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SPX COOLING TECHNOLOGIES

1200 W. MARLEY ROAD, OLATHE, KS, 66061
Operated by SPX Technologies, Inc · 1 of 47 establishments
333415Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing

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OSHA inspections
12
over 22 years
Violations
16
$44,091 in penalties
Penalties
$44,091
$2,756 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
9 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

SPX COOLING TECHNOLOGIES has accumulated 16 OSHA violations across 12 inspections over 22 years of recorded history, with $44,091 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 89th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 39 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 4 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

SPX COOLING TECHNOLOGIES appears in OSHA workplace safety and NLRB labor relations records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, 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
12
0.5 / yr · last 22 yrs
Violations
16
0.7 / yr
Penalties
$44,091
$2,756 avg / violation
88% serious12% other
Inspection trigger · planned
7 of 12
Inspection trigger · complaint
4 of 12

50% 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. 14 distinct standards shown · 16 citations in this view · $44,091 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0133$9,050Aug 2004Jun 2015
29 CFR 1910.0305 B02 I11$7,000Jun 2015Jun 2015
5A000111$6,300Dec 2008Dec 2008
29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II11$6,300Dec 2008Dec 2008
29 CFR 1910.0023 A0211$4,250Jun 2015Jun 2015
29 CFR 1910.0151 C11$4,200Jun 2012Jun 2012
29 CFR 1910.0304 G0511$3,400Jun 2015Jun 2015
29 CFR 1910.0303 G02 I11$1,785Oct 2013Oct 2013
29 CFR 1910.0254 B04 IV11$850May 2010May 2010
29 CFR 1910.0215 B0911$478Aug 2004Aug 2004
29 CFR 1910.0037 B0311$478Aug 2004Aug 2004
29 CFR 1910.0303 F0211Jun 2015Jun 2015
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0111Jun 2015Jun 2015
29 CFR 1910.0305 G02 III11Aug 2004Aug 2004

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

89th

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 3334 within KS. Peer group: 39 employers. This establishment has 16 OSHA violations; peer median is 3.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
100th
peer median: $3,500
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
3.1
vs industry
+2.0
TRIR
6.8
vs industry
+4.7

Reported for 290 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
2.1
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.1
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
6.8
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
7
Complaint
4
Referral
1

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) · Dec 2019

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
0
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
Dec 18, 2019Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipmentFingertip(s)Amputation

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
4 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 4+ years. Most recent activity: 4 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for SPX COOLING TECHNOLOGIES. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for SPX COOLING TECHNOLOGIES. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in KS — for SPX Technologies, 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 SPX Technologies, 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
14-CA-387093Unfair labor practiceMay 2026OpenRegion 14, Saint Louis, Missouri

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 SPX COOLING TECHNOLOGIES. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for SPX COOLING TECHNOLOGIES. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for SPX COOLING TECHNOLOGIES. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — SPX CORPORATION (across 28 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$4.3M
Obligated (all-time)
$196.1M
Awards (all-time)
904

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

Federal contract activity for the parent corporation. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2022-04-11Referral0$0
2022-02-08Complaint0$0
2021-05-18Complaint0$0
2015-01-28Planned65$18,050
2014-03-17Planned0$0
2013-08-01Planned11$1,785
2012-04-24Planned22$9,100
2011-05-03Complaint0$0
2010-05-11Planned11$850
2008-09-12Complaint22$12,600
2004-08-18Planned43$1,706
2003-12-16Planned0$0

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

SPX COOLING TECHNOLOGIES is one of 47 establishments rolled up under the parent organization SPX Technologies, Inc.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of SPX Technologies, Inc across all 47 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in air-conditioning and warm air heating equipment and commercial and industrial refrigeration equipment manufacturing within KS, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by SPX Technologies, Inc, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on SPX COOLING TECHNOLOGIES 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 SPX Technologies, Inc, which operates 47 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 SPX COOLING TECHNOLOGIES's OSHA violation history?
SPX COOLING TECHNOLOGIES has 12 OSHA inspections on record with 16 violations and $44,091 in total penalties.
How does SPX COOLING TECHNOLOGIES's safety record compare to its industry?
SPX COOLING TECHNOLOGIES operates in the air-conditioning and warm air heating equipment and commercial and industrial refrigeration equipment manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.1. SPX COOLING TECHNOLOGIES's self-reported DART rate is 3.1 compared to an industry average of 1.1.