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POTOMAC ABATEMENT INC

8201 16TH STREET, JESSUP, MD, 20794
238990All Other Specialty Trade Contractors
EIN 521651711

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OSHA inspections
2
over 15 years
Violations
3
Penalties
$0
$0 avg
Violations across 3 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
2 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

POTOMAC ABATEMENT INC has accumulated 3 OSHA violations across 2 inspections over 15 years of recorded history.

The establishment sits in the 60th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 1,458 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 91st percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 5 years ago.

Federal records were found in 3 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

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

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
2
0.1 / yr · last 15 yrs
Violations
3
0.2 / yr
Penalties
$0
Inspection trigger · referral
2 of 2

50% of inspections at this establishment produced 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. 3 distinct standards shown · 3 citations in this view.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0134 M0411Jul 2012Jul 2012
29 CFR 1926.0062 D04 I11Jul 2012Jul 2012
29 CFR 1926.0062 N0511Jul 2012Jul 2012

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

60th

Above average violations in NAICS 2389 within MD. Peer group: 1,458 employers. This establishment has 3 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
0th
peer median: $200
Inspection frequency
91st
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
−0.9
TRIR
0.0
vs industry
−1.6

Reported for 170 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
1.6
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
0.9
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

Referral
2

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 POTOMAC ABATEMENT INC. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

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

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 5+ years. Most recent activity: 5 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
3
Back wages owed
$52,009
Employees affected
53

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. 2 statutes · 107 violations · $52,009 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Davis-Bacon (federal construction)May 2014 – Aug 201826153$50,517
CWHSSA (federal-contract overtime)May 2014 – Aug 201824621$1,492

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. 3 cases · 107 violations · $52,009 in backwages · 53 workers affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
May 2020 – Aug 2020All Other Specialty Trade Contractors0
Jul 2018 – Aug 2018Site Preparation ContractorsCWHSSADavis-Bacon178$7,342
Aug 2012 – May 2014All Other Specialty Trade ContractorsCWHSSADavis-Bacon9045$44,667

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 POTOMAC ABATEMENT INC. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in MD — for POTOMAC ABATEMENT INC, not this location alone

Total cases
1
Unfair labor practice
1

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 POTOMAC ABATEMENT INC 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.). 1 case · 1 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
05-CA-332476Unfair labor practiceDec 2023Jan 2024ClosedRegion 05, Baltimore, Maryland

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 POTOMAC ABATEMENT INC. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for POTOMAC ABATEMENT INC. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Motor carrier safety (FMCSA)

DOT number
694474
Operation
A

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration — DOT-regulated carrier registration and fleet data.

Federal criminal prosecution record

Prosecutions
1
Total payments
$200K
Disposition
Guilty Plea
Crime type
False Statements

First case: 2002-12-24. Most recent: 2002-12-24. Source: UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry — federal pleas, DPAs, and NPAs.

Federal prosecution case file

Federal corporate prosecution records from the University of Virginia Corporate Prosecution Registry. DPA = Deferred Prosecution Agreement; NPA = Non-Prosecution Agreement; both are pre-trial settlements where the defendant accepts terms but avoids conviction. Monitor = court-appointed compliance oversight, usually 2-5 years. 1 case · 1 plea/conviction · $200,000 in penalties / restitution.

CaseDateDispositionCrimeJurisdictionTotal paymentMonitor
USA v. Potomac Abatement et al
Potomac Abatement, Inc.
Dec 2002pleaFalse StatementsVirginia - Eastern$200,000No

Source: University of Virginia Corporate Prosecution Registry (maintained by Prof. Brandon L. Garrett, Duke University). The registry has no state or jurisdiction-of-incorporation field on the company side, so same-name employers in different states may mis-attribute -- verify against the source case documents when precision matters.

Federal contracts

This location

Obligated (5-yr)
$0
Obligated (all-time)
$22K
Awards
1
Top agency
Department of Labor
$22K
Largest awards
  • Department of Labor
    IGF::CL,CT::IGF
    contract · Last action 2016-02-22
    $22,325

Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Primary NAICS: 812990 - ALL OTHER PERSONAL SERVICES. Last action: 2016-02-22. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2012-04-16Referral3$0
2010-12-29Referral0$0

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 POTOMAC ABATEMENT 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 POTOMAC ABATEMENT INC's OSHA violation history?
POTOMAC ABATEMENT INC has 2 OSHA inspections on record with 3 violations and $0 in total penalties.
How does POTOMAC ABATEMENT INC's safety record compare to its industry?
POTOMAC ABATEMENT INC operates in the all other specialty trade contractors industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 1.6. POTOMAC ABATEMENT INC's self-reported DART rate is 0 compared to an industry average of 0.9.