Establishment profile
PFIZER, INC.
445 EASTERN POINT ROAD, GROTON, CT, 06340
Operated by PFIZER INC · 1 of 39 establishments
325412 — Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing
EIN 135315170
Summary
PFIZER, INC. has accumulated 32 OSHA violations across 20 inspections over 43 years of recorded history, with $28,035 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 95th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 22 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 1 year ago.
Federal records were found in 1 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.
Agency coverage
PFIZER, INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety, FMCSA motor carrier registration, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, and CPSC product recalls records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.
OSHA workplace safety
40% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 5 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 · $26,435 in penalties.
| CFR section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1910.0132 A | 2 | 2 | $4,360 | Oct 1990 | Jun 2012 |
| 29 CFR 1904.0002 A | 2 | 2 | $400 | May 1991 | Jun 1993 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0132 F03 III | 1 | 1 | $4,000 | Jun 2012 | Jun 2012 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0333 A01 | 1 | 1 | $3,780 | Jun 2009 | Jun 2009 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1450 F04 IC | 1 | 1 | $3,000 | Jun 1993 | Jun 1993 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0303 G01 IA | 1 | 1 | $2,250 | Jun 2009 | Jun 2009 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0303 F02 | 1 | 1 | $1,125 | Jun 2009 | Jun 2009 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1020 D01 I | 1 | 1 | $800 | Jun 2012 | Jun 2012 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1020 E02 IA | 1 | 1 | $800 | Jun 2012 | Jun 2012 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0134 F02 II | 1 | 1 | $800 | Jun 1993 | Jun 1993 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 II | 1 | 1 | $800 | Jun 1993 | Jun 1993 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0106 E06 I | 1 | 1 | $630 | Oct 1990 | Oct 1990 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0106 E06 II | 1 | 1 | $630 | Oct 1990 | Oct 1990 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0037 K02 | 1 | 1 | $540 | Oct 1990 | Oct 1990 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0151 C | 1 | 1 | $450 | Oct 1990 | Oct 1990 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0120 P07 I | 1 | 1 | $450 | Oct 1990 | Oct 1990 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0145 C02 I | 1 | 1 | $450 | Oct 1990 | Oct 1990 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0305 G01 III | 1 | 1 | $450 | Aug 1990 | Aug 1990 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0305 G01 II | 1 | 1 | $360 | Oct 1990 | Oct 1990 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0133 A01 | 1 | 1 | $360 | Oct 1990 | Oct 1990 |
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 nearly every other employer in NAICS 3254 within CT. Peer group: 22 employers. This establishment has 32 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 2,975 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) · Oct 2024
Most frequent event: Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 2024 | Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing | Other finger(s) n.e.c. | Amputation |
Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.
Activity timeline
Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 1 year ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.
Wage & Hour Division (WHD)
No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for PFIZER, INC.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division →
Mine safety (MSHA)
No MSHA mine safety violations on file for PFIZER, 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 PFIZER, 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 PFIZER, INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification →
Environmental compliance (EPA)
No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for PFIZER, 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.
| Facility | Permits | Status | Inspections | Formal actions | Penalties | Last inspected | ECHO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PFIZER INC. 445 EASTERN POINT ROAD · GROTON, CT, 06340 | Water | No Violation Identified | 0 | 0 | — | — | 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
First case: 2007-03-01. Most recent: 2007-03-01. Source: UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry — federal pleas, DPAs, and NPAs.
CPSC product recalls
Top hazard: The recalled prescription drugs must be in child resistant packaging as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act (PPPA). The packaging of the products is not child resistant, posing a risk of poisoning if the contents are swallowed by young children.. Most recent recall: 2023-03-16. Source: Consumer Product Safety Commission, matched on company name.
Federal contracts
No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.
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
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-27 | Complaint | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2024-10-23 | Referral | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2012-01-18 | Complaint | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2012-01-18 | Complaint | 4 | — | $9,600 | |
| 2012-01-18 | Complaint | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2009-04-17 | Complaint | 4 | 4 | $7,155 | |
| 2006-11-03 | Complaint | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2002-06-25 | Referral | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1996-10-08 | Unprogrammed Related | 2 | — | $0 | |
| 1994-07-19 | Planned | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1994-07-19 | Planned | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1994-07-05 | Planned | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1993-04-05 | Referral | 5 | 4 | $5,000 | |
| 1993-03-25 | Referral | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1991-03-08 | Follow-up | 1 | — | $0 | |
| 1990-09-10 | Planned | 12 | 11 | $4,950 | |
| 1990-06-12 | Complaint | 2 | 2 | $800 | |
| 1989-08-30 | Unprogrammed Related | 2 | 2 | $530 | |
| 1987-04-06 | Complaint | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1982-08-31 | Planned | 0 | — | $0 |
Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.
In the news
Part of a larger organization
PFIZER, INC. is one of 39 establishments rolled up under the parent organization PFIZER INC.
Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of PFIZER INC across all 39 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.
Other employers in this industry and state
Other employers in pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing within CT, ordered by federal enforcement volume:
- MCKESSON CORPORATIONROCKY HILL — 2 federal enforcement records
- SHEFFIELD PHARMACEUTICALS, LLCNEW LONDON — 1 federal enforcement record
- GenomasHartford — 1 federal enforcement record
- SCA PHARMACEUTICALS, LLCWINDSOR — 1 federal enforcement record
- BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANYWALLINGFORD — 0 federal enforcement records
Other locations under this parent
Other establishments operated by PFIZER INC, ordered by federal enforcement volume:
- PFIZER INCLEES SUMMIT, MO — 2 federal enforcement records
- PFIZER INCKALAMAZOO, MI — 2 federal enforcement records
- PFIZERPALMYRA, MO — 2 federal enforcement records
- PFIZER INCNew York -Richmond, NY — 2 federal enforcement records
- PFIZER, INC.BROOKLYN, NY — 2 federal enforcement records
- PFIZER INCGibsonburg, OH — 1 federal enforcement record
- WYETH PHARMACEUTICALSROUSES POINT, NY — 1 federal enforcement record
- PFIZER INCSidney, NE — 1 federal enforcement record
- PFIZER, INC.CLOQUET, MN — 1 federal enforcement record
- PFIZER, INC.PARSIPPANY, NJ — 1 federal enforcement record
Related searches
- All PFIZER INC locationsParent rollup
- Pharmaceutical Preparation ManufacturingAll employers in this industry
- Employers in CTState-wide enforcement data
- Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing in CTIndustry × state cross-filter
About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on PFIZER, 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 PFIZER INC, which operates 39 establishments in our dataset.
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Contact sales →Frequently asked
- What is PFIZER, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
- PFIZER, INC. has 20 OSHA inspections on record with 32 violations and $28,035 in total penalties.
- How does PFIZER, INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
- PFIZER, INC. operates in the pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 1.4. PFIZER, INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 0.17 compared to an industry average of 0.9.