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OTIS ELEVATOR CO.

1175 3RD AVE., NEW YORK, NY, 10021
Operated by Otis Elevator · 1 of 1,160 establishments
EIN 356202978

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OSHA inspections
8
over 48 years
Violations
10
$1,790 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.

Summary

OTIS ELEVATOR CO. has accumulated 10 OSHA violations across 8 inspections over 48 years of recorded history, with $1,790 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 89th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 132,440 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 99th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 36 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

OTIS ELEVATOR CO. appears in OSHA workplace safety, NLRB labor relations, and CPSC product recalls records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, OFLC visa and labor certification, FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
8
0.2 / yr · last 48 yrs
Violations
10
0.2 / yr
Penalties
$1,790
$179 avg / violation
20% serious80% other
Inspection trigger · planned
3 of 8
Inspection trigger · accident
1 of 8

63% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 3 inspections producing serious-or-greater violations.

Peer comparison

89th

Worse on violations than most other employers. Peer group: 132,440 employers. This establishment has 10 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
91st
peer median: $0
Inspection frequency
99th
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
0.0
vs industry
TRIR
0.0
vs industry

Reported for 80 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.

Inspection breakdown

Planned
3
Accident
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 OTIS ELEVATOR CO.. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

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

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 36+ years. Most recent activity: 36 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 OTIS ELEVATOR CO.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for OTIS ELEVATOR CO.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in NY — for Otis Elevator, not this location alone

Total cases
2
Unfair labor practice
2

National Labor Relations Board — unfair labor practice charges and union representation cases. The NLRB records cases at the company/regional level (no worksite address), so these are matched by company name and state and may span other Otis Elevator locations in the same state.

Visa & labor certification (OFLC)

No H-1B, H-2A, or H-2B labor condition applications on file for OTIS ELEVATOR CO.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for OTIS ELEVATOR CO.. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for OTIS ELEVATOR CO.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

CPSC product recalls

Total recalls
1
Last 5 years
0
Last 12 months
0
Units recalled
0

Top hazard: Children can become entrapped in the space between the exterior landing (hoistway) door and the interior elevator car door or gate, and suffer serious injuries or death when the elevator is called to another floor.. Most recent recall: 2020-12-17. Source: Consumer Product Safety Commission, matched on company name.

Federal contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — RTX CORP (across 367 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$89.9B
Obligated (all-time)
$299.3B
Awards (all-time)
224,295

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

Federal contract activity for the parent corporation. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
1990-04-18Programmed Related0$0
1987-10-21Planned2$540
1986-02-11Accident11$600
1981-02-27Unprogrammed Related1$0
1980-12-09Unprogrammed Related51$650
1980-09-10Unprogrammed Related0$0
1979-04-30Unprogrammed Related1$0
1978-05-03Planned0$0

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

OTIS ELEVATOR CO. is one of 1,160 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Otis Elevator.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Otis Elevator across all 1,160 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by Otis Elevator, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on OTIS ELEVATOR CO. 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 Otis Elevator, which operates 1,160 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.

Frequently asked

What is OTIS ELEVATOR CO.'s OSHA violation history?
OTIS ELEVATOR CO. has 8 OSHA inspections on record with 10 violations and $1,790 in total penalties.