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UNICOLD CORPORATION

3140 UALENA STREET, HONOLULU, HI, 96819
493120Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage

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OSHA inspections
10
over 37 years
Violations
45
$217,239 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
3 National Emphasis Program inspections · 8 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

UNICOLD CORPORATION has accumulated 45 OSHA violations across 10 inspections over 37 years of recorded history, with $217,239 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 98th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 67 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 2 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

UNICOLD CORPORATION appears in OSHA workplace safety and WHD wage enforcement records only. No matching records were found in MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, NLRB labor relations, 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
10
0.3 / yr · last 37 yrs
Violations
45
1.2 / yr
Penalties
$217,239
$4,828 avg / violation
76% serious24% other
Inspection trigger · planned
6 of 10
Inspection trigger · referral
2 of 10

50% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 4 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 · 25 citations in this view · $198,689 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0037 A0321$60,900Aug 2013Aug 2013
29 CFR 1910.0119 J04 III22$12,804Aug 2013Oct 2024
29 CFR 1910.0037 B0222$4,900Aug 2013Oct 2024
29 CFR 7200.02 B21$180Nov 1988Nov 1988
29 CFR 1910.0037 B0622Aug 2013Oct 2024
29 CFR 1910.0036 D0111$56,000Aug 2013Aug 2013
29 CFR 1910.0028 B01 I11$7,904Oct 2024Oct 2024
29 CFR 1910.0119 J0511$4,900Aug 2013Aug 2013
29 CFR 1910.0119 N11$4,900Aug 2013Aug 2013
29 CFR 1910.0036 G0211$4,900Aug 2013Aug 2013
29 CFR 1910.0037 A0211$4,900Aug 2013Aug 2013
29 CFR 1910.0119 D03 I11$4,900Aug 2013Aug 2013
29 CFR 1910.0119 D03 II11$4,900Aug 2013Aug 2013
29 CFR 1910.0022 B0211$4,900Aug 2013Aug 2013
29 CFR 1910.0119 E0511$4,900Aug 2013Aug 2013
29 CFR 1910.0095 D0111$3,500Aug 2013Aug 2013
29 CFR 1910.0023 A0211$3,500Aug 2013Aug 2013
29 CFR 1910.0146 C0111$3,500Aug 2013Aug 2013
29 CFR 1910.0036 E0111$3,500Aug 2013Aug 2013
29 CFR 1910.0023 A08 II11$2,800Aug 2013Aug 2013

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 4931 within HI. Peer group: 67 employers. This establishment has 45 OSHA violations; peer median is 3.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
100th
peer median: $1,180
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
4.5
vs industry
+1.6
TRIR
4.5
vs industry
+1.1

Reported for 64 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
3.4
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
2.9
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
4.5
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
2
Follow-up
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 UNICOLD CORPORATION. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

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

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 2+ years. Most recent activity: 2 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$13,521
Employees affected
13

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 · 13 violations · $13,521 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FLSA — minimum wage & overtimeOct 200511313$13,521

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 · 13 violations · $13,521 in backwages · 13 workers affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Nov 2003 – Oct 2005Refrigerated Warehousing and StorageFLSA1313$13,521

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 UNICOLD CORPORATION. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for UNICOLD CORPORATION. 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 UNICOLD CORPORATION. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

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

EPA-registered facilities

Every EPA ECHO facility associated with this employer, sorted most-significant first. Each row links to EPA’s Detailed Facility Report for the source-of-truth record. Permits column lists active programs (Air = Clean Air Act, Water = Clean Water Act, RCRA = hazardous waste, TRI = Toxics Release Inventory reporting). 1 facility.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
UNICOLD CORPORATION
3140 UALENA STREET · HONOLULU, HI, 96819
WaterRCRANo Violation Identified00Sep 2020View →

Source: EPA ECHO (Enforcement and Compliance History Online). Compliance status follows EPA’s own labels (“Sig Violation” = significant noncompliance; QNCR = quarters of noncompliance over the recent reporting window). Inactive facilities (struck through) retain historical enforcement records even after operations ceased.

Federal criminal prosecution record

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

Federal contracts

This location

Obligated (5-yr)
$0
Obligated (all-time)
$9K
Awards
7
Top agency
Department of the Interior
$9K
Company-wide — ISHIYAMA CORPORATION (across 1 entity)
Obligated (5-yr)
$0
Obligated (all-time)
$9K
Awards (all-time)
7

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

Largest awards
  • Department of the Interior
    FREEZING AND STORAGE OF EQUIPMENT FOR THE PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA MARINE NATIONAL MONUMENT, HI.
    contract · Last action 2011-03-01
    $3,184
  • Department of the Interior
    FREEZING AND STORAGE OF GEAR FOR QUARANTINE TO REMOTE ISLANDS IN THE PAPAHANAUMOKUAKEA MARINE NATIONAL MONUMENT.
    contract · Last action 2012-09-12
    $2,706
  • Department of the Interior
    FREEZER STORAGE FOR SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT TO ELIMATE INVASIVE SPECIES
    contract · Last action 2010-05-11
    $1,154
  • Department of the Interior
    FREEZING AND STORAGE OF SUPPLIES TO REMOTE QUARATINED ISLANDS.
    contract · Last action 2011-05-20
    $1,000
  • Department of the Interior
    contract · Last action 2008-03-13
    $742
  • Department of the Interior
    contract · Last action 2008-07-14
    $322
  • Department of the Interior
    FREEZE CONTAMINANTS FOR SHIPMENT
    contract · Last action 2008-09-02
    $199

Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Primary NAICS: 493120 - REFRIGERATED WAREHOUSING AND STORAGE. Last action: 2012-09-12. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2024-06-07Planned44$15,809
2024-05-31Planned3$0
2014-08-26Referral0$0
2014-04-15Referral22$4,550
2013-02-13Planned3127$196,700
2012-06-29Complaint0$0
2006-10-16Planned0$0
2001-07-09Planned0$0
1988-11-30Follow-up0$0
1988-11-14Planned51$180

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

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on UNICOLD CORPORATION 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.

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Frequently asked

What is UNICOLD CORPORATION's OSHA violation history?
UNICOLD CORPORATION has 10 OSHA inspections on record with 45 violations and $217,238.8 in total penalties.
How does UNICOLD CORPORATION's safety record compare to its industry?
UNICOLD CORPORATION operates in the refrigerated warehousing and storage industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 3.4. UNICOLD CORPORATION's self-reported DART rate is 4.51 compared to an industry average of 2.9.
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