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SAFT AMERICA, INC.

711 GIL HARBIN INDUSTRIAL BLVD., VALDOSTA, GA, 31601
335911Storage Battery Manufacturing
EIN 582209171

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OSHA inspections
16
over 50 years
Violations
69
$14,092 in penalties
Penalties
$14,092
$204 avg
Violations across 4 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 OSHA follow-up

Summary

SAFT AMERICA, INC. has accumulated 69 OSHA violations across 16 inspections over 50 years of recorded history, with $14,092 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 100th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 52 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 8 years ago.

Federal records were found in 4 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

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

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
16
0.3 / yr · last 50 yrs
Violations
69
1.4 / yr
Penalties
$14,092
$204 avg / violation
23% serious77% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
7 of 16
Inspection trigger · planned
5 of 16

56% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 6 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 · 24 citations in this view · $13,327 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0309 A 01101722$85May 1976Oct 1976
29 CFR 1910.0151 C22$40May 1976Dec 1976
29 CFR 1910.0141 G0222Dec 1976Aug 1986
29 CFR 1910.0219 E01 I22May 1976Oct 1976
29 CFR 1910.0147 C0111$5,250Feb 2016Feb 2016
29 CFR 1910.0219 C02 I11$1,219Mar 2002Mar 2002
29 CFR 1910.1027 D03 I11$975Aug 2002Aug 2002
29 CFR 1910.1027 F01 II11$975Aug 2002Aug 2002
29 CFR 1910.0217 C02 IA11$800Oct 1976Oct 1976
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0111$800Oct 1976Oct 1976
29 CFR 1910.0217 B03 I11$800Oct 1976Oct 1976
29 CFR 1910.0305 G01 I11$600Sep 1992Sep 1992
29 CFR 1910.0038 B04 II11$600Sep 1992Sep 1992
29 CFR 1910.1200 F05 II11$488Aug 2002Aug 2002
29 CFR 1910.0215 A0211$210Sep 1978Sep 1978
29 CFR 1910.0141 A03 I11$180Aug 1986Aug 1986
29 CFR 1910.0176 B11$90Oct 1976Oct 1976
29 CFR 1910.0217 B07 III11$75Oct 1976Oct 1976
29 CFR 1910.0217 B04 I11$75Oct 1976Oct 1976
29 CFR 1910.0217 B06 I11$65Oct 1976Oct 1976

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 3359 within GA. Peer group: 52 employers. This establishment has 69 OSHA violations; peer median is 3.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
71st
peer median: $5,906
Inspection frequency
100th
peer median: 2

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
0.5
vs industry
−1.3
TRIR
1.4
vs industry
−1.4

Reported for 193 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
2.8
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.8
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
1.4
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
5
Complaint
7
Referral
1
Follow-up
3

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 2015 – Mar 2020

Reports
2
Hospitalizations
1
Amputations
1
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment

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
Mar 10, 2020Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured workerFingertip(s)Amputation
Oct 2, 2015Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipmentHead and neckHospitalized

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

Activity timeline

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

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 8+ years. Most recent activity: 8 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$674
Employees affected
1

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. 1 statute · 1 violation · $674 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FMLA (family & medical leave)Aug 2017111$674

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. 1 case · 1 violations · $674 in backwages · 1 worker affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Apr 2017 – Aug 2017Battery ManufacturingFMLA11$674

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 SAFT AMERICA, INC.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in GA — for SAFT AMERICA, INC., 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 SAFT AMERICA, 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.). 2 cases · 2 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
12-CA-026929Unfair labor practiceNov 2010Jun 2011ClosedRegion 12, Tampa, Florida
12-CA-023261Unfair labor practiceAug 2003Jan 2004ClosedRegion 12, Tampa, Florida

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 SAFT AMERICA, INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
4
Quarters non-compliant
6

