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OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY

1285 6TH AVENUE, NEW YORK, NY, 10019
Operated by Otis Elevator · 1 of 1,160 establishments
333921Elevator and Moving Stairway Manufacturing
EIN 356202978

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OSHA inspections
9
over 45 years
Violations
10
$2,650 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
2 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY has accumulated 10 OSHA violations across 9 inspections over 45 years of recorded history, with $2,650 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 78th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 157 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 97th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 3 months ago.

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

Agency coverage

OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY 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 (historical), FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
9
0.2 / yr · last 45 yrs
Violations
10
0.2 / yr
Penalties
$2,650
$265 avg / violation
50% serious50% other
Inspection trigger · planned
4 of 9
Inspection trigger · referral
2 of 9

56% 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. 10 distinct standards shown · 10 citations in this view · $2,650 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1926.0028 A11$700May 1984May 1984
29 CFR 1926.0450 A1011$560May 1984May 1984
29 CFR 1926.0500 D0111$500Apr 1988Apr 1988
29 CFR 1926.0500 B0111$400Apr 1989Apr 1989
29 CFR 1926.0451 K0911$210Dec 1985Dec 1985
29 CFR 1926.0500 C0111$140Dec 1985Dec 1985
29 CFR 1926.0552 B05 II11$140May 1984May 1984
29 CFR 1926.0450 A0911May 1984May 1984
29 CFR 1926.0150 C01 IV11Jan 1981Jan 1981
29 CFR 1926.0025 A11Jan 1981Jan 1981

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

78th

Above average violations in NAICS 3339 within NY. Peer group: 157 employers. This establishment has 10 OSHA violations; peer median is 3.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
49th
peer median: $2,750
Inspection frequency
97th
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
−0.8
TRIR
0.0
vs industry
−1.1

Reported for 112 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
1.1
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
0.8
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
0.0
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
4
Referral
2
Follow-up
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 COMPANY. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
3 months ago

Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 3 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 OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY. 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.

NLRB cases

National Labor Relations Board cases involving this employer. Includes unfair labor practice (ULP) filings and representation election proceedings. NLRB enforcement is process-driven; no per-case monetary penalty is assessed (remedies are case-by-case backpay orders, posting requirements, election re-runs, etc.). 2 cases · 2 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
03-CA-125079Unfair labor practiceMar 2014Apr 2016ClosedRegion 03, Buffalo, New York
03-CA-024073Unfair labor practiceFeb 2003Oct 2003ClosedRegion 03, Buffalo, New York

Source: NLRB case files. Rows shown are those the agency has published. Region numbers (1–31) correspond to NLRB's geographic offices.

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 OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY. 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 · 1 marked inactive.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
OTIS ELEVATOR
240 W 60TH ST · NEW YORK, NY, 10019
RCRANo 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 OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY. 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
2026-02-26Referral0$0
1989-03-07Programmed Related11$400
1988-06-21Follow-up0$0
1988-03-14Unprogrammed Related11$500
1986-02-25Referral0$0
1985-09-19Programmed Related22$350
1984-12-13Programmed Related0$0
1984-04-02Planned41$1,400
1980-12-18Unprogrammed Related2$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 COMPANY 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 employers in this industry and state

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Other locations under this parent

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY 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.

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Frequently asked

What is OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY's OSHA violation history?
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY has 9 OSHA inspections on record with 10 violations and $2,650 in total penalties.
How does OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY's safety record compare to its industry?
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY operates in the elevator and moving stairway manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 1.1. OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY's self-reported DART rate is 0 compared to an industry average of 0.8.