state
Other employers in industrial supplies merchant wholesalers within AL, ordered by federal enforcement volume:
- SOUTHERN TRUCK & EQUIPMENT, INC.THEODORE — 1 federal enforcement record
Other locations under this parent
Other establishments operated by GENUINE PARTS CO, ordered by federal enforcement volume:
- MOTION INDUSTRIES, CORP.STOCKTON, CA — 2 federal enforcement records
- GENUINE PARTS COOmaha, NE — 2 federal enforcement records
- MOTION INDUSTRIES INCPORTLAND, OR — 2 federal enforcement records
- MOTION INDUSTRIES INCMUKILTEO, WA — 2 federal enforcement records
- MOTION INDUSTRIES, INC.CHESAPEAKE, VA — 2 federal enforcement records
- MOTION INDUSTRIES INCBELLINGHAM, WA — 2 federal enforcement records
- MOTION INDUSTRIES INCTampa, FL — 2 federal enforcement records
- MOTION INDUSTRIES INCRICHMOND, VA — 2 federal enforcement records
- MOTION INDUSTRIES INCKINGSPORT, TN — 2 federal enforcement records
- MOTION INDUSTRIES INC.SUFFOLK, VA — 2 federal enforcement records
Related searches
- All GENUINE PARTS CO locationsParent rollup
- Industrial Supplies Merchant WholesalersAll employers in this industry
- Employers in ALState-wide enforcement data
- Industrial Supplies Merchant in ALIndustry × state cross-filter
About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on MOTION INDUSTRIES, 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 GENUINE PARTS CO, which operates 158 establishments in our dataset.
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Contact sales →Frequently asked
- What is MOTION INDUSTRIES, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
- MOTION INDUSTRIES, INC. has 4 OSHA inspections on record with 12 violations and $12,620 in total penalties.
- How does MOTION INDUSTRIES, INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
- MOTION INDUSTRIES, INC. operates in the industrial supplies merchant wholesalers industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 1.5. MOTION INDUSTRIES, INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 0 compared to an industry average of 0.9.