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
SAFT AMERICA INC
711 GIL HARBIN INDUSTRIAL BLVD. · VALDOSTA, GA, 31601
AirWaterRCRATRISignificant Violation
QNCR 6
40Aug 2023View →

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 SAFT AMERICA, INC.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

This location

Obligated (5-yr)
$4.7M
Obligated (all-time)
$45.6M
Awards
413
Top agency
Department of Defense
$43.8M
Company-wide — SAFT GROUPE SA (across 6 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$0
Obligated (all-time)
$79.8M
Awards (all-time)
402

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

Top agencies by obligation (this location)
Department of Defense$43.8M
Department of Homeland Security$1.4M
Department of Transportation$272K
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$28K
Smithsonian Institution$23K
Largest awards (top 50 of 413)
  • Department of Defense
    F-16 SMART BATTERY PROGRAM
    contract · Last action 2013-04-01
    $1,214,000
  • Department of Defense
    4523588512!BATTERY,STORAGE
    contract · Last action 2013-02-01
    $834,981
  • Department of Defense
    8511393739!BATTERY,STORAGE
    contract · Last action 2025-12-18
    $811,921
  • Department of Defense
    8505362934!BATTERY,STORAGE
    contract · Last action 2019-06-07
    $724,087
  • Department of Defense
    4523467305!BOA
    contract · Last action 2013-01-18
    $685,179
  • Department of Defense
    4510746277!BATTERY,STORAGE
    contract · Last action 2009-05-07
    $642,302
  • Department of Defense
    4514393471!BATTERY,STORAGE
    contract · Last action 2010-05-21
    $637,809
  • Department of Defense
    4510710743!BATTERY,STORAGE
    contract · Last action 2009-05-05
    $635,195
  • Department of Defense
    4515209013!BATTERY,STORAGE
    contract · Last action 2010-08-13
    $634,490
  • Department of Defense
    4509489504!BATTERY,STORAGE
    contract · Last action 2008-12-18
    $625,725
  • Department of Defense
    4524667704!PV IRAQ
    contract · Last action 2016-10-17
    $622,357
  • Department of Defense
    8505180677!BATTERY,STORAGE
    contract · Last action 2018-02-08
    $615,912
  • Department of Defense
    4519506234!BATTERY,STORAGE
    contract · Last action 2011-10-31
    $583,647
  • Department of Defense
    8505363024!BATTERY,STORAGE
    contract · Last action 2019-07-29
    $568,601
  • Department of Defense
    4511130570!BATTERY,STORAGE
    contract · Last action 2009-06-17
    $474,456
  • Department of Defense
    8511297775!BATTERY,STORAGE
    contract · Last action 2025-12-05
    $436,847
  • Department of Defense
    4525471940!BATTERY,STORAGE
    contract · Last action 2013-12-05
    $396,550
  • Department of Defense
    8510738034!BATTERY,STORAGE
    contract · Last action 2025-08-22
    $386,543
  • Department of Defense
    8502402431!BATTERY,STORAGE
    contract · Last action 2015-10-07
    $362,640
  • Department of Defense
    4512756169!BATTERY,STORAGE
    contract · Last action 2009-12-09
    $356,269
  • Department of Defense
    8500875124!BATTERY,STORAGE
    contract · Last action 2014-04-23
    $352,078
  • Department of Defense
    8511206748!BATTERY,STORAGE
    contract · Last action 2025-05-23
    $348,962
  • Department of Defense
    8500935070!BATTERY,STORAGE
    contract · Last action 2014-05-08
    $337,994
  • Department of Defense
    4508132293!BATTERY,S
    contract · Last action 2008-07-18
    $330,393
  • Department of Defense
    8511640311!BATTERY,STORAGE
    contract · Last action 2025-11-21
    $315,764
  • Department of Defense
    4509853483!BATTERY,STORAGE
    contract · Last action 2009-02-04
    $315,598
  • Department of Defense
    8505499711!BATTERY,STORAGE
