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NATIONAL FISH & SEAFOOD, INC.

159 EAST MAIN STREET, GLOUCESTER, MA, 01930

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OSHA inspections
5
over 13 years
Violations
31
$73,500 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
4 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

NATIONAL FISH & SEAFOOD, INC. has accumulated 31 OSHA violations across 5 inspections over 13 years of recorded history, with $73,500 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 90th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 83 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 87th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 9 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

NATIONAL FISH & SEAFOOD, 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
5
0.4 / yr · last 13 yrs
Violations
31
2.4 / yr
Penalties
$73,500
$2,371 avg / violation
90% serious10% other
Inspection trigger · planned
2 of 5
Inspection trigger · complaint
1 of 5

80% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 4 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 · 22 citations in this view · $73,500 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I22$19,500Oct 2012Nov 2016
29 CFR 1910.0151 C22$8,700Oct 2012Nov 2016
29 CFR 1910.0132 D0111$7,000Nov 2016Nov 2016
5A000111$7,000Nov 2016Nov 2016
29 CFR 1910.0178 N0411$7,000Nov 2016Nov 2016
29 CFR 1910.0095 G0111$3,000Oct 2012Oct 2012
29 CFR 1910.0095 C0111$3,000Oct 2012Oct 2012
29 CFR 1910.0219 D0111$2,900May 2014May 2014
29 CFR 1910.0095 K0111$2,500Oct 2012Oct 2012
29 CFR 1910.0134 F0111$2,000Oct 2012Oct 2012
29 CFR 1910.0120 Q0111$2,000Oct 2012Oct 2012
29 CFR 1910.0134 C0111$2,000Oct 2012Oct 2012
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0111$1,700Oct 2012Oct 2012
29 CFR 1910.0219 C04 I11$1,700Oct 2012Oct 2012
29 CFR 1910.0023 A0811$1,700Oct 2012Oct 2012
29 CFR 1910.0157 C0111$1,000Nov 2016Nov 2016
29 CFR 1904.0029 B0111$400Nov 2016Nov 2016
29 CFR 1910.0037 B0511$400Oct 2012Oct 2012
29 CFR 1910.0178 N0611Nov 2016Nov 2016
29 CFR 1910.0133 A0111Nov 2016Nov 2016

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

90th

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 3117 within MA. Peer group: 83 employers. This establishment has 31 OSHA violations; peer median is 7.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
95th
peer median: $5,523
Inspection frequency
87th
peer median: 2

Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)

No self-reported injury rates filed with OSHA's Injury Tracking Application for NATIONAL FISH & SEAFOOD, INC.. Verify directly with OSHA Injury Tracking Application

Industry benchmark

Industry avg TRIR
5.0
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
3.6
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
1
Referral
1

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

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
1
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue

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.

DateEventBody partOutcome
Sep 14, 2016Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissueMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Hospitalized

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.

Activity timeline

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

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 9+ years. Most recent activity: 9 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$92,243
Employees affected
13

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 · 14 violations · $92,243 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FLSA — minimum wage & overtimeApr 201511413$92,243

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. 1 case · 14 violations · $92,243 in backwages · 13 workers affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Apr 2013 – Apr 2015Fish and Seafood Merchant WholesalersFLSA1413$92,243

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 NATIONAL FISH & SEAFOOD, 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 NATIONAL FISH & SEAFOOD, 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 NATIONAL FISH & SEAFOOD, INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for NATIONAL FISH & SEAFOOD, INC.. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

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). 1 facility.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
NATIONAL FISH & SEAFOOD
11-15 PARKER ST · GLOUCESTER, MA, 01930
WaterNo Violation Identified00View →

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.

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for NATIONAL FISH & SEAFOOD, INC.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2016-09-21Referral97$45,400
2016-07-13Unprogrammed Related0$0
2014-02-20Complaint11$2,900
2012-07-31Planned1313$14,500
2012-07-31Planned87$10,700

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 NATIONAL FISH & SEAFOOD, 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.

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Frequently asked

What is NATIONAL FISH & SEAFOOD, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
NATIONAL FISH & SEAFOOD, INC. has 5 OSHA inspections on record with 31 violations and $73,500 in total penalties.