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STURM, RUGER & COMPANY, INC.

411 SUNAPEE STREET, NEWPORT, NH, 03773
Operated by STURM RUGER & CO INC · 1 of 4 establishments
332994Small Arms, Ordnance, and Ordnance Accessories Manufacturing
EIN 060633559

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OSHA inspections
13
over 48 years
Violations
127
$200,758 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 · 6 National Emphasis Program inspections · 2 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

STURM, RUGER & COMPANY, INC. has accumulated 127 OSHA violations across 13 inspections over 48 years of recorded history, with $200,758 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 98th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 44 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 95th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 6 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

STURM, RUGER & 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
13
0.3 / yr · last 48 yrs
Violations
127
2.6 / yr
Penalties
$200,758
$1,581 avg / violation
68% serious32% other
Inspection trigger · planned
6 of 13
Inspection trigger · referral
3 of 13

69% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 7 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 · 44 citations in this view · $88,766 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0217 E01 I44$1,325Jan 1982Apr 2011
29 CFR 1910.0151 C33$1,185Nov 1977May 2009
29 CFR 1910.0215 B0933Jan 1982Apr 2020
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0121$50,400May 2009May 2009
29 CFR 1910.0215 A0122$15,900May 2009Apr 2011
29 CFR 1910.0242 B22$4,218May 2009Apr 2020
29 CFR 1910.0178 Q0122$3,318Nov 1977Apr 2020
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0122$2,350Jan 1982May 2009
29 CFR 1910.0107 G0222$2,250Nov 1977May 2009
29 CFR 1910.0134 G01 IA22$1,345May 2009Jun 2011
29 CFR 1910.0133 A0122$1,125May 2009Apr 2020
29 CFR 1910.0107 E0922$1,125Mar 1984May 2009
29 CFR 1910.0305 B0122$1,125Jan 1982May 2009
29 CFR 1910.0107 B05 I22$1,125Nov 1977May 2009
29 CFR 1910.0134 F0522$895May 2009Jun 2011
29 CFR 1910.0219 E03 I22$600Jan 1982Mar 1984
29 CFR 1910.0303 E22$200May 2009Apr 2011
29 CFR 1910.0219 I0221$180Mar 1984Mar 1984
29 CFR 1910.0219 E01 I22$100Jan 1982May 2009
29 CFR 1910.0215 A0422Jan 1982May 2009

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

98th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 3329 within NH. Peer group: 44 employers. This establishment has 127 OSHA violations; peer median is 3.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
98th
peer median: $2,206
Inspection frequency
95th
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
3.6
vs industry
+2.5
TRIR
7.9
vs industry
+6.0

Reported for 670 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
1.1
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
7.9
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
6
Complaint
1
Referral
3
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) · Feb 2015 – Sep 2024 · 1 in last 5 years

Reports
3
Hospitalizations
2
Amputations
2
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning

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
Sep 3, 2024Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testingFinger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)Amputation
Sep 1, 2015Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaningHand(s) and wrist(s)Hospitalized
Feb 11, 2015Compressed 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.

OSHA accident events

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

DateEventInjuriesHospitalizedFatalities
Nov 3, 2010BURN,HEAD,MAINTENANCE,FIRE,TORSO,EXPLOSION,ARM,HAND11

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
6 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 6+ years. Most recent activity: 6 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$4,256
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 · 4 violations · $4,256 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FMLA (family & medical leave)Jan 2014141$4,256

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 · 4 violations · $4,256 in backwages · 1 worker affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Oct 2013 – Jan 2014All Other Fabricated Metal Product ManufacturingFMLA41$4,256

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 STURM, RUGER & 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 STURM, RUGER & 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 STURM, RUGER & COMPANY, INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for STURM, RUGER & COMPANY, INC.. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Motor carrier safety (FMCSA)

DOT number
58288
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 STURM, RUGER & COMPANY, INC.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — STURM, RUGER & COMPANY, INC. (across 2 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$-1524
Obligated (all-time)
$503K
Awards (all-time)
75

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
2019-10-28Planned1515$26,544
2019-10-28Programmed Related22$7,374
2011-02-09Follow-up2$440
2011-02-09Follow-up4$20,900
2010-11-04Referral0$0
2010-11-04Referral0$0
2009-01-22Planned1816$23,625
2008-12-02Planned5147$120,475
2008-09-22Referral0$0
1984-02-10Planned142$480
1981-12-21Planned144$920
1979-03-22Follow-up0$0
1977-10-19Complaint7$0

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

STURM, RUGER & COMPANY, INC. is one of 4 establishments rolled up under the parent organization STURM RUGER & CO INC.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of STURM RUGER & CO INC across all 4 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 STURM, RUGER & 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 STURM RUGER & CO INC, which operates 4 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 STURM, RUGER & COMPANY, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
STURM, RUGER & COMPANY, INC. has 13 OSHA inspections on record with 127 violations and $200,758 in total penalties.
How does STURM, RUGER & COMPANY, INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
STURM, RUGER & COMPANY, INC. operates in the small arms, ordnance, and ordnance accessories manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 1.9. STURM, RUGER & COMPANY, INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 3.56 compared to an industry average of 1.1.