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STERICYCLE, INC.

369 PARK EAST DRIVE, WOONSOCKET, RI, 02895
Operated by Stericycle Inc · 1 of 92 establishments
562211Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal
EIN 363640402

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OSHA inspections
10
over 32 years
Violations
23
$12,520 in penalties
Penalties
$12,520
$544 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
3 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

STERICYCLE, INC. has accumulated 23 OSHA violations across 10 inspections over 32 years of recorded history, with $12,520 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 92nd percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 13 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 1 year ago.

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

Agency coverage

STERICYCLE, INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety, NLRB labor relations, and UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry 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, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
10
0.3 / yr · last 32 yrs
Violations
23
0.7 / yr
Penalties
$12,520
$544 avg / violation
65% serious35% other
Inspection trigger · referral
7 of 10
Inspection trigger · planned
2 of 10

70% 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 · 22 citations in this view · $12,520 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I22$3,650Jun 1995Feb 1999
29 CFR 1910.0147 C06 I22$1,020May 1994Feb 1999
29 CFR 1910.1030 D02 I11$2,000Jun 1995Jun 1995
29 CFR 1910.0120 Q0111$1,700Aug 2007Aug 2007
29 CFR 1910.0132 D0211$1,138Jun 1995Jun 1995
29 CFR 1910.0303 G02 I11$1,125Aug 1997Aug 1997
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 II11$700May 1994May 1994
29 CFR 1910.0132 A11$700May 1994May 1994
29 CFR 1910.1030 D04 II11$488Jun 1995Jun 1995
29 CFR 1910.0120 Q06 IIA11Aug 2007Aug 2007
29 CFR 1910.0215 B0911Apr 2000Apr 2000
29 CFR 1910.0219 F0311Apr 2000Apr 2000
29 CFR 1910.1030 F04 IIA11Feb 1999Feb 1999
29 CFR 1910.0147 C06 II11Feb 1999Feb 1999
29 CFR 1910.1030 H01 IIC11Feb 1999Feb 1999
29 CFR 1910.1030 F0511Feb 1999Feb 1999
29 CFR 1910.1030 F04 IIE11Feb 1999Feb 1999
29 CFR 1910.1030 H01 IIE11Jan 1999Jan 1999
29 CFR 1910.0147 C07 I11Jun 1995Jun 1995
29 CFR 1910.013611Jun 1995Jun 1995

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

92nd

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 5622 within RI. Peer group: 13 employers. This establishment has 23 OSHA violations; peer median is 3.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
83rd
peer median: $2,000
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
7.5
vs industry
+6.2
TRIR
11.2
vs industry
+9.3

Reported for 51 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
1.9
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.3
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
11.2
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
1
Referral
7

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 STERICYCLE, INC.. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
1 year ago

Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 1 year ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

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

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for STERICYCLE, INC.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in RI — for Stericycle Inc, not this location alone

Total cases
11
Unfair labor practice
7
Representation (union)
4

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 Stericycle 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.). 11 cases · 7 ULP · 4 representation

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
01-CA-388291Unfair labor practiceJun 2026OpenRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-RC-380633Representation electionFeb 2026Mar 2026ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-333559Unfair labor practiceJan 2024Jan 2025ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-RC-331065Representation electionDec 2023Apr 2024ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-271179Unfair labor practiceJan 2021Aug 2021ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-265076Unfair labor practiceAug 2020Nov 2020ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-RC-264202Representation electionAug 2020Oct 2020ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-063912Unfair labor practiceSep 2011Jan 2012ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-045148Unfair labor practiceJan 2009Feb 2009ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-CA-045071Unfair labor practiceNov 2008Feb 2009ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts
01-RC-022275Representation electionNov 2008Feb 2009ClosedRegion 01, Boston, Massachusetts

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 STERICYCLE, INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for STERICYCLE, INC.. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Federal criminal prosecution record

Prosecutions
1
Total payments
$52.5M
Disposition
DP
Crime type
FCPA

Independent monitor required. First case: 2022-04-18. Most recent: 2022-04-18. 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 required a monitor · $52,500,000 in penalties / restitution.

CaseDateDispositionCrimeJurisdictionTotal paymentMonitor
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. STERICYCLE, INC.
Stericycle, Inc. · SRCL
Apr 2022DP
36-mo agreement
FCPAUSDOJ - Criminal Division - Fraud Section$52,500,000Yes

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
2025-06-17Referral0$0
2008-12-09Complaint0$0
2007-06-14Planned22$1,700
2006-03-22Referral0$0
1999-12-21Planned2$0
1998-08-03Referral5$0
1998-08-03Referral33$4,020
1997-07-03Referral11$1,125
1995-04-28Referral66$4,275
1994-04-13Referral43$1,400

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

STERICYCLE, INC. is one of 92 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Stericycle Inc.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Stericycle Inc across all 92 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on STERICYCLE, 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 Stericycle Inc, which operates 92 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 STERICYCLE, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
STERICYCLE, INC. has 10 OSHA inspections on record with 23 violations and $12,520 in total penalties.
How does STERICYCLE, INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
STERICYCLE, INC. operates in the hazardous waste treatment and disposal industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 1.9. STERICYCLE, INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 7.49 compared to an industry average of 1.3.