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TULANE UNIVERSITY

6823 ST. CHARLES AVE., NEW ORLEANS, LA, 70118
Operated by Tulane University · 1 of 2 establishments
611310Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

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OSHA inspections
4
over 45 years
Violations
21
$9,450 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 3 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 OSHA follow-up

Summary

TULANE UNIVERSITY has accumulated 21 OSHA violations across 4 inspections over 45 years of recorded history, with $9,450 in total assessed penalties.

The most recent federal enforcement activity was recorded 8 years ago.

Federal records were found in 3 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

TULANE UNIVERSITY appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, and NLRB labor relations records only. No matching records were found in 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
4
0.1 / yr · last 45 yrs
Violations
21
0.5 / yr
Penalties
$9,450
$450 avg / violation
76% serious24% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
4 of 4

75% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 3 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 · 21 citations in this view · $9,450 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0022 A0122$810Mar 2003Mar 2003
29 CFR 1910.0305 A02 IIIF11$975Mar 2003Mar 2003
29 CFR 1910.0101 B11$945Mar 2003Mar 2003
29 CFR 1910.0027 F11$945Mar 2003Mar 2003
29 CFR 1910.0305 B0111$788Mar 2003Mar 2003
29 CFR 1910.0305 E0111$788Mar 2003Mar 2003
29 CFR 1910.0151 C11$675Mar 2003Mar 2003
29 CFR 1910.0157 C0111$660Mar 2003Mar 2003
29 CFR 1910.0120 Q0111$540Mar 2003Mar 2003
29 CFR 1910.0309 A 02504511$480May 1981May 1981
29 CFR 1910.1200 F05 I11$405Mar 2003Mar 2003
29 CFR 1910.0024 F11$300Mar 2003Mar 2003
29 CFR 1910.0024 E11$300Mar 2003Mar 2003
29 CFR 1910.0024 D11$300Mar 2003Mar 2003
29 CFR 1910.0219 D0111$300May 1981May 1981
29 CFR 1910.0024 H11$240Mar 2003Mar 2003
29 CFR 1910.0095 G0611Mar 2003Mar 2003
29 CFR 1910.1200 F05 II11Mar 2003Mar 2003
29 CFR 1910.0219 C04 I11May 1981May 1981
29 CFR 1910.0219 I0211May 1981May 1981

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.

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
0.4
vs industry
−0.2
TRIR
3.9
vs industry
+2.6

Reported for 2,338 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
1.3
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
0.6
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
3.9
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

Complaint
4

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 2021 – Sep 2024

Reports
2
Hospitalizations
1
Amputations
1
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Fall on same level due to slip or trip

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 28, 2024Fall on same level due to slip or tripThigh(s)Hospitalized
Feb 12, 2021Struck by or caught in swinging door or gateFingertip(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
8 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 8+ years. Most recent activity: 8 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$0
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 · 1 violation · $0 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FMLA (family & medical leave)Feb 201811

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 · 1 violations · $0 in backwages · 1 worker affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Aug 2016 – Feb 2018Colleges, Universities, and Professional SchoolsFMLA11

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 TULANE UNIVERSITY. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in LA — for Tulane University, 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 Tulane University 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 · 11 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
15-CA-389373Unfair labor practiceJun 2026OpenRegion 15, New Orleans, Louisiana
15-CA-383687Unfair labor practiceMar 2026OpenRegion 15, New Orleans, Louisiana
15-CA-380175Unfair labor practiceJan 2026OpenRegion 15, New Orleans, Louisiana
15-CA-379896Unfair labor practiceJan 2026OpenRegion 15, New Orleans, Louisiana
15-CA-378098Unfair labor practiceDec 2025OpenRegion 15, New Orleans, Louisiana
15-CA-357501Unfair labor practiceDec 2024OpenRegion 15, New Orleans, Louisiana
15-CA-353688Unfair labor practiceOct 2024Feb 2025ClosedRegion 15, New Orleans, Louisiana
15-CA-342886Unfair labor practiceMay 2024Nov 2024ClosedRegion 15, New Orleans, Louisiana
15-CA-019744Unfair labor practiceSep 2010Apr 2011ClosedRegion 15, New Orleans, Louisiana
15-CA-019625Unfair labor practiceJun 2010Jan 2012ClosedRegion 15, New Orleans, Louisiana
15-CA-019532Unfair labor practiceApr 2010Jun 2010ClosedRegion 15, New Orleans, Louisiana

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 TULANE UNIVERSITY. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

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

Federal criminal prosecution record

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

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2002-10-09Complaint1212$7,320
2002-10-09Complaint52$1,350
1989-09-06Complaint0$0
1981-03-23Complaint42$780

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

TULANE UNIVERSITY is one of 2 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Tulane University.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Tulane University across all 2 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on TULANE UNIVERSITY 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 Tulane University, 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 TULANE UNIVERSITY's OSHA violation history?
TULANE UNIVERSITY has 4 OSHA inspections on record with 21 violations and $9,450 in total penalties.
How does TULANE UNIVERSITY's safety record compare to its industry?
TULANE UNIVERSITY operates in the colleges, universities, and professional schools industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 1.3. TULANE UNIVERSITY's self-reported DART rate is 0.44 compared to an industry average of 0.6.