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SODUS COLD STORAGE COMPANY, INC.

50 MAPLE AVENUE, SODUS, NY, 14551
Operated by Sodus Cold Storage Company, Inc · 1 of 2 establishments
493120Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage

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OSHA inspections
8
over 42 years
Violations
41
$46,573 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 hospitalizations · 4 National Emphasis Program inspections · 3 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

SODUS COLD STORAGE COMPANY, INC. has accumulated 41 OSHA violations across 8 inspections over 42 years of recorded history, with $46,573 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 100th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 444 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 98th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 9 years ago.

Federal records were found in 2 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

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

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
8
0.2 / yr · last 42 yrs
Violations
41
1.0 / yr
Penalties
$46,573
$1,136 avg / violation
83% serious17% other
Inspection trigger · planned
3 of 8
Inspection trigger · referral
2 of 8

63% 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 · 24 citations in this view · $45,523 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0119 J0533$7,431Sep 2007Oct 2017
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0122$16,000Sep 2007Aug 2017
29 CFR 1910.0036 D0122$3,763Sep 2007Aug 2017
29 CFR 1910.0119 J04 I11$2,897Oct 2017Oct 2017
29 CFR 1910.0305 G01 IV A11$2,350Aug 2017Aug 2017
29 CFR 1910.0178 L01 I11$2,000Aug 2017Aug 2017
29 CFR 1910.0101 B11$2,000Aug 2017Aug 2017
29 CFR 1910.0028 B11 II11$1,575Aug 2017Aug 2017
29 CFR 1910.0157 G0211$1,575Aug 2017Aug 2017
29 CFR 1910.0119 J04 III11$1,200Dec 2012Dec 2012
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I11$750Sep 2007Sep 2007
29 CFR 1910.0119 O0111$488Sep 2007Sep 2007
29 CFR 1910.0303 G02 I11$488Sep 2007Sep 2007
29 CFR 1910.0119 D02 I11$488Sep 2007Sep 2007
29 CFR 1910.0119 G01 I11$488Sep 2007Sep 2007
29 CFR 1910.0119 J0211$488Sep 2007Sep 2007
29 CFR 1910.0176 C11$390Sep 2007Sep 2007
29 CFR 1910.0219 D0111$390Sep 2007Sep 2007
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0511$390Sep 2007Sep 2007
29 CFR 1910.0151 C11$375Sep 2007Sep 2007

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 4931 within NY. Peer group: 444 employers. This establishment has 41 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
99th
peer median: $1,703
Inspection frequency
98th
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
8.4
vs industry
+5.5
TRIR
8.4
vs industry
+5.0

Reported for 17 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
3.4
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
2.9
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
8.4
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
3
Complaint
1
Referral
2
Follow-up
1

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 SODUS COLD STORAGE COMPANY, INC.. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

OSHA accident events

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

DateEventInjuriesHospitalizedFatalities
Mar 21, 2007WAREHOUSE,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BY,LOCKOUT,AUGER,MECH MAT HANDLING,ARM,UNGUARDED11

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
9 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 9+ years. Most recent activity: 9 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$1,729
Employees affected
3

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 · $1,729 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FLSA — minimum wage & overtimeFeb 2008133$1,729

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 · 3 violations · $1,729 in backwages · 3 workers affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Feb 2006 – Feb 2008Refrigerated Warehousing and StorageFLSA33$1,729

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 SODUS COLD STORAGE COMPANY, 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 SODUS COLD STORAGE COMPANY, 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 SODUS COLD STORAGE COMPANY, INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for SODUS COLD STORAGE COMPANY, 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.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
SODUS COLD STORAGE CO., INC.
50 MAPLE AVENUE · SODUS, NY, 14551
WaterRCRANo Violation Identified00View →

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)

DOT number
528447
Operation
C

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

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for SODUS COLD STORAGE COMPANY, INC.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2017-05-24Referral32$6,953
2017-04-21Planned1010$14,776
2012-09-05Follow-up41$3,600
2009-05-22Monitoring0$0
2007-04-12Referral1514$5,070
2007-03-22Complaint97$16,175
2005-11-18Planned0$0
1984-06-26Planned0$0

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

SODUS COLD STORAGE COMPANY, INC. is one of 2 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Sodus Cold Storage Company, Inc.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Sodus Cold Storage Company, Inc across all 2 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

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Other locations under this parent

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on SODUS COLD STORAGE COMPANY, 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 Sodus Cold Storage Company, Inc, 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 SODUS COLD STORAGE COMPANY, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
SODUS COLD STORAGE COMPANY, INC. has 8 OSHA inspections on record with 41 violations and $46,573.4 in total penalties.
How does SODUS COLD STORAGE COMPANY, INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
SODUS COLD STORAGE COMPANY, INC. operates in the refrigerated warehousing and storage industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 3.4. SODUS COLD STORAGE COMPANY, INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 8.44 compared to an industry average of 2.9.