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PYROTECHNIC SPECIALTIES, INC.

1661 JUNIPER CREEK ROAD, BYRON, GA, 31008
Operated by PyrotechnicSpecialties Inc
325920Explosives Manufacturing
EIN 581955032

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OSHA inspections
20
over 54 years
Violations
76
$249,335 in penalties
Severe violator (proxy)
YES
FastDOL heuristic — not confirmation of formal OSHA SVEP listing.
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
4 hospitalizations · 8 National Emphasis Program inspections · 4 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

PYROTECHNIC SPECIALTIES, INC. has accumulated 76 OSHA violations across 20 inspections over 54 years of recorded history, with $249,335 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 100th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 93 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th 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

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

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
20
0.4 / yr · last 54 yrs
Violations
76
1.4 / yr
Penalties
$249,335
$3,281 avg / violation
51% serious49% other
Inspection trigger · referral
13 of 20
Inspection trigger · complaint
2 of 20

70% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 12 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 · 37 citations in this view · $219,421 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0119 F0444$52,748Jan 2007Dec 2019
29 CFR 1910.0309 A41$64Sep 1972Sep 1972
29 CFR 1910.0109 B0133$12,750Sep 1972Oct 2016
29 CFR 1910.0119 E0132$12,100Aug 1995Oct 2016
29 CFR 1910.0119 G0333$9,100Aug 1995Sep 2019
29 CFR 1910.0119 C0133$2,100Aug 1995Jan 2007
29 CFR 1910.0119 L0122$8,126Jan 2007Sep 2019
29 CFR 1910.0109 D02 IVG22$1,475Aug 1995Mar 1997
29 CFR 1910.0106 E0621Sep 1972Sep 1972
29 CFR 1910.0132 D0111$43,150Aug 1995Aug 1995
29 CFR 1910.0119 O0211$12,000Oct 2016Oct 2016
29 CFR 1910.0147 C06 I B11$8,015Oct 2020Oct 2020
29 CFR 1910.0147 C07 I A11$8,015Oct 2020Oct 2020
29 CFR 1910.0119 D03 II11$8,015Oct 2020Oct 2020
29 CFR 1904.0039 A0211$8,000Oct 2016Oct 2016
29 CFR 1910.0119 F0111$7,692Jun 2022Jun 2022
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I11$7,692Jun 2022Jun 2022
29 CFR 1910.0119 D02 I E11$6,126Dec 2019Dec 2019
29 CFR 1910.0138 B11$6,126Dec 2019Dec 2019
29 CFR 1910.0119 E03 I11$6,126Dec 2019Dec 2019

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

100th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 3259 within GA. Peer group: 93 employers. This establishment has 76 OSHA violations; peer median is 3.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
100th
peer median: $4,125
Inspection frequency
100th
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
6.0
vs industry
+4.8
TRIR
7.2
vs industry
+5.1

Reported for 103 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
2.0
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.2
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
7.2
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
2
Complaint
2
Accident
1
Referral
13

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) · Jul 2019 – Aug 2022 · 5 in last 5 years

Reports
6
Hospitalizations
5
Amputations
1
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Vehicle or machinery fire

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
Aug 29, 2022Explosion, unspecifiedAbdomen, except internal location of diseases or disordersHospitalized
Apr 18, 2022Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaningFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Amputation
Jan 13, 2022Small-scale (limited) fireHand(s), unspecifiedHospitalized
Mar 1, 2021Vehicle or machinery fireHand(s) and arm(s), unspecifiedHospitalized
Nov 25, 2020Vehicle or machinery fireHand(s), unspecifiedHospitalized
Jul 10, 2019Fire or explosion, unspecifiedHand(s), unspecifiedHospitalized

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

OSHA accident events

Accidents, fatalities, and catastrophes documented during OSHA inspections at this employer. Each entry links to the inspection that recorded it.

DateEventInjuriesHospitalizedFatalities
Jan 13, 2022Burn,Explosives,Radiation,Skin11
Jun 17, 2020Arm,Burn,Explosion,Explosives,Face,Fire,Flash,Lockout,Lockout/Tagout,Machine operator,Press,Press Operator,Process Safety,Skin11
Jul 10, 2019Arm,Burn,Chemical Reaction,Cleaning,Explosives,Finger,Fire,Flammable Liquid,Flash,Glove,Hand,Machine operator,PPE,PPE Hazard Assessment,Protective Clothing,Radiation,Safety Device,Weather11
Mar 6, 2019Burn,Explosion11

Source: OSHA accident investigations. Narratives are recorded by the inspecting officer and may be truncated.

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 PYROTECHNIC SPECIALTIES, INC.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for PYROTECHNIC SPECIALTIES, 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 PYROTECHNIC SPECIALTIES, 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 PYROTECHNIC SPECIALTIES, INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
1
Quarters non-compliant
12
Formal actions
1

EPA Enforcement and Compliance History — Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Safe Drinking Water Act. Status: Significant Violation.

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 significant noncompliance.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
PYROTECHNIC SPECIALTIES INC
1661 JUNIPER CRK RD · BYRON, GA, 31008
RCRASignificant Violation
QNCR 12
11Feb 2026View →

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 contracts

This location

Obligated (5-yr)
$-379107.72
Obligated (all-time)
$16.1M
Awards
62
Top agency
Department of Defense
$16.1M

Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Primary NAICS: 325920 - EXPLOSIVES MANUFACTURING. Last action: 2025-09-30. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2026-05-27Referral0$0
2026-05-21Referral0$0
2022-01-18Referral22$15,384
2021-07-19Follow-up0$0
2021-03-09Referral2$1,759
2020-06-19Referral33$24,046
2019-07-15Referral44$24,504
2019-03-14Referral63$60,000
2016-04-13Referral64$56,000
2008-12-29Referral0$0
2006-08-15Referral99$14,000
2006-06-15Complaint11$2,800
2004-10-13Complaint11$788
1999-06-09Planned0$0
1999-06-08Planned5$500
1997-04-23Referral0$0
1997-03-04Follow-up33$3,025
1995-07-11Referral168$2,600
1995-03-14Referral2$43,150
1972-08-25Accident161$779

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

PYROTECHNIC SPECIALTIES, INC. is one of 1 establishments rolled up under the parent organization PyrotechnicSpecialties Inc.

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

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on PYROTECHNIC SPECIALTIES, INC. from every major federal compliance and enforcement source. 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 PYROTECHNIC SPECIALTIES, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
PYROTECHNIC SPECIALTIES, INC. has 20 OSHA inspections on record with 76 violations and $249,334.95 in total penalties.
How does PYROTECHNIC SPECIALTIES, INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
PYROTECHNIC SPECIALTIES, INC. operates in the explosives manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2. PYROTECHNIC SPECIALTIES, INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 5.96 compared to an industry average of 1.2.