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SEA WATCH INTERNATIONAL, LTD

15 ANTONIO L. COSTA AVENUE, NEW BEDFORD, MA, 02740
Operated by Sea Watch International, Ltd · 1 of 2 establishments
311710Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging

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OSHA inspections
13
over 30 years
Violations
46
$128,224 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 3 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
2 fatalities · 3 National Emphasis Program inspections · 13 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

SEA WATCH INTERNATIONAL, LTD has accumulated 46 OSHA violations across 13 inspections over 30 years of recorded history, with $128,224 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 96th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 82 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 2 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

SEA WATCH INTERNATIONAL, LTD appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, EPA environmental compliance, and UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry records only. No matching records were found in 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
13
0.4 / yr · last 30 yrs
Violations
46
1.5 / yr
Penalties
$128,224
$2,787 avg / violation
70% serious30% other
Inspection trigger · referral
3 of 13
Inspection trigger · complaint
2 of 13

69% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 8 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 · 26 citations in this view · $126,312 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
5A000133$81,051Jun 2019Jan 2021
29 CFR 1910.0219 C04 I22$713May 1996May 2000
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0122$675Feb 1996May 2000
29 CFR 1910.0132 A22$675Feb 1996May 2000
29 CFR 1910.0176 B22$300May 1996May 2000
29 CFR 1910.0147 D0211$7,000Jun 2014Jun 2014
29 CFR 1910.0147 D04 I11$7,000Jun 2014Jun 2014
29 CFR 1910.0134 D03 I B 211$5,000Jan 2021Jan 2021
29 CFR 1910.0036 G0211$4,508Sep 2019Sep 2019
29 CFR 1910.0147 F0111$4,200Jun 2014Jun 2014
29 CFR 1910.0147 C07 I A11$2,640Jun 2014Jun 2014
29 CFR 1910.0147 C06 I11$2,640Jun 2014Jun 2014
29 CFR 1910.0027 B01 II11$1,980Jun 2014Jun 2014
29 CFR 1910.0120 Q0211$1,700Dec 2011Dec 2011
29 CFR 1910.0120 Q06 III11$1,700Dec 2011Dec 2011
29 CFR 1910.0134 C0111$1,275Dec 2011Dec 2011
29 CFR 1910.1200 H03 IV11$1,155Jun 2014Jun 2014
29 CFR 1910.0146 C0411$900Feb 1996Feb 1996
29 CFR 1910.0303 G02 I11$600May 2000May 2000
29 CFR 1917.0050 C0111$600May 2000May 2000

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

96th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 3117 within MA. Peer group: 82 employers. This establishment has 46 OSHA violations; peer median is 7.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
98th
peer median: $5,505
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
2.8
vs industry
−0.8
TRIR
3.9
vs industry
−1.1

Reported for 226 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
5.0
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
3.6
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
3.9
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
Referral
3
Follow-up
2

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) · Feb 2022

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
1
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Fall on same level due to slipping

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
Feb 7, 2022Fall on same level due to slippingKnee(s)Hospitalized

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 6, 2019Asphyxiated,Clothing,Neck,Rotating Parts,Rotating Shaft,StrangulatedFatality11
Jan 16, 2014Asphyxiated,Caught In,Crushing,Drive Shaft,Head,Lockout/TagoutFatality11

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
2 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 2+ years. Most recent activity: 2 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
2
Back wages owed
$0
Employees affected
2

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 · 3 violations · $0 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FLSA Child Labor
2 minors involved
Jul 202313

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. 2 cases · 3 violations · $0 in backwages · 2 workers affected · 1 child-labor case (2 minors)

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Jan 2021 – Jul 2023Fish and Seafood Merchant WholesalersChild Labor
2 minors
32
Nov 2014 – Nov 2016Fresh and Frozen Seafood Processing0

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 SEA WATCH INTERNATIONAL, LTD. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for SEA WATCH INTERNATIONAL, LTD. 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 SEA WATCH INTERNATIONAL, LTD. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
0
Quarters non-compliant
12
Formal actions
1
EPA penalties
$1,265

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 · $1,265 in assessed penalties.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
SEA WATCH INTERNATIONAL LTD
15 ANTONIO L COSTA AVENUE · NEW BEDFORD, MA, 02740
RCRASignificant Violation
QNCR 12
01$1,265Jun 2021View →

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

Prosecutions
1
Total payments
$0
Disposition
Guilty Plea
Crime type
Environmental

First case: 2003-04-08. Most recent: 2003-04-08. 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.

CaseDateDispositionCrimeJurisdictionTotal paymentMonitor
USA v. Sea Watch Intl Inc
Sea Watch International, Inc.
Apr 2003pleaEnvironmentalDelawareNo

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.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2020-08-04Referral22$70,000
2019-03-28Unprogrammed Related21$10,140
2019-01-02Fatality/Catastrophe22$10,419
2015-03-18Follow-up0$0
2014-06-18Complaint0$0
2014-02-06Unprogrammed Related2$1,155
2014-01-16Fatality/Catastrophe97$25,460
2012-04-27Follow-up0$0
2011-08-30Planned54$4,675
2011-08-30Planned0$0
2000-03-10Referral117$3,000
1996-05-02Referral32$1,125
1995-11-29Complaint107$2,250

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

SEA WATCH INTERNATIONAL, LTD is one of 2 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Sea Watch International, Ltd.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Sea Watch International, Ltd across all 2 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on SEA WATCH INTERNATIONAL, LTD 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 Sea Watch International, Ltd, which operates 2 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 SEA WATCH INTERNATIONAL, LTD's OSHA violation history?
SEA WATCH INTERNATIONAL, LTD has 13 OSHA inspections on record with 46 violations and $128,224 in total penalties.
How does SEA WATCH INTERNATIONAL, LTD's safety record compare to its industry?
SEA WATCH INTERNATIONAL, LTD operates in the seafood product preparation and packaging industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 5. SEA WATCH INTERNATIONAL, LTD's self-reported DART rate is 2.76 compared to an industry average of 3.6.
Has SEA WATCH INTERNATIONAL, LTD had any workplace fatalities?
Yes. Federal records show 2 fatality investigations involving SEA WATCH INTERNATIONAL, LTD.