    contract · Last action 2018-05-15
    $313,604
  • Department of Defense
    8503287724!BATTERY,STORAGE
    contract · Last action 2016-06-21
    $313,170
  • Department of Defense
    8500831123!BATTERY,STORAGE
    contract · Last action 2014-04-09
    $306,844
  • Department of Defense
    8505728150!BATTERY,STORAGE
    contract · Last action 2018-07-30
    $297,521
  • Department of Defense
    8510676866!BATTERY,STORAGE
    contract · Last action 2024-06-06
    $296,248
  • Department of Defense
    4522119203!BATTERY,STORAGE
    contract · Last action 2012-08-16
    $293,829
  • Department of Defense
    8502533089!BATTERY,STORAGE
    contract · Last action 2015-10-08
    $293,799
  • Department of Defense
    MAIN, 48 AH NI-CAD,
    contract · Last action 2024-05-13
    $278,621
  • Department of Transportation
    IGF::OT::IGF SAFETY ASSESSMENT OF BATTERY TECHNOLOGY FOR RAIL APPLICATIONS
    contract · Last action 2017-01-13
    $272,288
  • Department of Defense
    4520685961!BOA
    contract · Last action 2012-03-13
    $264,415
  • Department of Defense
    4523479769!BATTERY ASSEMBLY
    contract · Last action 2013-01-22
    $261,899
  • Department of Defense
    8506107508!BATTERY,STORAGE
    contract · Last action 2018-12-04
    $258,511
  • Department of Defense
    8506066916!BATTERY,STORAGE
    contract · Last action 2018-11-19
    $258,511
  • Department of Defense
    8506027196!BATTERY,STORAGE
    contract · Last action 2018-11-02
    $258,511
  • Department of Defense
    8505985844!BATTERY,STORAGE
    contract · Last action 2018-10-19
    $258,511
  • Department of Defense
    8505964873!BATTERY,STORAGE
    contract · Last action 2018-10-11
    $258,511
  • Department of Defense
    8505956871!BATTERY,STORAGE
    contract · Last action 2018-10-09
    $258,511
  • Department of Defense
    8504530078!BATTERY,STORAGE
    contract · Last action 2017-06-28
    $255,151
  • Department of Defense
    4512612586!CELL,BATTERY
    contract · Last action 2009-11-23
    $245,601
  • Department of Defense
    4512612569!CELL,BATTERY
    contract · Last action 2009-11-23
    $245,601
  • Department of Defense
    8510658615!BATTERY ASSEMBLY
    contract · Last action 2025-08-28
    $240,736
  • Department of Defense
    8505070324!BATTERY,STORAGE
    contract · Last action 2018-01-03
    $231,057
  • Department of Defense
    8511599005!BATTERY,STORAGE
    contract · Last action 2025-08-26
    $215,858
  • Department of Defense
    8504010945!BATTERY,STORAGE
    contract · Last action 2017-01-17
    $212,318

Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Primary NAICS: 335911 - STORAGE BATTERY MANUFACTURING. Last action: 2026-04-23. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2015-10-07Referral33$5,250
2002-02-11Complaint64$3,657
1992-05-21Planned22$1,200
1987-07-29Follow-up0$0
1986-04-29Complaint62$180
1984-03-20Planned1$0
1982-01-15Planned0$0
1978-09-19Complaint22$210
1977-07-21Complaint0$0
1977-01-27Follow-up0$0
1977-01-18Complaint0$0
1976-11-05Follow-up0$0
1976-10-14Complaint303$3,300
1976-10-14Complaint3$0
1976-05-19Planned16$295
1976-05-19Planned0$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 SAFT AMERICA, 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 SAFT AMERICA, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
SAFT AMERICA, INC. has 16 OSHA inspections on record with 69 violations and $14,092 in total penalties.
How does SAFT AMERICA, INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
SAFT AMERICA, INC. operates in the storage battery manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.8. SAFT AMERICA, INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 0.47 compared to an industry average of 1.8.