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TOWER AUTOMOTIVE

8900 INKSTER RD, ROMULUS, MI, 48174
Operated by Tower Automotive · 1 of 13 establishments
EIN 260440499

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OSHA inspections
2
over 30 years
Violations
34
$7,059 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.

Summary

TOWER AUTOMOTIVE has accumulated 34 OSHA violations across 2 inspections over 30 years of recorded history, with $7,059 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 99th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 72,799 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 78th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 29 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

TOWER AUTOMOTIVE 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, 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
2
0.1 / yr · last 30 yrs
Violations
34
1.1 / yr
Penalties
$7,059
$208 avg / violation
21% serious79% other
Inspection trigger · planned
1 of 2

100% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 2 inspections producing serious-or-greater violations.

Peer comparison

99th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer. Peer group: 72,799 employers. This establishment has 34 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
99th
peer median: $0
Inspection frequency
78th
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
2.5
vs industry
TRIR
4.1
vs industry

Reported for 320 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.

Inspection breakdown

Planned
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 TOWER AUTOMOTIVE. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
29 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 29+ years. Most recent activity: 29 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 TOWER AUTOMOTIVE. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for TOWER AUTOMOTIVE. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in MI — for Tower Automotive, not this location alone

Total cases
11
Unfair labor practice
11

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 Tower Automotive locations in the same state.

Visa & labor certification (OFLC)

No H-1B, H-2A, or H-2B labor condition applications on file for TOWER AUTOMOTIVE. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for TOWER AUTOMOTIVE. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Federal criminal prosecution record

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

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
1996-11-14Unprogrammed Related161$3,959
1995-10-12Planned186$3,100

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

TOWER AUTOMOTIVE is one of 13 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Tower Automotive.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Tower Automotive across all 13 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by Tower Automotive, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on TOWER AUTOMOTIVE 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 Tower Automotive, which operates 13 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.

Frequently asked

What is TOWER AUTOMOTIVE's OSHA violation history?
TOWER AUTOMOTIVE has 2 OSHA inspections on record with 34 violations and $7,058.5 in total penalties.